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(mathematics) . SEMINARI 1962-1963 DI ANALISI, ALGEBRA, GEOMETRIA E TOPOLOGIA (2 VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
Roma 1965 Cremonese. Istituto Nazionale Di Alta Matematica. 2 hardcover volume set, complete. In Italian and in English. Hardcovers. Large octavos, 800pp., cloth. Near Fine in VG DJs, a bit browned on spine and lightly frayed on edges. 2 volumes. (a52157)
$165.00 Alewyn, C. . DE LINEIS SPIRALIBUS TENTAMEN ACADEMICUM
Gottingae 1808 H. Dieterich. Book on geometry by Dutch engineer who lived 1788-1839. 8vo., 49pp., 1 plate, later plain wraps. Institution stamps. Top margin cropped (just margin, not near text at all.) Good, some wear. (s1)
$150.00 Autenheimer, Friedrich . ELEMENTARBUCH DER DIFFERENTIAL- UND INTEGRALRECHNUNG
Weimar 1865 Voigt. Mit zahlreichen Anwendungen aus der Analysis, Geometrie, Mechanik, Physik etc. fur technische Lehranstalten bearbetit. 8vo., 406pp., 134 text eingedruckten Holzschnitten, hardcover. Small letter and number stamped in gilt on spine, ownership stamps on half title and title pages. VG. (a37853)
$75.00 Bouligand, Georges . LECONS DE GEOMETRIE VECTORIELLE PRELIINAIRES A L'ETUDE DE LA THEORIE D'EINSTEIN
Paris 1924 1st Vuibert. Avec une preface de M. Ed. Goursat. In French. Large octavo, 356pp., half maroon leather with marbled boards. Numbers neatly printed in gilt on spine and a few other institution marks. VG, light wear, text very slightly browned. (a63971)
$235.00 Brandes, H. W. . LEHRBUCH DER H�HERN GEOMETRIE IN ANALYTISCHER DARSTELLUNG 2 VOLUMES
Leipzig 1822,1824 Gotthelf Kummer. Hardcovers. In german. 2 volumes. 4to., xii, 336pp., 11 folding charts; vii, 364pp., 5 folding plates, original reddish marbled paper covered boards with mounted shiny green spine labels. Near VG, covers worn on all edges and corners, internally leaves are crisp and clean. Rare, especially in this nice condition. (a71257)
$850.00 Busemann, Herbert . METRIC METHODS OF FINSLER SPACES AND IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRY
Princeton 1942. Annals of Mathematics Studies No. 8. 8vo., 243pp., index, wraps. Owner bookplate. VG, wraps a bit worn, front wrap wrinkled from bookplate. Scarce as first edition. (a47572)
$150.00 Cartan, E. . LECONS SUR LA GEOMETRIE PROJECTIVE COMPLEXE
Paris 1931 Gautheir-Villars. In French. Sm.4to., 325pp., original wraps. A few institution stamps and markings. Good, leaves browned (not brittle). (a69285)
$180.00 Cesaro, Ernesto . LEZIONI DI GEOMETRIA INTRINSECA
Napoli 1896 Presso L'Autore. In Italian. Large octavo, 264pp., hardcover. Several faint institution stamps. Good Plus, very slightly browned, slight residue of spine label, wear along one outer hinge (binding secure). Sacrce. (a63977)
