[50 (incl. initial blank)], 207, [1], 177-610, 613-650, [2] pp. [blank leaf], *2, A4(-A4), a-e4, A-Z4, A-C4, Aa-Yy4, Zz1, Aaa-Iiii4, Kkkk-Tttt2. Copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Euclid; folding table; geometric diagrams throughout. (folio) 11½x7½, modern half calf & marbled boards, new endpapers. Third complete edition in English.
Important early English edition of Euclid's Elements, including John Dee's preface, and the first printing in English of the Treatise of the Divisions of Superficies (originally printed in Latin and Italian editions in 1570). Also, the first printing in English of Euclid's Data. Complete with the final errata leaf at end, which is laid on backing sheet, with some loss affecting a few words; ms. leaf of geometric equation, in early hand, inserted between pp. 24 and 25. Wing E3398.
Condition:
Some aging and soiling within, ink equations on prelim. blank and back of frontispiece, title-page with some soiling, marginal repair, very good condition.