EUCLID. The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in Which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols are Used Instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learners. Edited by Oliver Byrne. London: William Pickering, 1847.
4o. Half title. Wood-engraved initials and headpieces, diagrams printed in red, blue, yellow and black. Original red cloth decorated in blind and gilt, edges gilt (rebacked).
FIRST EDITION. "One of the oddest and most beautiful books of the whole century ... a decided complication of Euclid, but a triumph for Charles Whittingham" (R. McLean, Victorian Book Design, 1972, p. 70).
EUCLID. The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in Which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols are Used Instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learners. Edited by Oliver Byrne. London: William Pickering, 1847.
4o. Half title. Wood-engraved initials and headpieces, diagrams printed in red, blue, yellow and black. Original red cloth decorated in blind and gilt, edges gilt (rebacked).
FIRST EDITION. "One of the oddest and most beautiful books of the whole century ... a decided complication of Euclid, but a triumph for Charles Whittingham" (R. McLean, Victorian Book Design, 1972, p. 70).
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