Euclid, (323-283 B.C.)
- Date:
- 1748
- Reference:
- MS.2306
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Sei Elementi di Geometrica. With additional theorems and propositions relating to astronomy, optics, mechanics, etc. Illustrated with numerous pen-drawn figures and diagrams. The date is found on fol. 90v, and the work seems to have been written by an anonymous follower of the theories of Galileo.
Publication/Creation
1748
Physical description
1 volume 100 ff. folio. 28 x 191/2 cm. Original boards. Some leaves seem to be wanting between fol. 93 and fol. 97. A foliation has been added.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1929.
Ownership note
From the Galletti Collection.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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Accession number
- 52348D