EUCLID OF ALEXANDRIA: - Lot 134

EUCLID OF ALEXANDRIA: De gli Elementi d'Euclide Libri quindici | Con gli scholii antichi | Volgarizzati già d'ordine del famosissimo Matematico Federigo Commandino da Urbino ; e con Commentarii illustrati | Et hora con diligenza revisti, e ristampati | Dedicati al Serenissimo Don Federigo Feltrio della rovere prencipe d'Urbino Pesaro, appresso Flaminio Concordia. 1619 Small folio. (8 ff), 278 leaves; ½ 19th-century basane with corners, smooth spine decorated with romantic irons. (Very slight loss to second plate. Marginal staining to the first 3 leaves). Numerous in-text woodcuts. Text framed in fillets. Rare Pesaro edition. This is the second edition of the Italian translation by Fedrigo Commandino, which was authoritative throughout the 16th century (Schweiger, page 113. Cigognara erroneously states (10 ff liminaires) Provenance: Bibliothèque humaniste du Morbihan.