Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 59

 
Leonhard Euler - Tentamen novae theoriae ... 1739


59
Leonhard Euler
Tentamen novae theoriae ... 1739
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,070
Sold:
€ 1,080 / $ 1,155

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Euler, L., Tentamen novae theoriae musicae ex certissimis harmoniae principiis dilucide expositae. With engr. title vignette and 4 (3 folding) copper plates and 2 folding tables. St. Petersburg, Typographia Academiae Scientiarum 1739. Contemp. vellum. 4to. 21, 263 pp.
Eitner III, 360. - Fétis III, 163. - Wolffheim I, 616. - MGG III, 1616. - Honeyman coll. 1059. - First edition of Euler's main work on music theory. - Slightly foxed in places and water stained, rear board with traces of damp. All in all fine and broad-margined copy, with engr. ex-libris of the jurist K. F. Homme (Warnecke 898) on verso of front board.
First edition of Euler's main work on music theory. With engr. title vignette and 4 (3 folding) copper plates and 2 folding tables. Contemp. vellum. - Slightly foxed in places and waterstained, rear board with traces of damp. All in all fine and broad-margined copy, with engr. ex-libris of the jurist K. F. Homme on verso of front board.




59
Leonhard Euler
Tentamen novae theoriae ... 1739
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,070
Sold:
€ 1,080 / $ 1,155

(incl. surcharge)