Mathematics.- Libri (Guglielmo)

Memoria…sopra la teoria dei numeri, some light spotting, library stamps, contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, 4to, Leonardo Ciardetti & Son, Florence, 1820.

*** Scarce. ICCU records only 3 copies in Italian public libraries. Notable math book and his first scientific work, by Count Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja (1803-1869), a mathematician who became known for his love and subsequent theft of precious manuscripts.