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BYRNE, OLIVER. THE FIRST SIX BOOKS OF THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID, IN WHICH COLOURED DIAGRAMS ARE USED...

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BYRNE, OLIVER. THE FIRST SIX BOOKS OF THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID, IN WHICH COLOURED DIAGRAMS ARE USED...
BYRNE, OLIVER. THE FIRST SIX BOOKS OF THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID, IN WHICH COLOURED DIAGRAMS ARE USED INSTEAD OF LETTERS FOR THE GREATER EASE OF LEARNERS. XXIV, [1], 268pp. Small 4to, recent pebble-grain red morocco with decorative gilt scallops and borders, and incorporating three orginal green morocco spine labels. A.e.g., bookplate of Walter W. Pressey on front paste-down and light foxing throughout being somewhat heavier in the first two books.
London: [Charles Whittingham's for] William Pickering, 1847.
A landmark book of Victorian colour printing by Charles Whittingham (of the Chiswick Press). The reds, yellows and blues are substituted for the letters of the angles for visual simplification. A visual feast of colour with each proposition in Caslon Italic.
Friedman 43. McLean 70.
Est. $4000/4500
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