Euclidis elementorum libri XV. graecè & latinè, . quibus, cùm ad omnem mathematicæ scientiæ partem, tùm ad quamlibet geometriæ tractationem, facilis comparatur aditus. [Epigramma palaiôn. Schemata pente Platônos, ha Puthagoras sophos heure. Puthagoras sophos heure, Platôn d'aridêl'edidaxen, Euclidês opi toioi kleos prikalles eteuxen.].
Euclid (fl.300 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1598
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3022937
Summary
Bibliographic description
350,[2]p. . ill.. . 8vo. Calf (early 17c.), with blind-stamped centrepiece & rules. Printer's waste from preface to a work in French used as endpapers. Marginal notes in Latin in Liber primus, and mathematical notes in English on end flyleaf (both early 17c. hand). Note on stub of flyleaf (17c. hand, perhaps the same): "Agend Bur Buton for / Bur for".. Provenance: Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests).
Makers and roles
Euclid (fl.300 BC)