An elementary treatise on elliptic functions

In-8° (227x142mm), pp. XI, 384 + 16 di catalogo editoriale, legatura originale t. tela rosso mattone con titolo in oro al dorso e filetti a secco ai piatti. Qualche fioritura. Ottimo stato. Prima edizione del solo trattato pubblicato da Cayley (Richmond, Surrey, 1821-Cambridge 1895), uno dei massimi matematici del XIX secolo (tutta la restante, estesissima produzione di Cayley è dispersa in estratti ed in atti accademici). 'For most of his life Cayley worked incessantly at mathematics, theoretical dynamics, and mathematical astronomy. He published only one full-lenght book, 'Treatise on Elliptic Functions'; but his output of papers and memoirs was prodigious, numbering nearly a thousand, the bulk of them since published in thitteen large quarto volumes. His work was greatly appreciated from the time of its publication, and he did not have to wait for mathematical fame.' (D.S.B.). Poggendorff, III, 1, p. 249. Cfr. Loria, Storia delle matematiche, pp. 881-882 e Bell, I grandi matematici, pp. 385-413 e passim.