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Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m]foelicissime
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Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m] foelicissime

Euclid (fl. 300 B.C); Adelard of Bath (1116-1142); Campano da Novara (1296); Ratdolt, Erhard (1447?-1528); Malaspina, Manfredi marchese di Filattiera (1720-1787); Sadler, Sir Michael (1861-1943)

anno Salutis 1482 octauis Calen[darum] Iun[ij]. [25 May 1482]

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸. Title from incipit in red on a2r. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on r7v reads: Opus elementoru[m] euclidis megarensis in geometria[m] arte[m] In id quoq[ue] Campani p...

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Euclide's Elements : the whole fifteen books compendiously demonstrated by Mr. Isaac Barrow. And translated out of the Latin

Euclid (fl. 300 B.C); Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677)

1660

Indexed in: Wing E3397.

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Due correction for Mr Hobbes : or, Schoole [sic] discipline, for not saying his lessons right : in answer to his Six lessons directed to the professors of mathematicks

Wallis, John (1616-1703)

1656

Dedication signed: John Wallis. Part of a long-lasting controversy between Wallis and Hobbes. "Six lessons" forms part of "Elements of philosophy, the first section, concerning body", 1656, the Engl...

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Quæstiones geometricæ : in Euclidis & P. Rami stoicheiōsin in usum scholæ mathematicæ collectæ

Ryff, Peter (1552-1629)

A. Dom, M.DC.LXV. [1665]

Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed.) R2421; Madan 2716.

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Art & geometry : a study in space intuitions

Ivins, William M (1881-1961)

1946

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BC MS Lt q 46, f.21r: The opening of
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Papers of John Salvio.

Salvio, John

c.1698-1736

Comprises: (1) Miscellaneous manuscript and printed items of various sizes, including orders and receipts, a page of calligraphic writing exercises, pages of geometrical and navigational drawings, a r...

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