$300.00 Chome, F. . COURS DE GEOMETRIE DESCRIPTIVE DE L'ECOLE MILITAIRE 3 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Bruxelles, Kouwenaar et Paris, Gautheir-Villars. In French. Three volumes: Lg.4to., 1/2 leather. Volume 1,1898 3rd entirement revue, corrigee et augmentee, contentant les prescriptions a observer our l'execution des spures, 156pp., (6), 37 plates , (2) (Table des Figures); Volume 2,- 1899 a l'usage des eleves de l'enseignement superieur, 496pp., (4) 48 plates; Volume 3, 1904.plan cotes a l'usage des eleves de l'enseignement superieur, 170pp., (2), 36 plates. A few old institution stamps and markings. Residue of label at heel of each spine. VG, covers a bit rubbed, lightly worn. Scarce. (a69269)
$650.00 Codazza, Giovanni . TEORIA GEOMETRICA DEGLI INGRANAGGI
Milano 1854 1st Giuseppe Bernardoni di Gio. Applied geometry, mostly on gears.In Italian. 4to., 122pp., 10 large folding plates, cloth. Bound in: 25 doublepage plates which accompany Ellena & Leitenitz's: Nozioni sul Materiale d'Artiglieria c. 1868. VG. Scarce. (a72265)
$250.00 Coue, Charles Morris . PAPERS IN DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY
Dartmouth College 1873. 8vo., fully manuscript album with fancy titlepage, many geometric shapes and 5 handrawn monochrome map plates, 3/4 leather. Illustrations and maps show high level of artistic competence. Good, rubbed and leather worn. Internally VG, text pages clean and bright. (a26317)
$175.00 Cremona, Luigi . ELEMENTE DES GRAPHISCHEN CALCULS
Leipzig 1875. Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe unter Mitwirkung des Verfassers �bertragen von Maximilian Curtze. Octavo, 105pp., 3/4 cloth and marbled boards. Owner signed on front free blank. Institution and number stamps on title page. Scuff marks from removed tape on covers, slight residue of numbers at heel of spine. VG. (a63974)
$200.00 Darboux, Gaston . LECONS SUR LA THEORIE GENERALE DES SURFACES ET LES APPLICATIONS GEOMETRIQUES DU CALCUL INFINITESIMAL PREMIERE PARTIE
Paris 1887 Gauthier Villars. In French. Volume one is titled 'Generalities, Coordonnees Curvilignes, Surfaces Minima' and contains Livre 1,2,3. Sm.4to., 513pp., marbled boards with leather backstrip. Old institution stamps on titlepage and very lightly stamped on all fore-edges. Good plus, slight wear on corners, (a54823)
$175.00 Darboux, Gaston . LECONS SUR LA THEORIE GENERALE DES SURFACES ET LES APPLICATIONS GEOMETRIQUES DU CALCUL INFINITESIMAL 4 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Paris 1887, 1889, 1894 1925 (nouveau tirage) Gauthier Villars. In French. Octavo, Volume I, II cloth. Volume III, IV wraps. One volume signed by M. Plancherel. Volume IV uncut. Good to VG, some wear to spines. 4 volumes. (a67229)
$650.00 de la Caille, L'Abbe . LECONS ELEMENTAIRES DE MATHEMATIQUES, OU ELEMENS D'ALGEBRE ET DE GEOMETRIE
Paris 1772 nouvelle edition, corrigee & augmentee, H L Guerin & L F Delatour. In French. Octavo, 277pp., 6 foldout plates, hardcover. Bookplate. Two owner signatures and small schoool stamp on title page. Good, cover rubbed and worn on edges, outer hinges just beginning to crack, one plate has small marginal hole (not near text of chart). (a69071)
$395.00 Demartres, G. . COURS DE GEOMETRIE INFINITESIMALE
Paris 1913 Gauthier-Villars. Avec une preface de P. Appell. Sm.4to., 455pp., wraps. Owner signed on titlepage. Good, light wear, a few pencil notes in text. (a38133)
$125.00 Enriques, Federico . VORLESUNGEN UBER PROJEKTIVE GEOMETRIE
