EUCLID (fl. c. 300 B.C.). Euclidis quae supersunt omnia, in Greek and Latin. Edited by David Gregory. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1703. 2° (400 x 243mm). With the final errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece and title-vignette by M. Burghers, numerous woodcut diagrams. (A little discolouration, short tear in frontispiece.) Contemporary English speckled calf, blindstamped border with large fleuron cornerpieces (rebacked, spine rather worn).
Lot 92

EUCLID (fl. c. 300 B.C.). Euclidis quae supersunt omnia, in Greek and Latin. Edited by David Gregory. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1703. 2° (400 x 243mm). With the final errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece and title-vignette by M. Burghers, numerous woodcut diagrams. (A little discolouration, short tear in frontispiece.) Contemporary English speckled calf, blindstamped border with large fleuron cornerpieces (rebacked, spine rather worn).

Closed17 June 2014

Price Realised

GBP 1,500

More Information

How to sell

EUCLID (fl. c. 300 B.C.). Euclidis quae supersunt omnia, in Greek and Latin. Edited by David Gregory. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1703. 2° (400 x 243mm). With the final errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece and title-vignette by M. Burghers, numerous woodcut diagrams. (A little discolouration, short tear in frontispiece.) Contemporary English speckled calf, blindstamped border with large fleuron cornerpieces (rebacked, spine rather worn).

LARGE-PAPER COPY, ONE OF 250 ONLY, from the most complete edition to date, based on, but superseding, the Basel edition, annotated by Sir Henry Savile. Brunet II, 1087; Hoffmann I, p.38; Honeyman II, 1042.