THE FIRST SIX BOOKS OF THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID IN WHICH COLOURED DIAGRAMS AND SYMBOLS ARE USED INSTEAD OF LETTERS FOR THE GREATER EASE OF LEARNERS BY OLIVER BYRNE surveyor of her majesty's settlements in the falkland islands and author of numerous mathematical works LONDON WILLIAM PICKERING 1847 "Color woodblock printed diagrams throughout by Charles Whittingham; wood-cut initials. Bound in contemporary half sheep, gilt spine, pebbled cloth boards, renewed at extremities." So reads Catalog Nine, of Martayan Lan, rare book seller of New York, which listed a copy of this for sale for $5800. © α ? E |