Author: Legendre, A.M.
Title: ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY; With Notes. Translated from the French of ... Edited by David Brewster. With Notes and Additions, and an Introductory Chapter on Proportion.
Description: Edinburgh, Published by Oliver & Boyd ..., 1824. 1st English Ed. xvi + 367pp. + [i] Errata + [iv] publ. adverts [only, lacking 2 advert. leaves]. Numerous diagrams. Some foxing, t.p. browned, early boards, rebacked with much of original spine laid down, paper title label to spine, minor wear and marking. ¶ Translated by Thomas Carlyle who contributed the notes and additions, and the introductory chapter on proportion. Apparently recommended to undertake the work by Brewster, receiving £50 payment of his work. ‘... Publication by David Brewster of Legendre's Géométrie, translated by Thomas Carlyle, provoked a scholarly dispute among various protagonists, including Leslie, Adrien-Marie Legendre, James Ivory, and an anonymous "S". This concerned the logical foundations of analysis and geometry and nicely illustrates prevailing attitudes and rivalries ...’ Science Direct.com.

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