GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855). Dioptrische Untersuchungen. In: Abhandlungen der mathematischen Classe der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Göttingen: Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1841. 4 o (258 x 205 mm). (Lacks errata leaf, dampstaining to lower inner corner.) Original plain green wrappers, uncut (dampstaining to lower inner corner). Provenance: R. Dedekind (1831-1916, mathematician, editor of the collected works of Carl Gauss), (ink signature on front wrapper). FIRST EDITION, "Gauss's last significant contribution to science published during his lifetime, containing an analysis of the path of light through a system of lenses and a demonstration that any system is equivalent to a properly chosen single lens" Norman 884. [ With: ] Determinatio attractionis quam in punctum quodvis positionis datae exercerer planeta si eius massa per totam orbitam ratione temporis quo singulae partes describuntur uniformiter esset dispertita. Goettingen: Dieterich, 1818. 4 o. Modern boards, original wrappers bound in. FIRST EDITION. Abhandlungen zur Methode der kleinsten Quadrate. Berlin: Stankiewicz, 1887. 8 o. Original red cloth. FIRST EDITION in German of this collection which first appeared some 31 years earlier in Latin. GAUSS, Carl Friedrich and Wilhelm WEBBER. Atlas des Erdmagnetismus nach den Elementen der Theorie entworfen. Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1840. 4 o. 18 double-page lithographed plates (some staining). Original beige boards (some wear). A supplementary atlas volume to the Resutate aus den Beobachtungen des Magnetischen Vereins. Norman 883. [ And :] Another copy. (Some scattered foxing). Original boards (some wear). (5)
GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855). Dioptrische Untersuchungen. In: Abhandlungen der mathematischen Classe der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Göttingen: Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1841. 4 o (258 x 205 mm). (Lacks errata leaf, dampstaining to lower inner corner.) Original plain green wrappers, uncut (dampstaining to lower inner corner). Provenance: R. Dedekind (1831-1916, mathematician, editor of the collected works of Carl Gauss), (ink signature on front wrapper). FIRST EDITION, "Gauss's last significant contribution to science published during his lifetime, containing an analysis of the path of light through a system of lenses and a demonstration that any system is equivalent to a properly chosen single lens" Norman 884. [ With: ] Determinatio attractionis quam in punctum quodvis positionis datae exercerer planeta si eius massa per totam orbitam ratione temporis quo singulae partes describuntur uniformiter esset dispertita. Goettingen: Dieterich, 1818. 4 o. Modern boards, original wrappers bound in. FIRST EDITION. Abhandlungen zur Methode der kleinsten Quadrate. Berlin: Stankiewicz, 1887. 8 o. Original red cloth. FIRST EDITION in German of this collection which first appeared some 31 years earlier in Latin. GAUSS, Carl Friedrich and Wilhelm WEBBER. Atlas des Erdmagnetismus nach den Elementen der Theorie entworfen. Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1840. 4 o. 18 double-page lithographed plates (some staining). Original beige boards (some wear). A supplementary atlas volume to the Resutate aus den Beobachtungen des Magnetischen Vereins. Norman 883. [ And :] Another copy. (Some scattered foxing). Original boards (some wear). (5)
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