Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m] foelicissime.

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Title
Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m] foelicissime.
Alternative Title
Elements. Latin
Creator
Euclid
Contributor
Adelard, of Bath, ca. 1116-1142
Altschul, Frank,--1887-1981--Bookplate
Brandenburg, Hilprand,--1442-1514--Presentation inscription to Reichskartause Buxheim
Campano, da Novara, d. 1296
Hypsicles, of Alexandria
Münzer, Hieronymus,--d. 1508--Presentation inscription from B. Walther
Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 8
Reichskartause Buxheim Presentation inscription from Hilprand Brandenburg
Walther, Bernhard,--1430-1504--Presention inscription to H. Münzer
Published / Created
25 May 1482.
Publication Place
[Venice] :
Publisher
Erhardus Ratdolt Augustensis impressor solertissimus Venetijs impressit,
Description
BEIN Zi +4383 Copy 2: Binding of stamped calf on wooden boards from between 1482 and 1492. Originally the volume had 5 brass bosses on each board, 2 are now wanting from the front board. Remnants of brass clasps.
BEIN Zi +4383 Copy 2: Bookplate: Frank Altschul. Presentation inscription: Hic liber est mei Jeronimj Monetarii de Feltkirchen, arciu[m] ast medicinae doctoris, quem mihi dono dedit Bernardus Walther, Ciuis Nure[n]berge, sua etate in mathematica peritissim[us], anno salut[is] 1492 in dieb[us] Julii.
BEIN Zi +4383 Copy 2: With: Georg von, 1423-1461. Theoricae novae planetarum. Nuremberg: Joannes Regiomontanus, ca. 1474. Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476. Vniversis bonarum artium studiosis Ioannes de Monteregio .S.D.P. Nuremberg: Joannes Regiomontanus, ca. 1475.
Imprint from colophon.
Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸.
Title from incipit in red (leaf a2r).
Translated from Arabic by Adelard of Bath; edited by Campano da Novara. While books I-XIII are Euclid's (cf. Th. Heath. The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. 1956, v.3, p. 519), Book XIV is a work of the 2d cent. by Hypsicles and book XV the work of a Roman land-surveyor of the 6th century. For a discussion by B.L. van der Waerden of Euclid's sources see Enc. Brit., 15th ed., Micro. IV, p 589.
With dedicatory letter by Erhard Ratdolt.
Woodcut initials, large and small, and diagrams in margins throughout; woodcut three-sided border on leaf a2r.
Extent
[276] p. (p. [275]-[276] blank) : ill. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
Arabic
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Latin

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Zi +4383

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Bookbinding (Binding)--1490.--CtY-BR
Bosses (Binding).--CtY-BR
Clasps (Binding).--CtY-BR
Hand-colored illustrations.--CtY-BR
Resource Type
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Name)
Adelard, of Bath, ca. 1116-1142
Altschul, Frank,--1887-1981--Bookplate
Brandenburg, Hilprand,--1442-1514--Presentation inscription to Reichskartause Buxheim
Campano, da Novara, d. 1296
Hypsicles, of Alexandria
Münzer, Hieronymus,--d. 1508--Presentation inscription from B. Walther
Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 8
Reichskartause Buxheim Presentation inscription from Hilprand Brandenburg
Walther, Bernhard,--1430-1504--Presention inscription to H. Münzer
Subject (Topic)
Geometry--Early works to 1800
Incunabula in Yale Library
Mathematics, Greek--Early works to 1800

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Citation
BM 15th cent., V, p. 285
Goff E-113
GW 9428
Haebler types 3, 6, 7, 73
Hain 6693
Proctor 4383

Identifiers

Orbis Record
1306207
Object ID (OID)
15947420

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