Proclus Diadochus, In
Primum Euclidis Elementorum librum Commentariorum ad Universam
Mathematicam Disciplinam Principium Eruditionis Tradentium Libri IIII.
Folio, Holzschnittportrait auf
der Rückseite des Titels mit vielen Holzschnittdiagrammen. Die
Extrakte von Euclid sind mit gestochenen Rahmen eingefasst.
Neuer Pergamenteinband. Padua, Gratiosus Perchacinus,
1560
Woodcut
vignette on title & a fine full-page woodcut port. of Barozzi on
verso. Woodcut diagrams in the text. 8 p.l., 272, [23] pp. Small folio.
Padua: G. Perchacino, 1560.
First
edition in Latin and a very fresh copy of this handsome book; this is
one of Proclus' most important writings.
"A
Venetian patrician, Barocius [Barozzi] received a humanistic education
and achieved an admirable command of Greek and Latin. He studied at
the University of Padua and according to his own account, lectured
there about 1559 on the Sphere of Sacrobosco. Barocius' edition of
Proclus' commentary on the first book of Euclid
's Elements was the first important translation of this
work, for it was based on better manuscripts than previous efforts had
been. The translation, published at Venice in 1560, was completed by
Barocius at the age of twenty-two."--D.S.B., I, p. 468.
¤ Adams P-2138. Brunet, IV, 895-96.
Riccardi, I, 82--"Bella e rara ediz....Questo opera è la prima
traduzione dal greco degli importanti commentari di Proclo."
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