In folio (315x217 mm). foliation: [12], 255 ff. Modern hard paper binding. Occasional light browning but text exceptionally clean. An outstanding wide-margined copy. FIRST EDITION OF THE MAGNIFICENT AND MOST IMPORTANT LATIN TRANSLATION OF EUCLID. "Almost from the time of its writing, the Elements exerted a continuous and major influence on human affairs. It was the primary source of geometric reasoning, theorems, and methods at least to the time of Peyrard [1814] and the advent of non-Euclidean geometry. It is sometimes said that, other than the Bible, the Elements is the most translated, published, and studied of all the books produced in the Western world. Euclid set a standard for deductive and geometric instruction that persisted, practically unchanged, for more than 2,000 years" (Britannica). Translated into Latin with extensive commentary by the noted scholar Federico Commandino. Commandino's edition was "made use of by subsequent editors for centuries" (Thomas-Stanford). The Commandino Euclid is a gorgeously printed book, profusely illustrated with 865 in-text diagrams.
