The elements of Euclid; . with select theorems out of Archimedes. By the learned Andrew Tacquet. To which are added, practical corollaries, ... The whole abridg'd, and in this third edition publish'd in English, by William Whiston, ...
Euclid (fl.300 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1714
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3139449
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],xii,[4],182; [4],50 p., [6] leaves of plates . ill.., port.. . 8vo.. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: [brown ink] Gg6-12; [pencil] b/8; [dark blue ink] B.1.32. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled panelled calf; double blind fillet borders; five raised bands; spine label missing.
Makers and roles
Euclid (fl.300 BC) Archimedes (287-212 BC) Andrew Tacquet William Whiston (1667 - 1752)