The Elements of Euclid: Viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth; The Errors, by Which Is Theon, or Others, Have Long Ago ... Demonstrations Are Restored (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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HE Opinions of the Modems concerning the Author Of the Elements of Geometry which go under Euclid's Name, are.
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