BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679). Euclides restitutus, sive prisca geometriae elementa, brevius, & facilius contexta. Pisa: Francesco Onofrio, 1658.
4° (211 x 153mm). Half-title, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut initials. (First gathering repaired at top margin, occasional light soiling and staining, some leaves with a small marginal wormtrack, 2A1-2A4, 3A1-3A4 soliled and repaired at top margin with some holes, final leaves d1-d4 shorter and re-margined.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript number on spine and label, speckled edges (later endpapers, lightly soiled).
FIRST EDITION of Borelli’s ‘well received work’ (DSB) on Euclid. Borelli claimed that although Euclid had done an excellent job in compiling his Elements, these nevertheless could be repetitive and prolix, and it was time to put the material together in a clearer and more concise package. The present work was then translated into Italian and published in Bologna in 1663. RARE: only 2 copies recorded in ABPC/RBH. Riccardi I, 157 (‘raro’).
BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679). Euclides restitutus, sive prisca geometriae elementa, brevius, & facilius contexta. Pisa: Francesco Onofrio, 1658.
4° (211 x 153mm). Half-title, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut initials. (First gathering repaired at top margin, occasional light soiling and staining, some leaves with a small marginal wormtrack, 2A1-2A4, 3A1-3A4 soliled and repaired at top margin with some holes, final leaves d1-d4 shorter and re-margined.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript number on spine and label, speckled edges (later endpapers, lightly soiled).
FIRST EDITION of Borelli’s ‘well received work’ (DSB) on Euclid. Borelli claimed that although Euclid had done an excellent job in compiling his Elements, these nevertheless could be repetitive and prolix, and it was time to put the material together in a clearer and more concise package. The present work was then translated into Italian and published in Bologna in 1663. RARE: only 2 copies recorded in ABPC/RBH. Riccardi I, 157 (‘raro’).
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