LEIBNITZ 1720

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LEIBNITZ, [G. W. von]. Explication de l’arithmétique binaire, Que se sert seul caractéres 0 & 1; avec des Remarques sur son utilité, & sur ce qu’elle donne le sens des anciennes figures Chinoises de Fohy. IN: Histoire de L’Academie Royale des Sciences. Année M.DCC.III…. Seconde Edition, revûe, corrigée & augmentée. Paris: Chez Charles-Estienne Hochereau, 1720.

Thick quarto, period style full mottled brown calf, elaborately gilt decorated spine, raised bands, red morocco spine label, marbled endpapers. With 12 engraved folding plates, engraved title page vignette, engraved ornamental head- and tailpieces. Text in French.

Second edition of Histoire de l’Academie Royale des Sciences, containing Leibniz’ groundbreaking work on binary arithmetic, which first appeared in the Royal Academy’s 1703 Memoires, this rare 1720 volume also with Bernouli’s Demonstration Generale, and seminal works by Cassini, de la Hire and other leading scientists of the age, with 12 engraved folding plates. Beautifully bound.