Euclides Vindicatus
SACCHERI, GIROLAMO
AbeBooks Seller Since 14 June 2005
AbeBooks Seller Since 14 June 2005
About this Item
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 8 vo. Orig. cloth with orig. lea. spine label. xxx, 246 pp. Text figs. A very good copy. This is the first English translation of the Italian mathematician, G. Saccheri's (1667-1733), famous and rare geometric work, 'Euclid freed of every fleck' (Milan, 1733). Saccheri's ".attempt to apply his logic to prove the correctness of the fifth postulate (Euclid's parallel axiom). has become part of mathematical logic and non-Euclidean geometry." (D.S.B.). Seller Inventory # 000117
Bibliographic Details
Title: Euclides Vindicatus
Publisher: Chicago & London: Open Court, 1920
Publication Date: 1920
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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