KOVALEVSKAIA, Sofia Vasilevna. Sonia Kovalevsky: Biography and Autobiography. I. Memoir, by A.C. Leffler (Edgren) Duchessa di Cajanello. II. Reminiscences of Childhood, written by herself, translated into English by Louise con Cossel. Walter Scott. 1895
Half title, front. port., 16pp cata. Orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. darkened. v.g.
¶Vospominania detstva, 1890. First edition of this translation. Kovalevskaia was one of the pre-eminent mathematicians of her era, and the first woman to hold a doctorate in her field. Line: Kovalevskaya 2.
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