Skip to content

De gli elementi d'Euclide libri quindici.  Con gli scholii antichi

De gli elementi d'Euclide libri quindici. Con gli scholii antichi

Click for full-size.

De gli elementi d'Euclide libri quindici. Con gli scholii antichi
: tradotti prima in lingua latina da M. Federico Commandino da Urbino, & con commentarij illustrati et hora d'ordine dell'istesso trasportati nella nostra vulgare, e da lui riveduti.

by Euclid.; Valerio Spacciuoli; Federico Commandino

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Very Good
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
Item Price
A$3,888.75
Or just A$3,857.64 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
A$7.78 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

Urbino: Domenico Frisolino, 1575. Hard cover. Very Good. Folio; [16], 278 pages. Title page and all text pages ruled in typographic border. Typographic ornament on title page, 18 historiated initials (some duplicates) showing putti with geometer's instruments against a background of Italian hill towns. Numerous geometric figures in text. Bound in c19 (?) full mint green sheep, with red leather title label lettered and tooled in gilt. Edges stained indigo. Binding somewhat scuffed, with upper joint cracked; spine darkened and scuffed. Early ownership inscription on title page, later bookplate on front pastedown. Few marginal notes in contemporary hand. Very light occasional foxing present. References: Moranti, #4 ("un vero capolavoro tipografico" p.14); Gamba 1386 ("Nobile edizione"); Adams, E-995;; Brunet, II, 1090; Graesse, II, 513; Thomas-Stanford, 42; Olschki, Choix, 6539 ("Traduction très estimée").

The first book printed in Urbino in the 16th century, and only the fourth overall. Urbino's presses lagged behind those of other Italian cities, due in part to Duke Federico's predilection for manuscripts. It seems Federico Commandino, the foremost mathematician of the generation before Galileo, had a press set up in his house. He hired in a printer, Domenico Frisolino, and there he published his translation into Italian of Euclid, based on his own Latin translation of 1572. Commandino died just as the sheets were coming off the press. His brother-in-law hastily attached a dedicatory letter (to Francesco Maria II della Rovere) explaining that Commandino wanted the text to be available to "all who are served by mathematics," that is, even those who do not understand classical languages. Euclid's text is glossed by Commandino's running commentary, and illustrated with figures.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
5476
Title
De gli elementi d'Euclide libri quindici. Con gli scholii antichi
Author
Euclid.; Valerio Spacciuoli; Federico Commandino
Format/Binding
Hard cover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Domenico Frisolino
Place of Publication
Urbino
Date Published
1575
Keywords
Bookseller catalogs
Renaissance and Early Modern Humanism;

Terms of Sale

Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio

All items guaranteed authentic and as described. Any purchase is returnable for any reason within 10 days of receipt. New York State residents are obliged to add sales tax. Shipping charges will be assessed and billed at full value.

About the Seller

Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2006
Tuxedo Park, New York

About Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio

Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio owes its name and its inspiration to the traditional Italian studio bibliografico. These small antiquarian bookshops, typically run by individuals who combine deep scholarship with a love of the printed object, remind us that underlying the words "study" and "studio" is the Latin term for zeal and devotion, studium. Since 1993, my goal has been to match discerning collectors with extraordinary books and manuscripts.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Title Page
A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
tracking-