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Bernoulli, Jacques.
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Ars conjectandi. opus posthumum. Accedit tractatus de seriebus infinitis, et epistola Gallice scripta de ludo pilae reticularis. Basel: Thurneisser brothers, 1713
4to (198 x 167mm.), woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, 2 folding letterpress tables, folding woodcut plate, modern half vellum
Provenance
Jean Trembley Colladon, inscription on title-page; F. Engel, inscription on flyleaf dated 1897
Literature
Norman 216; Dibner, Heralds 110; PMM 179
Catalogue Note
first edition of Bernoulli's most famous work, in which he discusses series and probability.