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Capillarité: Leçons professées pendant le deuxième semestre 1888-1889

Poincaré, Henri

Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1895. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. [4], 189, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front cover. Seminal work on capillarity by Henri Poincaré, one of the last universal mathematicians. He made contributions to the theory of complex functions, to number theory, algebraic and differential geometry, and to many branches of applied mathematics, including celestial mechanics. Front wrap partly detached and spine partly missing. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in French. Wrappers in overall poor, interior in good+ to very good condition. Fair-Good. Item #35901

Price: $95.00