EUCLID (EUKLID) OF ALEXANDRIA. - THE EARLIEST COMPLETE EDITION.
(Ta sozomena (greek)) Quae supersunt Omnia. Ex Recensione Davidis Gregorii.
Oxford, E Theatro Sheldoniana, 1703. Folio. Full calf (around 1850 or later). Rebacked preserving old spine with leatherlabel. Corners restored. Titlepage torn in top loosing the greek title-spelling. Lower right corner of title repaired. Browning and yellowing to the first ab. 7o leaves, otherwise scattered brownspots and light yellowing to leaves. Large engraved titlevignette. Engraved frontispiece (bound after "Praefatio"). (16),686,(1) pp. Diagrams in the text throughout.
¶ First edition of this importent complete edition of "Euclid", both in Greek and Latin, and the only one which contains all the extant works attributed to Euclid. It remained the standard-edition for nearly 200 years. Its Greek text is based on the Basel-edition (Editio princeps of 1533, with corrections) and the Latin text which accompanies the Greek on the same page, is for the most part that of Commandino. - "As an edition of the whole of Euclid's works, this stands alone, there being no other in Greek." (De Morgan). The text includes all the works attributed to Euclid: 1. Elementorum Libri XV - 2. Data, cum Praefatione Marini. - 3. Introductio Harmonica. - 4. Sectio Canonis. - 5. Phaenomena. - 6. Optica. - 7. Catoptrica. - 8. De Divisionibus Liber. 9. De Levi et Ponderoso Fragmentum. - Riccardi, 1703 (3) - Max Steck V.2.
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