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EUCLIDE. Elementorum geometricorum libri XV. Basel, J Herwagen, 1546 Folio. 325x220 mm. Coeval pigskin binding richly embossed on wooden boards (signed I.S., dated 1541). Pages [8], 587, 1 unnumbered with letterpress mark. Marks: †⁴a-2z⁶2A-2C⁶. Brand name on Title Page and at end, Figured woodcut initials. Italic, Tondo and Greek typeface. On Title Page, name of former possessor, marginalia. Defects to binding, fragile plates; internally occasional browning and slight foxing, traces of use, overall good copy. Rare and important edition, edited by Philipp Melanchton, with Euclid's diagrams inserted into the text. This edition contains the entire Euclidean corpus, including the pamphlet De levi & ponderoso, a fragment of Euclid that was discovered just as the first edition of the present work was about to be printed in 1537. In addition to the Elements, whose text, in the Latin version by Bartholomaeus Zambertus, is embellished with commentaries by Theon of Alexandria and Campanus, it also contains the Phaenomena, Catoptrica and Data. The copy is complete with Melanchthon's six-page dedication to the "studiosis adolescentibus," which is often mutilated or missing. Stanford: "I now come to the Basle editions, an important series, all folios printed by Johann Herwagen between 1533 and 1558. He was the first printer to inset Euclid s diagrams in text. Earlier printers, and some later, placed them in the fore margin." [I come now to the Basel editions, an important series, all in folio, printed by Johann Herwagen between 1533 and 1558. He was the first printer to include Euclid's diagrams in the text. Earlier printers, and some later ones, placed them in the front margin]. Euclid's minor works, Phaenomena Data, Specularia and Perspectiva, are placed in the last 100 pages. At the end of the volume, from page 585, is the "De Levi & Ponderoso Fragmentum." Adams E975; Hoffmann II, 42; Thomas-Stanford 11; Oldham, English Blind-Stamped Bindings 866 ("1546-69"). Folio. 325x220 mm. Contemporary pigskin binding richly embossed on wooden boards (signed I.S., dated 1541). Pages [8], 587, 1 unnumbered with printers' device. Sign: † ⁴a-2z⁶2A-2C⁶. Printer's mark on the Titlepage and at the end, Woodcut Initials and diagrams. Italic, Roman and Greek type. Previous owner's name on titlepage, old marginalia. Defects on the binding, fragile covers; occasional browning and slight foxing, traces of wear, overall a good copy. Rare and important edition, edited by Philipp Melanchton, with Euclid's diagrams inserted in the text. This edition contains the entire Euclidean corpus, including the booklet De levi & ponderoso, a fragment of which was discovered just as the present work's first edition was about to be printed in 1537. In addition to the Elements, the text of which, in the Latin version of Bartholomaeus Zambertus, is embellished with the comments of Theon of Alexandria and Campanus, it also contains the Phaenomena, Catoptrica and Data. This copy is complete with the six-page dedication by Melanchthon to the 'studiosis adolescentibus' which is often mutilated or missing. Stanford: "I now come to the Basle editions, an important series, all folios printed by Johann Herwagen between 1533 and 1558. He was the first printer to inset Euclid s diagrams in text. Earlier printers, and some later, placed them in the fore margin. " Euclid's minor works, such as I Phaenomena Data, Specularia and Perspectiva, are placed in the last 100 pages. At the end of the volume, from page 585, the "De Levi & Ponderoso Fragmentum.

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EUCLIDE. Elementorum geometricorum libri XV. Basel, J Herwagen, 1546 Folio. 325x220 mm. Coeval pigskin binding richly embossed on wooden boards (signed I.S., dated 1541). Pages [8], 587, 1 unnumbered with letterpress mark. Marks: †⁴a-2z⁶2A-2C⁶. Brand name on Title Page and at end, Figured woodcut initials. Italic, Tondo and Greek typeface. On Title Page, name of former possessor, marginalia. Defects to binding, fragile plates; internally occasional browning and slight foxing, traces of use, overall good copy. Rare and important edition, edited by Philipp Melanchton, with Euclid's diagrams inserted into the text. This edition contains the entire Euclidean corpus, including the pamphlet De levi & ponderoso, a fragment of Euclid that was discovered just as the first edition of the present work was about to be printed in 1537. In addition to the Elements, whose text, in the Latin version by Bartholomaeus Zambertus, is embellished with commentaries by Theon of Alexandria and Campanus, it also contains the Phaenomena, Catoptrica and Data. The copy is complete with Melanchthon's six-page dedication to the "studiosis adolescentibus," which is often mutilated or missing. Stanford: "I now come to the Basle editions, an important series, all folios printed by Johann Herwagen between 1533 and 1558. He was the first printer to inset Euclid s diagrams in text. Earlier printers, and some later, placed them in the fore margin." [I come now to the Basel editions, an important series, all in folio, printed by Johann Herwagen between 1533 and 1558. He was the first printer to include Euclid's diagrams in the text. Earlier printers, and some later ones, placed them in the front margin]. Euclid's minor works, Phaenomena Data, Specularia and Perspectiva, are placed in the last 100 pages. At the end of the volume, from page 585, is the "De Levi & Ponderoso Fragmentum." Adams E975; Hoffmann II, 42; Thomas-Stanford 11; Oldham, English Blind-Stamped Bindings 866 ("1546-69"). Folio. 325x220 mm. Contemporary pigskin binding richly embossed on wooden boards (signed I.S., dated 1541). Pages [8], 587, 1 unnumbered with printers' device. Sign: † ⁴a-2z⁶2A-2C⁶. Printer's mark on the Titlepage and at the end, Woodcut Initials and diagrams. Italic, Roman and Greek type. Previous owner's name on titlepage, old marginalia. Defects on the binding, fragile covers; occasional browning and slight foxing, traces of wear, overall a good copy. Rare and important edition, edited by Philipp Melanchton, with Euclid's diagrams inserted in the text. This edition contains the entire Euclidean corpus, including the booklet De levi & ponderoso, a fragment of which was discovered just as the present work's first edition was about to be printed in 1537. In addition to the Elements, the text of which, in the Latin version of Bartholomaeus Zambertus, is embellished with the comments of Theon of Alexandria and Campanus, it also contains the Phaenomena, Catoptrica and Data. This copy is complete with the six-page dedication by Melanchthon to the 'studiosis adolescentibus' which is often mutilated or missing. Stanford: "I now come to the Basle editions, an important series, all folios printed by Johann Herwagen between 1533 and 1558. He was the first printer to inset Euclid s diagrams in text. Earlier printers, and some later, placed them in the fore margin. " Euclid's minor works, such as I Phaenomena Data, Specularia and Perspectiva, are placed in the last 100 pages. At the end of the volume, from page 585, the "De Levi & Ponderoso Fragmentum.

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