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Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[EUCLID (fl. ca 300 B.C.)]. CLAVIUS, Christoph (1537-1612), Editor. Euclidis Elementorum libri XV. Accessit liber XVI. Cologne: Peter Cholinus, 1627.
8vo (151 x 93mm). Contemporary vellum (a few minor stains to covers). Provenance: early owner’s manuscript monogram in red ink dated 1647 on front free endpaper; two faint stamps on title.
The second posthumous edition of Clavius’ work on Euclid’s Elements, which “contains a vast quantity of notes collected from previous commentators and editors, as well as some good criticisms and elucidations of this own. Clavius made a new attempt at proving the ‘postulate of parallels’.” (DSB). USTC 2020353.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil