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1293 - °LEFEVRE, Taneguy. On Common Measures and Common Roots of Literal Quantities in the Division of as Many Given Squares as One Wishes into Others That Lie Within Prescribed Limits, and on the Solution of Powers or Compound Equations from the First Degree to Infinity. A work essential for perfecting algebra in general, and Diophantine algebra in particular, Paris 1714. In-8°, full tortoiseshell-patterned calfskin, spine with gilt raised bands, red morocco label, marbled endpapers, pp. viiii + 250 + [viii, Jombert’s catalog & Privilege].
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°LEFEVRE, Taneguy. On Common Measures and Common Roots of Literal Quantities in the Division of as Many Given Squares as One Wishes into Others That Lie Within Prescribed Limits, and on the Solution of Powers or Compound Equations from the First Degree to Infinity. A work essential for perfecting algebra in general, and Diophantine algebra in particular, Paris 1714. In-8°, full tortoiseshell-patterned calfskin, spine with gilt raised bands, red morocco label, marbled endpapers, pp. viiii + 250 + [viii, Jombert’s catalog & Privilege]. A little-known work by Anne Dacier’s brother, bearing an endorsement by Edmond Halley dated 1710 and a privilege from Saurin, who considered it “mediocre.” Deserves further examination… A fine copy.
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