MARC Record from University of Toronto

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100 0 $aEuclid.
240 10 $aElements.$lEnglish.$f1756
245 14 $aThe elements of Euclid,$bviz. The first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. In this edition, the errors,$cby which Theon or others, have long ago vitiated these books, are corrected, and some of Euclid's demonstrations are restored, by Robert Simson.
260 0 $aGlasgow,$bPrinted by R. and A. Foulis,$c1756.
300 $a[8], 431 p.$bdiagrs.
500 $a"Notes critical and geometrical": p. [353]-431.
500 $aThe Notes have special t.p.: Notes critical and geometrical, containing an account of those things in which this edition differs from the Greek text, and the reasons of the alterations which have been made. As also observations on some of the propositions. By Robert Simson ...
590 $aWith the armorial bookplate of the House of Abercairny.
650 0 $aGeometry$yEarly works to 1800
700 11 $aSimson, Robert,$d1687-1768
948 $a07/15/1992$b02/20/2001
949 $asci 00858$wASIS$c1$i34444011142536$lRAREBOOKS$mFISHER$rN$sY$tBOOK$u17/8/1994