Euclidis Datorum liber : cum additamento. Necnon tractatus alii ad geometriam pertinentes. In usum juventutis academicae / Curavit et edidit Samuel, Episcopus Asaphensis.
ix, [1], 145, [3], 172, [1] p., [4] folded leaves of plates: illus.; 248 mm.
General Note
Errata on p. v-vi.
Content:
Pars I: I. Euclidis Data -- II. Additamentum libri datorum Euclidis -- III. Problematum delectus, cum resolutione eorum geometricâ
Pars II: I. Sphæricorum liber singularis -- II. Archimedis circuli dimensio, cum commentariis Eutocii Ascalonitæ -- III. Cribrum Eratosthenis ad numeros primos omnes ordine inveniendos -- IV. De numeris primis et compositis -- V. Johannis Keillii de naturâ et arithmeticâ logarithmorum tractatus brevis, cum notis et appendice.
Provenance
Inscription in ink on front flyleaf, 'from the author' [Samuel Horsley, Bishop of St Asaph].
Acknowledged RA Council Minutes III, 348 (9 May 1805).
Binding Note
Quarter leather binding on marbled boards; spine lettered in gilt [on red leather label], 'Euclidis / Data / &. / - / Horsley.' and below on spine, 'R.A.' and Oxonii / 1803.'
Subject
Mathematics, Greek ; Early works to 1800 - Geometry ; Early works to 1800 - Mathematics ; Early works to 1800 - Logarithms ; Early works to 1800