Lot 156
Mathematics.- Euclid. The English Euclide, Being the First Six Elements of Geometry, translated by Edmund Scarburgh, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1705.
Hammer Price: £600
Description
Mathematics.- Euclid. The English Euclide, Being the First Six Elements of Geometry, translated by Edmund Scarburgh, half-title, title with engraved vignette, repairs to a2, a few small stains and spots, some water-staining, heaviest toward the beginning, Sir William Beauchamp Proctor bookplate, labels to rear pastedown, ink inscriptions to free endpaper of which 1 scribbled out, contemporary calf, gilt spine, spine ends chipped with loss, joints split but holding, rubbed, wear to extremities, [ESTC N7071], folio, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1705.
⁂ First edition of Edmund Scarburgh's translation.
Description
Mathematics.- Euclid. The English Euclide, Being the First Six Elements of Geometry, translated by Edmund Scarburgh, half-title, title with engraved vignette, repairs to a2, a few small stains and spots, some water-staining, heaviest toward the beginning, Sir William Beauchamp Proctor bookplate, labels to rear pastedown, ink inscriptions to free endpaper of which 1 scribbled out, contemporary calf, gilt spine, spine ends chipped with loss, joints split but holding, rubbed, wear to extremities, [ESTC N7071], folio, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1705.
⁂ First edition of Edmund Scarburgh's translation.
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