Mathematics.- Libri (Guglielmo)

Memoria...sopra la teoria dei numeri, FIRST EDITION, some light foxing in places, two library stamps on verso of title page, very little foxing in places, 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.