first edition
1727 · Paris:
by FONTENELLE, Bernard Le Bovier (1657-1757).
Paris:: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1727., 1727. 4to. [xxvi), 548 pp. Title-page vignette, tailpieces, headpieces, 1 engraved chapter vignette, 1 engraved initial, 1 engraved folding plate, occasional light foxing or browning. Full contemporary mottled calf, blind-ruled covers, raised bands, red and brown leather spine labels, gilt decorated spine, all edges red, marbled end papers, leather separation at top of spine, all edges red, marbled end-papers; leather separation at top of spine, hint of worming, but strong, lightly rubbed. A very clean and tight copy. Fine. FIRST EDITION of an extensive treatise on the principles of calculus, by Bernard Fontenelle, (truncated)