Leipzig und Berlin 1915 Teubner. Zweite auflage. Deutsche ausgabe von Hermann Fleischer. Foreword by Felix Klein. In German. 8vo., 354pp., 186 fig in text, index, later 3/4 leather with colorful marbled boards. Good. (a8932)
$135.00 Fiedler, Dr. Wilhelm . ANALYTISCHE GEOMETRIE DER KEGELSCHNITTE
Leipzig 1866 Teubner. Mit Besonderer Berucksichtigung der neureren methoden nach George Salmon. In German. 8vo., 591pp., hardcover. Good, cover worn, some light spotting in text. (a5076)
$140.00 Hall, William S . DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY WITH NUMEROUS PROBLEMS AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS - PLATES
NY 1904 Van Nostrand. Folio, with 12 loose sheets of geometry problems and 18 plates of geometrical drawings. In hardcover folding case with 3 black ties. Good , some soiling ad some wear. Scarce. (a58674)
$135.00 Hlavaty, Prof. Dr. V. . DIFFERENCIALNI PRIMKOVA GEOMETRIE 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Praze 1941 1st Nakladem Ceske Akademise ved a Umeni. In Czech. 2 volumes. Sm.4to., 238pp., (2); 203pp., (2), original printed wraps. VG. 2 volumes. Scarce, (a73491)
$300.00 Hudson, R.W.H.T. . KUMMER'S QUARTIC SURFACE
Cambridge 1905 University Press. 222p. Index. Frontis illus of the curious shape.VG minor wrinkling of cover cloth. (a13290)
$125.00 Isely-Delisle, L. . PROBLEMES DE GEOMETRIE ANALYTIQUE A DEUX DIMENSIONS PAR A. HOCHHEIM - FASCICULE I POINT, DROITE ET CERCLE
Neuchtal 1897 Attinger Freres. Ouvrage traduit de l'Allemand, sur la deuxieme edition. Octavo, 77pp., hardcover. A few institution stamps and markings. VG. (a69270)
$135.00 Jacobi, Carl Friedr. Andr. . DIE ENTFERNUNGSORTER GERADLINIGER DREIECHE. EINE GEOMETRISCHE ABHANDLUNG
Naumburg 1851 Heinrich Sieling. In German. 8vo., 50pp., 2 plates, index, stringbound in later cardboard cover. Fair, cover worn. (a5187)
$125.00 Klein, F. . ANWENDUNG DER DIFFERENTIAL- UND INTERGRALRECHNUNG AUF GEOMETRIE. EINE REVISION DER PRINCIPEN. VORLESUNG GEHALTEN W�HREND DES SOMMERSEMESTERS 1901. AUSGEARBEITET VON CONRAD MILLER
Leipzig 1902 Teubner. 8vo., 468pp., hardcover. Lithograph copy of handwritten notes. A few institution stamps or marks. Good. (a6786)
$260.00 Klein, Felix . ELEMENTARMATHEMATIK VOM H�HEREN STANDPUNKTE AUS. TEIL I: ARITHMETIKE, ALBEGRA, ANALYSIS TEIL II: GEOMETRIE 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Leipzig 1909, 1911 1st Teubner. In German. Large octavo, 614pp., 515pp., litho printing of manuscript text, original black cloth. Owner bookplate and signature. VG, small closed tear at one spine haed, light wear along outer hinges. 2 volumes. (a63575)
$275.00 Krohne, W. E. Freyhern von . KURZGEFASSTES HANDBUCH DER GEOMETRIE UND FELD-FORTIFICATION
Koenigsberg 1892 Degen. 12mo., 152pp., 9 folding plates of fortifications, 8 in color. Full leather. Library stamp on titlepage. Good, boards worn, cracked at both inner and outer hinges, plates VG. (a33442)
$325.00 Lacroix, S. F. . ANLEITUNG ZUR EBENEN UND SPH�RISCHEN TRIGONOMTRIE UND ZUR ANWENDUNG DER ALGEBRA AUF DIE GEOMETRIE
