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Title: Opera Omnia Author: Bernoulli, Jean Place: Lausanne & Geneva Publisher: Marc-Michel Bousquet Date: 1742 Description: 4 volumes. [4], xxiv, 563; [2], 620; [2], 563; [3]-588 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, full-page engraved portrait of the dedicatee, engraved vignette to each title-page, engraved and woodcut headpieces and historiated initials, and 91 engraved folding plates. (4to) 24.6x19.1 cm (9¾x7½"), early full vellum, spine lettered in gilt, with custom red cloth folders and red morocco-backed, gilt-lettered slipcases. First Collected Edition. First collected edition of the works of one of the important founders of calculus. "After Newton's death in 1727, Bernoulli was unchallenged as the leading mathematical preceptor to all Europe" (DSB). From the library of Robert Honeyman IV with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear, minor worming in lower margin of volume 2, minor wear to slipcases; very good. Item number: 259865