Lot 92
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EUCLID (fl. c. 300 B.C.). Euclidis quae supersunt omnia, in Greek and Latin. Edited by David Gregory. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1703. 2° (400 x 243mm). With the final errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece and title-vignette by M. Burghers, numerous woodcut diagrams. (A little discolouration, short tear in frontispiece.) Contemporary English speckled calf, blindstamped border with large fleuron cornerpieces (rebacked, spine rather worn).
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EUCLID (fl. c. 300 B.C.). Euclidis quae supersunt omnia, in Greek and Latin. Edited by David Gregory. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1703. 2° (400 x 243mm). With the final errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece and title-vignette by M. Burghers, numerous woodcut diagrams. (A little discolouration, short tear in frontispiece.) Contemporary English speckled calf, blindstamped border with large fleuron cornerpieces (rebacked, spine rather worn).

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EUCLID (fl. c. 300 B.C.). Euclidis quae supersunt omnia, in Greek and Latin. Edited by David Gregory. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1703. 2° (400 x 243mm). With the final errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece and title-vignette by M. Burghers, numerous woodcut diagrams. (A little discolouration, short tear in frontispiece.) Contemporary English speckled calf, blindstamped border with large fleuron cornerpieces (rebacked, spine rather worn).

LARGE-PAPER COPY, ONE OF 250 ONLY, from the most complete edition to date, based on, but superseding, the Basel edition, annotated by Sir Henry Savile. Brunet II, 1087; Hoffmann I, p.38; Honeyman II, 1042.
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