Liége, H. Dessain, 1857. 4to (29.0 x 21.7 cm). Title page, [ii], 123 pp. Contemporary pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Speckled edges.

Rare treatise on probabilities by the Belgian mathematician Anton Meyer (1802-1857). "Meyer's scientific opus consists of 30 papers and 12 textbooks. His publications on the calculus of probabilities were written in the latter part of his life, some of them appearing posthumously. In particular, we note his Essai sur une exposition nouvelle de la théorie des probabilités a posteriori, 1857. This work was at the printer's when Meyer died" (M. F. Jozeau in Encyclopedia of Mathematics). Small stamp on front pastedown; otherwise a very good, clean copy. See also A. I. Dale (1999). A History of Inverse Probability: From Thomas Bayes to Karl Pearson. 2nd edition (New York, NY, Springer), p. 395.