The elements of Euclid, . viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. ... Also, the book of Euclid's Data, in like manner corrected. By Robert Simson, ... To this fourth edition are also annexed, Elements of plain and spherical trigonometry.
Euclid (fl.300 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3139536
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 512 p., [2] leaves of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Nn.2.21 [black ink]/ Nn/7 [pencil]. Top corner of first free endpaper torn out. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Inscribed in ink: "P. Yorke. 1774. Queen's College", [presumably Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757-1834)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled sheep; blind rolled board edges; gilt lettered on brown spine-label: Simson's Euclid.
Makers and roles
Euclid (fl.300 BC) Robert Simson