EUCLID (fl. 300 BC)
Elementorum Lib. XV... Posteriores Lib. IX. Rome: Bartholomeo Grassi, 1589. 2 vols 8° (170 x 115mm). Engraved title, numerous woodcut diagrams in text. (Occasional light browning and soiling.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript titles on spines and bottom edges. Provenance: Isaaci Zu Veith, M.D. Tyrolensis (ownership inscription dated 1863) -- Collegio Seminario Frangipani, Porto Re (stamp) -- Schola Prov. Venet. Soc. J (small book label on titles) -- Compagnia del Gesú, Rome (book label and stamp on title of vol. II).
A later edition of 'the oldest mathematical textbook still in common use today' (PMM). Adams E987; PMM 25. (2)
EUCLID (fl. 300 BC)
Elementorum Lib. XV... Posteriores Lib. IX. Rome: Bartholomeo Grassi, 1589. 2 vols 8° (170 x 115mm). Engraved title, numerous woodcut diagrams in text. (Occasional light browning and soiling.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript titles on spines and bottom edges. Provenance: Isaaci Zu Veith, M.D. Tyrolensis (ownership inscription dated 1863) -- Collegio Seminario Frangipani, Porto Re (stamp) -- Schola Prov. Venet. Soc. J (small book label on titles) -- Compagnia del Gesú, Rome (book label and stamp on title of vol. II).
A later edition of 'the oldest mathematical textbook still in common use today' (PMM). Adams E987; PMM 25. (2)
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