Tardieu, Pierre François Lot n° 1062

COUSIN, Jacques-Antoine-Joseph Traité de calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral. Paris Régent & Bernard 1796 4to: xxiv-319-[1]-viii-284 pp.; 6 folding pl. (sl. toned). Modern binding (hinges split). 2nd enlarged edition in 2 parts of the "Leçons de calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral" (1st ed.: 1777). This work by the French mathematician J.A.J. Cousin (1739-1800) was probably the most comprehensive survey of the calculus at that time. According S.F. Lacroix (1765-1843) it was together with Leonhard Euler's the most complete introduction. With a brief historical introduction on the various treatments of calculus. Engr. ill.: 6 folding pl. by P.F. Tardieu. Ref. João Caramalho Domingue - Lacroix and the Calculus. Springer 2008, p. 22.