Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy Addressed to a German Princess. With Notes, and a Life of Euler, by David Brewster. Containing a Glossary of Scientific Terms. With Additional Notes, by John Griscom. In Two Volumes. Volume I [1] [One] only.

EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783); BREWSTER, David (1781-1868):

Published by New York: Harper & Brothers, 1833 [1838]., 1838

About this Item

1838 printing. Vol. I only. Frontispiece (folding), 386 pp. Original cloth. Very Good. The Family Library No. 55. English translation of Lettres a une Princesse d'Allemagne sur Divers Sujets de Physique & de Philosophie (1st French ed., 1768-68-72), a series of letters sent by Euler to the Princess of Anhalt-Dessau who Euler had tutored in physics. Printing and the Mind of Man (No. 196) notes: 'His 'Lettres à une Princess d'Allemagne' . . . had an immense success and profoundly influenced contemporary philosophy.' It ran to twelve editions in the original French, nine in English, six in German, four in Russian, and two in both Dutch and Swedish. There were also Italian, Spanish, and Danish editions. Vol. II of the edition offered here, also first published in 1833, was published that year as Vol. 56 in The Family Library under the J & J Harper imprint [there is a copy for sale online if someone wants to buy mine too and make a mixed set]; by 1838 it had changed to Harper & Brothers. In spite of its fame, this book is uncommon in all languages and all editions, even the Arno reprint.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy Addressed to a German Princess. With Notes, and a Life of Euler, by David Brewster. Containing a Glossary of Scientific Terms. With Additional Notes, by John Griscom. In Two Volumes. Volume I [1] [One] only.
• Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1833 [1838].
• Publication Date: 1838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket