Auction 363 Old & Rare Books - Natural History - Science - Medicine
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MATHEMATICS -- EUCLIDES. Elementorum geometricorum libri XV. (…) His adiectis sunt Phaenomena, Catoptrica & optica, deinde Protheoria Marini, & Data… Opusculum de levi & ponderosa [translated by Bartolommeo Zamberti]. Basel, J. Hervagius & B. Brand, 1558. (2), 587, (1) pp. Fol. Cont. limp vellum w. overl. sides. (Ties fail, upper joint torn at the top, old name entries on ti-p., ticket removed from printer details, wormholes in ti. and first leaves (sl. affecting the text), some marg. modern ink annot., browned/foxed in places, without the 3 lvs. of foreword by Melanchton, as often).

Third Basel edition in Latin, with valuable commentaries by Theon, Campanus of Novara and Hypsicles of Alexandria. - Adams E976; Thomas-Stanford 15; Steck III.57; VD 16 E 4157; cf. PMM 25.

€ 1000

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