Berlin 1837 zweite verbesserte Ausgabe, Duncker und Humblot. Uebersest und mit erlauternden unmersungen versehen von Dr. Ludwig Ideler. In German. 8vo., 331pp., 6 foldout plates of geometric line drawings, paper covered boards. Contemporary owner signature and two small neat name stamps. Good, cover rubbed and worn, light spotting and soiling. (a58481)
$145.00 Leroy, C. F. A. . TRAITE DE GEOMETRIE DESCRIPTIVE - TOME PREMIER - TEXTE
Liege 1837 Avanzo. In French. 4to., 390pp., 3/4 leather maroon cloth hardcover. Small institution stamp on title page. VG, light foxing on initial and final pages. Volume 1 (text) only. (a66944)
$135.00 Levy, M. Maurice . LA STATIQUE GRAPHIQUE ET SES APPLICATIONS AUX CONSTRUCTIONS IIIe PARTIE: ARCS. PONTS SUSPENDUS. CORPS DE REVOLUTION
Paris 1887 2nd ed. Gauthier-Villars. In French. 8vo., 418pp. Includes Atlas Volume, plates XXXIII to XL, bound in one volume with text. Volume 3 of Levy's 4 volume work which was his "most significant work...an attempt to apply the methods of projective geometry, particularly the theory of geometric transformations, to the problems of statics. " (DSB volume 8 p. 287.) Number in gilt at heel of spine. Good, some cover wear. Volume 3 only. (a29540)
$125.00 Lie, Sophus and Georg Scheffers . GEOMETRIE DER BERUHRUNGSTRANSFORMATIONEN
Bronx 1977 Second Edition. Chelsea Reprint of 1899 edition. In German. Lg.8vo., 693pp., blue cloth. Slight paperclip indentation at top margin of a few leaves. Near Fine. (a53572)
$250.00 Loria, Gino . DIE HAUPTS�CHLICHSTEN THEORIEN DER GEOMETRIE IN IHRER FR�HEREN UND HEUTIGEN ENTWICKELUNG. HISTORISCHE MONOGRAPHIE
Leipzig 1888 Treubner. Translated into German from the Italian. Octavo, 132pp., 1/2 cloth and marbled boards. Institution and number stamps on title page, one or two other marks. Residue of label at heel of spine. VG. (a63973)
$200.00 Mayda, Agazio Mari. . SOLUZIONE DEL PROBLEMA DELLA TRISEZIONE DELL'ANGOLO.
Napoli 1853 Dell'Omnibus. In Italian. 8vo., 30pp., 1 folding chart, later wraps. One page ink notes at end. One name stamps on titlepage and library blind stamp on tp. Library stamps on blank rear of several end pages. Good. (s148)
$250.00 Merz, Karl . VIELFLACHE AUS SCHEITELZELLEN UND HOHLZELLEN MIT ABBILDUNGEN UND NETZEN
Chur 1939 1st Schuler. In German. Octavo, 164pp., original printed wraps. Signed by Merz on tipped in card and autograph signed postcard from Merz laid in. VG. Very scarce. (a64402)
$150.00 Mossbrugger, Leopold . GR�SSTENTHEILS NEUE AUFGABEN AUS AUS DEM GEBIETE DER GEOMETRIE DESCRIPTIVE 2 VOLUMES (TEXT AND PLATE VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
Zurich 1845 1st Meyer und Zeller. Nebst deren Anwednung auf die Konstruktive Auflosung von Aufgaben uber raumliche Verwandtschaften der Affinitat, Colinations etc Systematisch geordnet und gelost. In German. 2 volumes (Text volume and Plate volume). Sm.4to., 145pp (text), 58 plates, several of which are foldout, marbled boards with leather spine and gilt lettering. VG. Very scarce. 2 volumes. (a64327)
$500.00 Murhard, Frid. Gvil. Avg. . BIBLIOTHECA MATHEMATICA - VOLVMEN SECUNDUM - CONTINENS SCRIPTA GEOMETRICA ET ANALYTICA
