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Elementorum geometricorum lib. XV

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Sale 311: Rare Books & Manuscripts, including Exploration & Voyages (#311) 06/16/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 06/16/2005 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #50 Elementorum geometricorum lib. XV

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$4,062.50

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

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Description

Title:

Elementorum geometricorum lib. XV

Author:

Euclid

Place Published:

Basel

Publisher:

Johannem Hervagium

Date Published:

1537

Description:

[8], 587, [1] pp. Woodcut device on title-page and at the end, woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut initials. (folio) 11¾x7¾, vellum.

Hervagius's first Latin edition of Euclid, using Bartolomeo Zanetti's translation of 1505 (Hervagius had previously printed the first edition of the Greek text in 1533). This copy is complete with Philip Melanchthon's preface, which was removed by the censor from many copies. This copy with inscription on title-page: "Ex lib. Christian S. Longomans", apparently Christian Sorensen Longomontanus (1562-1647), the Danish astronomer and pupil of Tycho Brahe. Armorial bookplate of Alex Campbell dated 1707. Adams E974

Condition:

Inconspicuously rebacked, later endpapers; title-page creased with repair at lower corner and inner margin, short closed tears to title-page and to final leaf, 5" closed tear to q1, intermittent very pale marginal dampstain, a couple of instances of marginalia (one trimmed); near fine.

Item#:

161331
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