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EUCLID. Stoicheion bibl. XV ek ton theonos sunousion. Greek text of Euclid and commentary of Proclus on Book 1; edited by Simon Grynaeus. [4] (of [12]), 268; 116 pages; lacks the dedication. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 294x195 mm, old sheep-backed marbled boards, spine damaged; marginal dampstaining throughout, lower outer corner off title, blank lower margin excised from preface leaf and torn off first leaf of text with slight loss to woodcut border on recto. Bookplate of David Wheatland. Basel: Johannes Herwagen, 1533
first edition in the original greek of both Euclid's Elements and the commentary by Proclus. Hoffmann II, 38, and III, 292; Norman 730; Thomas-Stanford 7.censored copy, with the 4-leaf dedication to Cuthbert Tunstall removed, and the printer's name inked out on the title page and colophon.
