EUCLID 1505 Habent in hoc volumine eleme[n]torum libros

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EUCLID. Euclidis Megare[n]sis philosophi Platonici mathematicaru[m] disciplinaru[m] janitoris: habent in hoc volumine quicu[n]q[ue] ad mathematica[m] substantia[m] aspira[n]t: elem[n]torum libros xiii [etc.]. 2 lines of woodcut text at top of title, printer's device at bottom; text on A1r printed in red and black, with woodcut historiated initial and woodcut historiated border on 3 sides; woodcut marginal diagrams throughout. [240] leaves. Folio, old vellum, rebacked at an early date, spine wormed, rear hinge cracked; title lightly soiled and stained, with old stamp, small tear through next 2 leaves affecting a few words, light dampstaining at end; 1/4 morocco folding case. (Venice: Joannes Tacuinus de Tridino, 25 October 1505)

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first collected edition in latin