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Geometry, History, Euclid's Elements, Study and teachingTimes
Early works to 1800Showing 4 featured editions. View all 13 editions?
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Edition Notes
Issued in a case.
Full-color facsimile reproduction of Byrne's 1847 edition, accompanied by a volume of commentary.
"This remarkable example of Victorian printing has been described as one of the most peculiar yet beautiful books of the 19th century"--Publisher's leaflet laid in case.
Facsimile volume originally published: London : William Pickering, 1847.
The accompanying commentary volume contains two essays by Werner Oechslin; each essay is printed in the original German and in English and French translations. The English titles of the essays are: Euclid's geometry, (not) a Via Regia?; and, "To facilitate their acquirement" : Oliver Byrne's The first six books of the Elements of Euclid : didactic, colourful, and eccentric.
"Project management: Petra Lamers-Schütze, Cologne"--Commentary volume, p. 95.
Includes bibliographical references (commentary volume, p. 93-95).
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