Elementorum Euclidis Libri XV. Breviter ac succincte demonstrati Opera & Studio .[with] Euclidis Data Succincte demonstrata, Una cum Emendationibus & Additionibus Ad Elementa Euclidis,.

Isaac Barrow

Published by Johan.Georg.Schwanderum, Osnabrugi [Osnabruck], 1676

About this Item

A fair copy of an early edition of Isaac Barrow's classic translation of Euclid's work. Isaac Barrow (1630-1677) was a mathematician, classical scholar and theologian. He is principally known for his work on tangents and Calculus. He was one of Isaac Newton's teachers. This translation of Euclid from the Greek to Latin was his first work. The full leather binding is falling apart: the front board is detached; half the spine is present but detached; and the back board is still attached. Contents: blank; title page; preliminaries 6pp; text with numerous diagrams pp 1-376; half title Euclidis Data 1675; note; text pp 379-424; finis. The front endpaper and the initial blank have been joined by some tape and some sellotape. Apart from that, the contents are in very good clean condition. There is a signature of Walter Stephen to the top of the fep and also to the side of the title page, and a further note in the same hand on p29. There is a very small worm track on pp 353-369 and 399-411. A leather repair would produce a very nice volume.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Elementorum Euclidis Libri XV. Breviter ac succincte demonstrati Opera & Studio .[with] Euclidis Data Succincte demonstrata, Una cum Emendationibus & Additionibus Ad Elementa Euclidis,.
• Publisher: Johan.Georg.Schwanderum, Osnabrugi [Osnabruck]
• Publication Date: 1676
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Full-Leather
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • 17th century works
  • Mathematics