Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Euclidis elementorvm libri XV : unà cum scholijs antiquis / a Federico Commandino vrbinate ; nuper in Latinum conuersi, commentarijsque quibusdam illustrati

Online Media

Catalog Data

Author:
Euclid  Search this
Commandino, Federico 1509-1575  Search this
Chrieger, Jacob engraver  Search this
Printer:
Franceschini, Camillo active 1560-1596  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[12], 255, [1] leaves : ill. ; 32 cm. (folio)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1572
MDLXXII [1572]
Notes:
Title within architectural woodcut border signed by Jacob Chrieger.
Imprint from colophon.
Leaves printed on both sides.
Initials; side-notes.
Leaf 100 is misnumbered as 110; leaf 192 is misnumbered as 129.
Signatures: *-2*⁶ A-3S⁴.
The final leaf is blank (present in the Dibner Library copy).
Also available online.
SCDIRB copy 39088002716611 has bookplates: 1. Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. 2. Smithsonian Libraries. Adopt-a-Book. Gift of Linda Blancato in honor of Charles R. Roth, Master Bookbinder.
SCDIRB copy has leaf 246 (3Q2) misbound following leaf 247 (3Q3).
SCDIRB copy has a few (contemporary?) handwritten brief notes and markings.
SCDIRB copy has a later quarter-leather binding with spattered brown paper boards, raised bands, gilt-tooled spine, and red edges; re-backed. Housed in a modern beige cloth clamshell box with gilt-lettered black paper spine label.
Elecresource
Topic:
Mathematics, Greek  Search this
Geometry  Search this
Call number:
QA31 .E86 L1572
QA31.E86 L1572
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_129066