[EULER, Leonhard].

Lettres a une Princesse d'Allemagne sur Divers Sujets de Physique & de Philosophie.

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Twelve folding woodcut plates & woodcut diagrams in the text. xii, 314 pp.; xiv, 340 pp.; xiv, [2],404 pp. Three vols. 8vo, cont. wrappers, entirely uncut. St. Petersburg: l'Academie Impériale des Sciences, 1768-68-72. First edition of an extremely rare book in commerce; this is the finest set I have ever seen. It is bound in contemporary wrappers and entirely uncut; the condition is fine and fresh. This famous work, which is concerned with cosmology and physics, consists of a series of letters addressed to the Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, to whom Euler had give lessons in physics. Euler attacked Leibniz's monadology here. Euler's Lettres a une Princesse d'Allemagne "had an immense success and profoundly influenced contemporary philosophy."­Printing & the Mind of Man 196n. It ran to twelve editions in the original French, nine in English, six in German, four in Russian, and two in both Dutch and Swedish. There were also Italian, Spanish, and Danish editions. A fine set preserved in a half-morocco box. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. Houzeau & Lancaster 8897.

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