GUARINI, Guarino (1624-1683). Euclides adauctus et methodicus mathematiquae universalis. Turin: Bartolomeo Zapata, 1671. 2° (352 x 220mm). Half-title, woodcut device on title, 11 engraved plates, woodcut diagrams, devices and initials. (Lacking blank? **4 as in the British Library copy and 12 pp. of appendix, browning and spotting.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, speckled edges (wormholes, some scuffing and staining, head of spine chipped). Provenance: Turner Collection presented to University of Keele, 1968 (bookplate).

GUARINI, Guarino (1624-1683). Euclides adauctus et methodicus mathematiquae universalis. Turin: Bartolomeo Zapata, 1671. 2° (352 x 220mm). Half-title, woodcut device on title, 11 engraved plates, woodcut diagrams, devices and initials. (Lacking blank? **4 as in the British Library copy and 12 pp. of appendix, browning and spotting.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, speckled edges (wormholes, some scuffing and staining, head of spine chipped). Provenance: Turner Collection presented to University of Keele, 1968 (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of this commentary on Euclid by the baroque architect Guarini. The author explains in detail the practice of building vaults and domes that made him justly famous. The Macclesfield copy contained 12 plates but the book is usually found with 11 as here. Sold with Claudius Richardus, Euclidis (Antwerp: 1645). Steck IV, 58. (2)