Euclidis Megarensis mathematici clarissimi Elementorum geometricorum lib. XV : cum Expositione Theonis in priores XIII à Bartholomaeo Veneto Latinitate donata, Campani in omnes, & Hypsiclis Alexandrini in duos postremos : his adiecta sunt Phaenomena, Catoptrica & Optica, deinde Protheoria Marini & Data : postremûm uero, opusculum De leui & ponderoso, hactenus non uisum, eiusdem autoris.

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First Latin edition printed by Harvagius of this compilation of all Greek mathematical knowledge since Pythagoras.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Elements. Latin. 1537
Main Author: Euclid
Other Authors: Theon, of Alexandria, active 364
Campano, da Novara, -1296
Hypsicles, of Alexandria
Marinus, active 5th century
Zamberti, Bartolomeo, active 1500 (Translator)
Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560 (author of prefatory material.)
Herwagen, Johann, 1497-1559? (Printer)
Language:Latin
Language of the Original:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Published: Basileae [Basel] : Apud Iohannem Heruagium, mense Augusto, anno MDXXXVII [1537]
Subjects:
Geometry > Early works to 1800.
Marginalia (Provenance) > 16th century.
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
Marginalia (Provenance)
Ownership and Custodial History:
19th- or early 20th-century armorial bookplate on front paste-down: Pierre N. Le Brun; bookseller's description by Pazzo Books, Boston, Massachusetts, along with correspondence with bookseller, available in MS 466 box 3 folder 147.
Local Note:
MSU: Early marginalia on leaves f5v and h5v.
MSU: Extra numeral "X" added in ink to date of imprint on title page and in colophon (both obliterated or partially obliterated); note in pencil in Italian on front paste-down noting these incorrect markings.
MSU: Two engravings found inside lower board: 18th-century portrait of Galileo, signed "F[rancisc]us Zucchi sculpsi" ("Tratto di qualche opera" inscribed in pencil on verso); 19th-century portrait of Aristotle, signed "Ambroise Tradieu direxit"; both items now available in MS 466.
MSU: Conservation 2018 Wallace Conservation Lab, MSU Libraries.
Binding Information:
In contemporary full vellum over paste-boards; "Euclidis Elementa" in ink on spine; speckled fore-edge.
Physical Description:8 unnumbered pages, 587 pages, 1 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 30 cm (folio)
Variant Title:
Evclidis Megarensis mathematici clarissimi Elementorvm geometricorvm lib. XV
Evclidis Megarensis mathematici clarissimi Elementorum geometricorum lib. XV
Elementorum geometricorum lib. XV
Other Uniform Title:Catoptrica.
Format: Book

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