Kavel 1128
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MATHEMATICS -- EUCLIDES. Elementorum libri XV. una cum scholiis antiquis a F. Commandino. Pesaro, Typ. Flaminii Concordiæ, 1619. (10), 255 lvs. W. woodcut device of the dedicatee, Cardinal Carlo de Medici, printed in red & black on ti-p., sev. diagrams in the text. Fol. Cont. vellum. (Spine dam./wormholed, lower compartment loosening, upper inner margin stained throughout (espec. at the beginning), some minor foxing in places).
Scarce second edition of Commandino's important Latin translation, first published in 1572, and which served as a notable source for subsequent editors for centuries. It was also the basis of the first translation into Italian. - Steck IV.19.€ 300
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