EUCLID (fl. 300 B.C.). Elementorum ... libri tredecim. Secundum vetera exemplaria restituti, translated by Fredericus Commandinus, edited by H. Briggs, London: William Jones, 1620, 2° (302 x 188mm.), parallel text in Greek and Latin, woodcut illustrations, with first and final blank (dampstaining throughout, upper outer corner of final blank torn away, free endpapers cut down to stub), contemporary calf (worn). [STC 10559].

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EUCLID (fl. 300 B.C.). Elementorum ... libri tredecim. Secundum vetera exemplaria restituti, translated by Fredericus Commandinus, edited by H. Briggs, London: William Jones, 1620, 2° (302 x 188mm.), parallel text in Greek and Latin, woodcut illustrations, with first and final blank (dampstaining throughout, upper outer corner of final blank torn away, free endpapers cut down to stub), contemporary calf (worn). [STC 10559].

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First edition printed in England in the original Greek with a Latin version. Although stated differently on the title, only 6 books were published.

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