EUCLID (fl. 300 B.C.). Opera quae supersunt omnia. Ex recensione Davidis Gregorii, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1703, 2° (325 x 202mm.), Greek and Latin text in double column, engraved frontispiece and engraved vignette to title by M. Burghers, woodcut illustrations (frontispiece almost detached, lower outer corner of title cut out, title repaired, title and frontispiece both frayed, dampstaining to lower outer corners, some leaves browned, light spotting throughout), contemporary calf, spine gilt with lettering-piece (tail of spine with small part torn away, covers slightly scuffed), sprinkled edges. [Sotheran I, 1197].

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EUCLID (fl. 300 B.C.). Opera quae supersunt omnia. Ex recensione Davidis Gregorii, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1703, 2° (325 x 202mm.), Greek and Latin text in double column, engraved frontispiece and engraved vignette to title by M. Burghers, woodcut illustrations (frontispiece almost detached, lower outer corner of title cut out, title repaired, title and frontispiece both frayed, dampstaining to lower outer corners, some leaves browned, light spotting throughout), contemporary calf, spine gilt with lettering-piece (tail of spine with small part torn away, covers slightly scuffed), sprinkled edges. [Sotheran I, 1197].

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First complete edition of Euclid in the original Greek with Latin translation.

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