LAGRANGE 1867-1892

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Lagrange, Œuvres, 15 vol., Paris, Gautiers-Villars, 1867

The nineteenth century edition of the Oeuvres de Lagrange published in Paris from 1867 to 1892 in 14 volumes, edited by the mathematicians Alfred Serret, for Volumes I–X, XIII, and, after Serret’s death, by Gaston Darboux for Volumes XI and XII. Volumes XIII and XIV, containing the correspondence, were edited by the historian and librarian, Ludovic Lalanne.

The publication, carried out between 1867 and 1892, of the XIV volumes of the Works of Lagrange considerably facilitates the consultation of a work which profoundly marked the evolution of mathematical and theoretical sciences in the second half of the eighteenth century and the first third of the nineteenth century.

The publishers first printed the works published by the Academy of Turin, then those of Berlin and then those of the Academy of Sciences of Paris. Lagrange, who remained faithful to the three Academies all his life, sent his work to one or the other for no other reason than to please everyone and not clutter up any collection. Bibliography: G. Sarton, Lagrange’s personality (1736-1836), Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, t. 88, Philadelphy, 1944, p. 457-496 ; G. Sarton, R. Taton et G. Beaujouan, Documents nouveaux concernant Lagrange, Revue d’Histoire des Sciences, t. Ill, 1950, p. 110-132. Voir en particulier p. 113.