EUCLID. The Elements of Geometrie, translated by Henry Billingsley, with a preface by John Dee, London: by John Daye, 1570, 2°, FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATION, woodcut border, signed IB, enclosing title, folding table, woodcut diagrams, initials, and portrait on colophon, some diagrams from 2R3 onwards with small overlays (spine block broken in several places, title laid down and with library perforation affecting border, stamps on verso of title, accession stamp at foot of next leaf which is also soiled at lower margin, stamp on blank verso of third leaf, the table torn with slight loss and with extensive repairs, heavy soiling at margin of *4, 2C5r soiled, occasional light spotting and staining, 3C1 torn at inner margin where block split, a few short marginal tears, edges generally browned, later leaves with light dampstains at upper margin, worsening and spreading to outer margin in final quire), contemporary calf (worn) [Honeyman 1008; STC 10560; Sparrow 58; Thomas-Stanford 41] Provenance: JCL