EUCLIDES – TARTAGLIA, Nicolò. Euclide Megarense philosopho, solo introduttore delle Scientie Mathematice. Diligentemente rassettato, et alla integrità ridotto per il degno professore di tal Scientie Nicolò Tartalea Brisciano.Venezia, Curzio Troiano, 1565 [al colophon: 1566]

Small 4to, mm. 210x160; Contemporary full vellum binding, with letters “VG” printed on the front cover; Leaves 315 [i.e. 311, omitted in the numbering pp. 121-124], [1]. Printer’s device on Titlepage and on the verso of the last leaf, hundreds of geometrical illustrations within the text. Signature of possession on the Frontespiece.

Rare second edition of Euclid's Elements edited by Tartaglia. This is the first translation into a vernacular language, based on the Latin editions of Campanus and Zanetti, released in the first edition in 1543. At the opening, after the dedication, there is the Lettione de Nicolo Tartalea Brisciano above all the work of Euclid; It follows the text of the 15 books Euclidean, in normal type, with extensive comments in italics. Cornelius Lanzos: "The most famous source of Greek geometry is the monumental work of Euclid of Alexandria, called the" Elements "(around 300 B.C.). No other book of science had a comparable influence on the intellectual development of mankind. "

Adams E-993; Max Steck III, 72; Thomas-Stanford, 39; Riccardi Euclideana V, 1; Honeyman Collection, n. 1005. Cornelius Lanzos, Space through the Ages.

Slight sign of wear at the beginning of the work, nice copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE