EUCLIDES. Euclidis Elementorum Libri XV.
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EUCLIDES. Euclidis Elementorum Libri XV. Accessit XVI. de Solidorum Regularium cuiuslibet intra quodlibet comparatione. … Nunc tertio editi... Auctore Christoforo Clavio Bambergensi.Colonia, a spese di Giambattista Ciotti, 1591
2 tomes in 1 vol. Folio, mm. 335x 205; Binding in vellum, spine with 5 ribs, marbled endpapers; pp. [16], 359, [1]; 355, 1 b., [40]. Two illustrated Titlepages with wide woodcut frame of ornaments and figures, Printer’s device on the verso of the last leaf of each tome, many geometrical illustrations within the text. Sign of dampstain, some browned leaves for the quality of the paper and the ink, overall fine copy.
2 tomes in 1 vol. Folio, mm. 335x 205; Binding in vellum, spine with 5 ribs, marbled endpapers; pp. [16], 359, [1]; 355, 1 b., [40]. Two illustrated Titlepages with wide woodcut frame of ornaments and figures, Printer’s device on the verso of the last leaf of each tome, many geometrical illustrations within the text. Sign of dampstain, some browned leaves for the quality of the paper and the ink, overall fine copy.
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Third edition, with some additions, of this important sixteenth edition of Euclid's books edited by the Jesuit mathematician Clavius. The first edition appeared in Rome in 1574: then was later completely revised in 1589, and the latter is based on the present: all three are dedicated to Charles Emmanuel Duke of Savoy.
Adams E-988; Sommervogel, II, col. 1214; Riccardi, Bibl. Euclidea, p. 425.
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