Ex-Library copy. Very slight staining to corners, some staining & gentle foxomh on fore-edges. Blue Library card on top left corner of paste down endpaper detailing information regarding the London Borough of Southwark, Newington District Library outlining the library hours, rules for borrowers & policies regarding lost books, renewals & special holiday privaliges. Brown Library pocket in bottom left corner of paste down end paper showing call number, classification, accession number & author details. Previous owner signature reading 'G. I. Thompson' at head of title page & written numbers of title page, possibly unique personal library accession number. Wandsworth Library stamps infrequently through text. Gentle staining & previous owners' annotations in pencil infrequently throughout text. ; Original terracotta cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Mathemical diagrams throughout. The opening half of Euclid s great work lays out the bedrock of geometry. Beginning with definitions, postulates, & common notions, these six books develop the theory of plane figures step by step. Book I introduces the basics of points, lines, & angles, culminating in the proof of Pythagoras theorem. Books II IV explore geometric algebra, the construction of figures, & properties of circles, while Books V & VI present the theory of proportion & its application to similar figures. Together, these books form the heart of classical geometry, offering a model of logical reasoning & proof that has shaped mathematics for over two thousand years. This is a school edition of the classic text 'designed for the use of the junior classes in public and private schools' (quoted on title page) . ; 17.4cm x 10.9cm x 2.3cm; 362 pages Original cloth with gilt lettering.

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Title: Euclid's Elements of Geometry: the First Six Books
Publisher: John W. Parker, Son & Bourn, London
Publication Date: 1862
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition; First Impression.
Condition: Very Good

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