Eukleidou stoichei-on biblia ig [13]. = Elementorum Euclidis libri tredecim. . Secundum vetera exemplaria restituti. Ex versione Latina Federici Commandini aliquam multis in locis castigata.
Euclid (fl.300 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1620
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 3027169
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 250, [2] p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . fol.. Former shelfmark 169. Provenance: Early nineteenth-century engraved book-label: 'Wilbraham Egerton Esqr./Tatton Park' [i.e. Wilbraham Egerton (1781-1856)] (Potten 6).Seventeenth-century inscription on front fly-leaf, “pret: 0.8.0”; re-purchased, Sotheby's, 10 April 2002. Binding: Sixteenth-century blind-tooled calf, fillets and rolls, remains of cloth ties; rebacked (twentieth century); Binder's waste at front and rear from STC 3130, ESTC S102660(?), Bienerhasset's “Directions for the plantation in Vlster”, 1610. Partial titles written on fore-edge, indicating two or more works were originally bound together with Euclid as (2), but not in this binding.
Makers and roles
Euclid (fl.300 BC) Henry Briggs (1561-1630) Federico Commandino (1509-1575).