Opuscula Varii Argumenti Tomus I ; Conjectura Physica circa Propagationem soni ac luminis Tomus II ; Opusculorum Tomus III continens Novam theoriam magnetis

by Leonhard Euler

$6,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Berlin: Haude & Spener, 1746; 1750; 1751. First edition, an outstanding copy uncut in the original boards, of Euler’s three-volume Opuscula varii argumenti although only the first volume bears this title , a collection of thirteen tracts, all except one published here for the first time. The most important is the first printing of Euler’s major treatise on light, Nova theoria lucis et colorum

• Binding: Hardcover

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