Lipsiae 1798 Breitkopfii et Haerelii. Books listed in German, Latin , English, French. Octavo, 436pp., patterned blue paper-covered hardcover with mounted paper spine label and handwritten title. VG, corners and spine ends worn. Volume 2 only. (a69241)
$385.00 Para du Phanjas, M. l'Abbe . PRINCIPES DU CALCUL ET DE LA GEOMETRIE OU COURS COMPLET DE MATHEMATIQUES ELEMENTAIRES
Paris 1773 Charles-Antoine Jombert. In French. 8vo., 674pp., 7 engraved foldout plates, full leather. Institution stamp on title page. Near Good, outer hinges cracked, cover and corners worn. (a58122)
$450.00 Phillips, Andrew W. and Irving Fisher . GEOMETRY OF SPACE
NY 1899 (1896). A famous textbook. Irving Fisher, Professor at Yale, went on to become a leading American economist. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. 226-540, illustrations, index, boards. This book only covers solid geometry. Some pencil scribbling on pastedowns and blank endpapers, and on bottom margin of final index page. VG, a bit rubbed, lightly worn. Volume only covering solid geometry. (a47445)
$170.00 Prym, Friedrich und George Rost . THEORIE DER PRYM'SCHEN FUNKTIONEN ERSTER ORDNUNG IM ANSCHLUSS AN DIE SCHOPFUNGEN RIEMANN'S; DAS SYSTEM DER FUNKTIONEN
Leipzig 1911 Teubner. 2 volumes bound as one. Large 4to., 250pp., 300pp., 25 figuren, fine frontis photogravure of Prym and Rost at their desk, 3/4 red leather with raised bands on black cloth hardcovers. Attractive book. VG institution stamps on end papers and light circular old institute stamps on several initial and final pages. Properly de-accessioned. Faint amount of glue on either side of lower spine where spine numbers once taped but no spine numbers, no pocket. (a69093)
$295.00 Prym, Friedrich und George Rost . THEORIE DER PRYM'SCHEN FUNKTIONEN ERSTER ORDNUNG IM ANSCHLUSS AN DIE SCHOPFUNGEN RIEMANN'S; DAS SYSTEM DER FUNKTIONEN
Leipzig 1911 Teubner. 2 volumes bound as one. Large 4to., 250pp., 300pp., 25 figuren, fine frontis photogravure of Prym and Rost at their desk, 3/4 red leather with raised bands on black cloth hardcovers. Attractive book. VG plus, light cover wear. (a69098)
$325.00 Ramus, C. . ANALYTISK GEOMETRIE
Kjobenhavn 1848 Reitzel. In German. 4to., 434pp., 8 foldout charts, later paper spine. Good, boards worn. (a5144)
$100.00 Richter, August . DES APOLLONIUS VON PERGA ZWEI BUCHER VOM RAUMSCHNITT, EIN BERSUCH IN DER ALTEN GEOMETRIE
Halberstadt 1828 1st von Bruggemann. In German. 12mo., 103pp., 9 foldout geometry plates, paper coverd boards with mounted paper spine label in ink mss. VG, corners lightly worn. (a64257)
$225.00 Salmon, G. . TRAITE DE GEOMETRIE ANALYTIQUE A TROIS DIMENSIONS DEUXIEME PARTIE - THEORIE GENERALE DES SURFACES. COURBES GAUCHES ET SURFACES DEVELOPPABLES. FAMILLES DE SURFACES
Paris 1903 2nd Gauthier Villars. In French. 8vo., 295pp., 3/4 blue cloth with blue marbled boards. Owner signed. VG. (a29548)
$85.00 Salmon, G. . TRAITE DE GEOMETRIE ANALYTIQUE A TROIS DIMENSIONS TROISIEME PARTIE SURFACES DERIVEES DES QUADRIQUES. SURFACES DU TROISIEME ET DU QUATRIEME DEGRE. THEORIE GENERALE DES SURFACES
