Apr 12, 2010 - Sale 2210

Sale 2210 - Lot 145

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EUCLID. Euclide Megarense philosopho, solo introduttore delle scientie mathematice. Diligentemente rassettato, et alla integrità ridotto. Numerous woodcut text diagrams. 315 [i. e., 311], [1] leaves; lacks A2 (preliminary leaf after title). Folio, 19th-century 1/2 morocco, joints and raised bands rubbed, lower outer corner broken off front cover but present; margins trimmed affecting some headlines, title lightly soiled and spotted with blank lower outer corner off, occasional foxing or browning, light marginal dampstaining toward end. Venice: Curtio Troiano, 1565
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Second edition of the 1543 Italian translation of the Elements by the mathematician Niccolò Tartaglia. Hoffmann II, 53; Riccardi II, 498; Thomas-Stanford 39.