Euclid (fl. 300 BC) Elementa Libri XV. [and] Posteriores Libri Sex.

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Euclid (fl. 300 BC) Elementa Libri XV. [and] Posteriores Libri Sex. Rome: Vincentium Accoltum, 1574. First edition with the commentary of Christoph C. Clavius [aka Schlussel] (1537-1612),octavo, two parts in one volume, each title within a woodcut compartment with the Jesuit emblem at the top, illustrated with text woodcut diagrams throughout, bound in full contemporary limp parchment, an occasional tear or spot, some toning, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.

In Book III, Clavius rejects Copernican heliocentrism.

a-e8, A-Z8, Aa-Ss8, Tt4 (Tt4 blank & present); A-Z8, Aa-Oo8, Pp4.
Estimate $300-400


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