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[EUCLID]. SCARBURGH, Charles, Sir (1616-1694). The English Euclide, Being The First Six Elements of Geometry, Translated out of the Greek, with Annotations and useful Supplements. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1705.
Folio (349 x 224 mm). Half-title; engraved vignette of the Sheldonian theater on the title-page; numerous woodcut and typographic diagrams throughout. (Some minor mostly marginal dampstaining or spotting.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, some light wear, hinges reinforced). Provenance: Benedict Library (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Scarburgh's translation of Euclide, published from his manuscript by his son. Physician and mathematician Sir Charles Scarburgh was an original fellow of the Royal Society.
Wallis, British Euclids p.5.
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum