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by Jacob Bernoulli

$38,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Basel: Impensis Thurnisiorum Fratum, 1713. First edition, an exceptionally fine copy, rare in this condition. “Jakob 1 Bernoulli’s posthumous treatise, edited by his nephew Nicholas I Bernoulli , the title literally means “the art of dice throwing” was the first significant book on probability theory: it set forth the fundamental principles of the calculus of probabilities and contained the first suggestion

• Binding: Hardcover

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