EUCLID. Elementorum libri XV. Unà cum scholiis antiquis, translated from Greek by Federico Commandino, Pesaro: [Camillo Francischini], 1572, 2° (288 x 190mm.), FIRST COMMANDINO EDITION, title with woodcut architectural border by Jacobus Chriegher, woodcut diagrams and opening initials, with final blank (title soiled and ink-stained, some very heavy recent dampstaining to text, D1 ink-stained and holed with slight loss, blank section torn from 2A1, small hole in 2O4 affecting one letter recto and verso), contemporary limp vellum (crinkled), shelf marks to front pastedown. [Adams E984; BL Italian Books 1465 to 1600 p. 238; Mortimer Italian 174; Riccardi 1(1) 362 8.1; Thomas-Stanford 18]

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EUCLID. Elementorum libri XV. Unà cum scholiis antiquis, translated from Greek by Federico Commandino, Pesaro: [Camillo Francischini], 1572, 2° (288 x 190mm.), FIRST COMMANDINO EDITION, title with woodcut architectural border by Jacobus Chriegher, woodcut diagrams and opening initials, with final blank (title soiled and ink-stained, some very heavy recent dampstaining to text, D1 ink-stained and holed with slight loss, blank section torn from 2A1, small hole in 2O4 affecting one letter recto and verso), contemporary limp vellum (crinkled), shelf marks to front pastedown. [Adams E984; BL Italian Books 1465 to 1600 p. 238; Mortimer Italian 174; Riccardi 1(1) 362 8.1; Thomas-Stanford 18]

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