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| Shelved: | f II8.V3R28.1482e Vault | ||
| Author: | Euclid. Elements. Latin | ||
| Title: | Elementa geometriae. | ||
| Imprint: | Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 1482. | ||
| Collation: | [275] p. woodcuts: border, diagrs., initials. 32 cm. | ||
| General Notes: | Edited by Giovanni Campano. While books I-XIII are genuine (Cf. Th. Heath. The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. 1956, v. 3, p. 519), book XIV is a work of the 2d cent. by Hypsicles and book XV, the work of a Roman land-surveyor of the 6th cent. Printed in red and black. The diagrams are set in a wide margin close to the theorems to which they relate. Type Gothic. Woodcut borders. | ||
| Language Note: | Originally written in Greek, this is the Latin translation from the Arabic version by Adelardus, of Bath, | ||
| References: | Brit. Mus. Cat. (XV cent.) V, p. 285 (IB.20513); Gesamtkat. d. Wiegendr., 9428; Proctor. Index Brit. Mus. 4383; Klebs 383.1 | ||
| Goff Number: | E-113 | ||
| Association: | Copy 2: Bokplate of James K. Moffitt. | ||
| Copy Notes: | Copy 1: Bound in levant morocco with blind tooling. Copy 2: Old vellum (original?) covers. | ||