Paris 1892 Gauthier Villars. 8vo., 220pp. 3/4 blue cloth with blue marbled boards. Owner signed. Fine. (a29549)
$115.00 Salmon, George . DIE ELEMENTE ANALYTISCHEN GEOMETRIE DES RAUMES UND DIE THEORIE DER FLACHEN ZWEITEN GRADES; EIN LEHREBUCH FUR HOHERE UNTERRICHTSANSTALTEN 2 VOLUMES IN ONE
Leipzig 1863 and 1865. Teubner. Deutsch Bearbeitet von Dr. Wilhelm Fiedler. In German. 2 volumes bound in one. 8vo., 334pp., 635pp., 3/4 cloth and boards. Good, spine ends frayed. (a16336)
$95.00 Salmon, George . DIE ELEMENTE DER ANALYTISCHEN GEOMETRIE DES RAUMES UND DIE THEORIE DER FLACHEN ZWEITEN GRADES; EIN LEHREBUCH FUR HOHERE UNTERRICHTSANSTALTEN - 2 VOLUME SET
Leipzig 1863 and 1865. Teubner. Deutsch Bearbeitet von Dr. Wilhelm Fiedler. In German. 2 8vo. hardcover volumes. 8vo., 334pp., 635pp., 3/4 cloth and boards. Good, covers worn. (a55974)
$115.00 Scheffers, Dr.. Georg . SOPHUS LIE VORLESUNGEN UBER CONTINUIERLICHE GRUPPEN MIT GEOMETRISCHEN UND ANDEREN ANWENDUNGEN
1971 Chelsea reprint of original 1893 edition. In German. Lg.8vo., 810pp., blue cloth. VG. (a54839)
$200.00 Schell, Dr. Wilhelm . ALLEGEMEINE THEORIE DER CURVEN DOPPELTER KRUMMUNG IN REIN GEOMETRISCHER DARSTELLUNG
Leipzig 1859 Teubner. 8vo., 106pp. Owner signed. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Near VG, spine and tips worn. (a26250)
$200.00 Schilling, Friedrich . �BER DIE ANWENDUNGEN DER DARSTELLENDEN GEOMETRIE INSBESONDERE �BER DIE PHOTOGRAMMETRIE. MIT EINEM ANHANG: WELCHE VORTEILE GEW�HRT DIE BENUTZUNG DES PROJEKTIONSAPPARATES IM MATHEMATISCHEN UNTERRICHT ? VORTR�GE GEHALTEN...G�TTINGEN, OSTERN 1904
Leipzig und Berlin 1904 Teubner. In German. Large octavo, 198pp., 151 fig. und 5 doppeltafeln, hardcover. VG. (a55836)
$49.00 Sommerville, Duncan M. Y. . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY INCLUDING THE THEORY OF PARALLELS, THE FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRY, AND SPACE OF N DIMENSIONS
1911 1st University of St. Andrews. 8vo., 403pp., original printed wraps. Near VG, a few small stains on initial pages. (a57952)
$120.00 Steffensen, P. . ANWENDUNG DER ALGEBRA AUF DIE GEOMETRIE
Schleswig 1856 van der Smissen. Eine sammlung von Formelm und analytischen Gleichungen aus der Planimetrie. In German. 8vo., 372pp., illustrations, original cloth. Owner signed. Good, light wear. (a10043)
$125.00 Sturm, Rudolf . MAXIMA UND MINIMA IN DER ELEMENTAREN GEOMETRIE
Leipzig 1910 1st Teubner. In German. Octavo, 138pp., 32 figuren, hardcover. Good, some old dry water effects on cover, very slight wrinkling throughout. Scarce. (a64363)
$175.00 Vega, Georg F. von . VORLESUNGEN �BER DIE MATHEMATIK ZWENTER BAND DIE THEORETISCHE UND PRACTISCHE GEOMETRIE, DIE GERADLINIGE UND SPHARISCHE TRIGONOMETRIE DIE HOHERE GEOMETRIE UND DIE INFINITISIMAL RECHNUNG ENTHALTEND. zWEYTE, VERBESSERTE UND VERMEHRTE AUFLAGE
Wien 1803 Joahnn Thomas Edlen von Trattnern. In German. Octavo, 661pp., 16 foldout engraved plates, full leather with attractive contemporary end papers. Three contemporary owner signatures on front end paper.Good, leather worn and rubbed, spine label very faint, lower half inch ofspine chipped. (a66468)
$240.00