Euclidis elementorum libri XV
Subtitle: accessit XVI de solidorum regularium comparatione : omnes perspicuis demonstrationibus, accuratisq[ue] scholijs illustrati
By: auctore Christophoro Clauio Bambergensi, Societatis Iesu.
Contributors: Hypsicles, of Alexandria.; Clavius, Christoph, 1538-1612.; Candale, François de Foix, comte de, 1502-1594.; Accolti, Vincenzo, fl. 1566-1597, printer.; Staigmüller, Hermann Christian Otto, 1857-1908, former owner.
Publisher: Apud Vincentium Accoltum
Published: 1574
Place of publication: Romae
Language: lat
Subjects: Mathematics, Greek; Geometry -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Evclidis elementorvm libri XV; Euclidis elementorum libri 15; Elementorum libri XV
Work titles: Elements.
Notes: Vol. 2 has separate t.p. with title: Euclidis posteriores libri sex a X ad XV.

Vol. 1: [40], 331, [1] leaves (last leaf blank); v. 2: 300 leaves.

Signatures: v. 1: a-e⁸ A-2S⁸ 2T⁴; v. 2: A-20⁸ 2P⁴.

Errata on verso of b8 in v. 1.

Contains the 13 books of Euclid's Elements, as well as three suprious books. Book 14 is traditionally attributed to Hipsicles of Alexandria; book 15, once incorrectly attributed to Hipsicles, has been attributed to several men; and book 16 is by François de Foix.

LC copy bound in 1 v.

Adams E985

Thomas-Stanford, C.  Early editions of Euclid's Elements, 19

LC copy has bookplate: Ex libris  H. Staigmüller and ms. inscription on t.p.: Seminarij Mergenth. Q.