How is Laugwitz's work on Cauchy viewed by historians?

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Detlef Laugwitz is mainly known for his by-now-standard biography of Riemann:

Detlef Laugwitz, Bernhard Riemann 1826-1866 : Turning Points in the Conception of Mathematics (1996 - German ed.1996)

as noted in this answer. He has written on Cauchy, as for example this text:

Laugwitz, Detlef. Infinitely small quantities in Cauchy's textbooks. Historia Math. 14 (1987), no. 3, 258–274.

How is Laugwitz's work on Cauchy viewed by historians today and why? I am interested in the historians' own position on the matter (rather than the opinions of SE editors).

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Didn't you answer it here? http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2885 – Conifold Jan 31 '16 at 21:53
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Just read the reviews of the book by historians. – Alexandre Eremenko Feb 01 '16 at 01:55
@Conifold, I have my own position on the matter. I was wondering what the historians themselves think of it. – Mikhail Katz Feb 01 '16 at 07:32
@AlexandreEremenko, that's a reply that can be given to any question on SE. – Mikhail Katz Feb 01 '16 at 07:33
@katz: not exactly so: sometimes it is not clear where to search. – Alexandre Eremenko Feb 01 '16 at 14:01
@AlexandreEremenko, there is a vast literature out there on Cauchy. I can send you some of my own articles with a bibliography with over 100 items (you will have to take my word for it that they are all relevant :-) Not all of them have commented on Laugwitz. – Mikhail Katz Feb 01 '16 at 14:07
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@katz: I beieve you. Laugwitz's book is on my reading list. But not the 100 items you mention about Cauchy:-) The life is short, and history is only a hobby for me, not the principal occupation. – Alexandre Eremenko Feb 01 '16 at 22:00
@AlexandreEremenko, Laugwitz only wrote a book about Riemann, not about Cauchy. – Mikhail Katz Feb 02 '16 at 07:45

How is Laugwitz's work on Cauchy viewed by historians?

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