The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners

by Euclid, Oliver Byrne

$17,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: William Pickering, 1847. First edition. Quarto 233 x 188 mm . A Very Good copy. Geometric title page vignette and extensive diagrams printed in red, yellow, and blue, wood-engraved headpieces, ornamental initials by C. Whittingham of Chiswick, text printed in Caslon old-face type. Contemporary blue pebble-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, black coated endpapers,

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