The elements of Euclid, with dissertations, . intended to assist and encourage a critical examination of these Elements, as the most effectual means of establishing a juster taste upon mathematical subjects, than that which at present prevails. Vol. I.
Euclid (fl.300 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1781
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3008581
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],iii,[1],96,145,[1],68p. : ill. ; 4to. Shelved and uniform with vol. 2, 1788. Annotated in pencil before binding as p. 95 (first count) has been folded over to preserve the marginal annotation. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks: [in pencil at front] Q5 L6; [in ink at rear] ) O6. Provenance: manuscript on flyleaf in an eighteenth-century hand: Fuit e libris Gul: Windham [William Windham (1750-1810)]. Bookplate: William Lukin (armorial). Binding: eighteenth-century calf; on five raised bands; gilt fillets on spine; gilt tooling on board edges. (Upper board detached.)
Makers and roles
Euclid (fl.300 BC) James Williamson (b.1742/3)