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Euclidis Elementorum Libri Priores Sex item Undecimus et Duodecimus ex Versione Latina Frederici Commandini: Sublatis iis quibus olim Libri hi a Theone aliisve Vitiati sunt Et quibusdam Euclidis Demonstrationibus Restitutis A Robert Simson
1756j8328Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind with new marbled endpapers. Two early page numbers affected by small holes. Occasional light foxing. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown. Aeg. 1756. Fourth Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 270mm x 220mm 11" x 9". 411pp. Diagrams within the text. Latin title translates as 'The first six books of Euclid's Elements as well as the Eleventh and Twelfth for the Latin versions of the Frederick Commandino: By the removal of the latter from those of the Book of Theon or other such which they formerly were are vitiated And as some had been restored the demonstrations of Euclid by Robert A. Simson 1500' Robert Simson was born on 18 October 1687. He was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1711 until 1761 and made a significant contribution to mathematical scholarship; his interest in early Greek geometers proved particularly influential. Simson's definitive edition of Euclid's Elements first published in 1756 in Latin. This work contained only the first six and the eleventh and twelfth books. It became the standard text in England and along with the Conic Sections was produced in many editions some posthumously. It was also translated into several languages. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Robert and Andrew Foulis hardcover
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