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Genre/Form: | History |
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Named Person: | Euclid.; Oliver Byrne; Augustus De Morgan; Oliver Byrne; Augustus De Morgan; Euclides |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Euclid.; Oliver Byrne; Werner Oechslin; Petra Lamers-Schütze; Taschen (Firm) |
ISBN: | 9783836517751 3836517752 |
OCLC Number: | 748579458 |
Notes: | Full-color facsimile reproduction of Byrne's 1847 edition, accompanied by a volume of commentary. Issued in a case. "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. 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, page 95. |
Description: | 2 volumes (xxix, 268, 95 pages) : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | V. 1. [Facsimile reproduction of first ed. of 1847] -- v. 2. [Commentary]. |
Other Titles: | Elements. Elements of Euclid |
Responsibility: | by Oliver Byrne. |
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