Author
Euclid
Uniform title
Elements. Latin
Title
Euclidis Elementorum libri XV. : Accessit liber XVI. de solidorum regularium cuiuslibet intra quodlibet comparatione. Omnes perspicuis demonstrationibus, accuratisque scholiis illustrati: nunc quartò editi, ac multarum rerum accessione post primam editionem locupletati. / Auctore Christophoro Clauio Bambergensi è Societate Iesu..
Varying form of title
Evclidis elementorvm libri XV
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Elementorum libri XV
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Elementorvm libri XV
Imprint
Francofurti, : Ex officina typographica Nicolai Hoffmanni, sumptibus Ionæ Rhodij., M.DC.VII. [1607]
Physical description
2 v. ([128], 671, [1]; 680 p.) : ill. ; 19 cm (8vo)
Note
Signatures: volume 1: *⁸ a*-g*⁸ A-Z⁸ Aa-Tt⁸ -- volume 2: a-z⁸ aa-tt⁸ uu⁴.
Note
Title-page to volume 1 printed in red and black.
Note
Printer's device on title pages of volumes 1 and 2.
Note
Volume 2 has title: "Euclidis posteriores libri IX. Accessit liber XVI. De solidorum regularium cuiuslibet intra quodlibet comparatione. Omnes perspicuis demonstrationibus, accuratisque scholiis illustrati: nunc quartò editi, ac multarum rerum accessione post primam editionem locupletati. Auctore Christophoro Clauio Bambergensi è Societate Iesu.".
Note
Illustrated throughout with woodcut diagrams.
Note
Head- and tail- pieces, initials and printed marginalia.
Citation/references note
CLC, E676
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
German or Dutch? 17th-century dark brown calf over wooden boards; sewn on four supports; boards decorated with blind fillets and rolls forming concentric rectangular frames, with central panel divided into three (one large rectangle, with smaller rectangles at top and bottom); spine with four raised bands; leather spine label with author and title; date 1607 in gilt at tail of spine; remains of two pairs of clasps at fore-edge; evidence of chain-plate at fore-edge of lower board.
Subject
Geometry Early works to 1800.
Subject
Mathematics Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Clavius, Christoph, 1538-1612 editor.
Added entry--name
Hoffmann, Nikolaus, active 1603-1619 printer.
Added entry--name
Rhodius, Jonas publisher.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Euclidis posteriores libri IX.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Evclidis posteriores libri IX.
Added entry--place
Germany Frankfurt am Main.
B20320
UKSbSC
20250814104904.6