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EUCLID. The Elements of Geometrie. Translated by Sir Henry Billingsley. London: John Daye, [1570].
2° (288 x 200mm). Title with woodcut allegorical border (laid down), folding 'Groundplat' (repaired and shaved), woodcut diagrams, including 37 in Book XI with one or more folding overslips, decorative woodcut initials and portrait of John Daye (McKerrow 145) on final leaf. (Lacking final blank, first half of book with dampstains to upper part of each page.) 19th-century speckled calf, gilt. Provenance: Trinity House (armorial bookplate, gilt arms on spine).
FIRST EDITION of the complete English translation, with a preface by John Dee. STC 10560.
2° (288 x 200mm). Title with woodcut allegorical border (laid down), folding 'Groundplat' (repaired and shaved), woodcut diagrams, including 37 in Book XI with one or more folding overslips, decorative woodcut initials and portrait of John Daye (McKerrow 145) on final leaf. (Lacking final blank, first half of book with dampstains to upper part of each page.) 19th-century speckled calf, gilt. Provenance: Trinity House (armorial bookplate, gilt arms on spine).
FIRST EDITION of the complete English translation, with a preface by John Dee. STC 10560.