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Euclid. ; Dee, John; Candale, François de Foix comte de; Billingsley, Henry Sir

The elements of geometrie of the most auncient philosopher Euclide of Megara. Faithfully (now first) translated into the Englishe toung, by H. Billingsley, citizen of London. Whereunto are annexed certaine scholies, annotations, and inuentions, of the best mathematiciens, both of time past, and in this our age. With a very fruitfull præface made by M. I. Dee, specifying the chiefe mathematicall scie[n]ces, what they are, and wherunto commodious: where, also, are disclosed certaine new secrets mathematicall and mechanicall, vntill these our daies, greatly missed

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The elements of geometrie of the most auncient philosopher Euclide of Megara. Faithfully (now first) translated into the Englishe toung, by H. Billingsley, citizen of London. Whereunto are annexed certaine scholies, annotations, and inuentions, of the best mathematiciens, both of time past, and in this our age. With a very fruitfull præface made by M. I. Dee, specifying the chiefe mathematicall scie[n]ces, what they are, and wherunto commodious: where, also, are disclosed certaine new secrets mathematicall and mechanicall, vntill these our daies, greatly missed
  • Contributor: Euclid.; Dee, John; Candale, François de Foix comte de,; Billingsley, Henry Sir,
  • Published: Imprinted at London By Iohn Daye [1570 (3 Feb.]]
    Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999-
  • Published in: Early English Books, 1475-1640
  • Other titles: Elements.
  • Extent: [28], 203, 205-464, [1] leaves, folded table; ill
  • Language: English
  • Reproductino series: (Early English books online)
  • Type of reproduction: Electronic reproduction.
  • Place of reproduction: Ann Arbor, Mich. :: UMI,, 1999-
  • Reproduction note: Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 342:05)
  • Origination:
  • Keywords: Geometry Early works to 1800.
  • Description: eebo-0113
  • Footnote: With a sixteenth book added by François de Foix, comte de Candale
    Colophon reads: At London printed by Iohn Daye, dvvelling ouer Aldersgate beneath Saint Martins. These bookes are to be solde at his shop vnder the gate. 1570
    The folded table, dated 25 Feb. 1570 and showing the topics covered in Dee's preface, gives the date of the book's publication as 3 Feb
    Book 11 has onlays intended to be pasted at one edge over the illustrations. These were printed together on six bifolia. Variant: these bifolia are still intact and bound with book
    The last leaf is blank
    Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery