Elementorum libri XV. Accessit XVI de solidorum regolarium comparatione [...].

Rome, V. Accolti, 1574

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8vo: [40]-331-[1] ff. (some browning and staining, part of paper missing in margin of E3 touching the borderline and lemmata).

Contemp. vellum, ink titled flat spine, sp. edges.

Rare first edition, part one only, of the commentaries of Christopher Clavius (1537-1612), German jesuit and mathematician, on the major work of Euclides. Several geometrical woodcuts in-text. Typographic title in architectural border, printed within ruled border.
Ref. Adams E-985. - Machiels E-732. - DBS II:1214. - Edit 16 18360.