[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Italian ed. of Euclid's Elements of Geometry. Bologna: 1686

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MATHEMATICS) Euclid. DE GLI ELEMENTI DI EUCLIDE. Li Primi Sei Libri Tradotti in Lingua Italiana All' Illustriss. Senato di Bologna [Giovanni Ricci]. Bologna: Gioseffo Longhi. 1686. Sm. 8vo. (4),328pp. Woodcut device on title. Illustrated throughout with woodcut diagrams. Cont. mottled calf, gilt decorated spine compartments (1 small chip), spine label lacking. Old paper repair to top outer corner of title (no loss). Old bookplate on front pastedown.    $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
A scarce Italian edition.  The Ricci Italian translation was printed only in 1651 and 1686.  This is the only copy currently for sale on line, of either printings.

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