Opening a new branch of mathematics
Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive Solutio problematis isoperometrici latissimo sensu accepti.
Lausanne & Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744. 4to (236 x 189 mm). [4], 322, [2] pp., including initial blank and final leaf of binder's instructions, title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut head-piece and initial, 5 folding engraved plates bound at end (plate IV misbound after plate..... More