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The important collection from the French mathematician Michel Chasles (1793-1880) of rare scientific books
[CHASLES, Michel].Catalogue de la Bibliothèque scientifique, historique et littéraire de feu Michel Chasles. Supplément.     Paris, A. Claudin, Libraire, 1881. 2 vols. 8vo. Wrappers. 390; 396-415 pp. Auction catalogue of the important collection from the French mathematician Michel Chasles (1793-1880) of rare scientific books. The catalogue, including the supplement, describes 4194 lots. Chasles was a mathematician who worked on algebraic and projective geometry. He wrote Aperçu historique sur l'origine et le développement des méthodes en géométrie (1873), a work on the history of mathematics, which is an important reference work until today. He was an avid collector of authographs and manuscripts by for example scientists. From 1861-1869 he was a victim of one of the most clever and prolific literary forgers, Denis Vrain-Lucas. Chasles bought thousands of manuscripts amongst which the correspondence between Isaac Newton, Blaise Pascal and Robert Boyle. In 1869 Vrain-Lucas was brought to trial and convicted, leaving Chasles, who had defended the authenticity of the documents before, with a rather damaged reputation. Good set.
Blogie 160; Taylor, Bookcatalogues: their varieties and uses, p.123; DSB 212-215 pp.
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