9783836544719 - The first six books of The Elements of Euclid: VA von Byrne, Oliver (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Sehr gut. 4°, XXIX, 268 und 96 Seiten Essay (auf englisch, deutsch und französisch) mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen, farbig illustr. OPbd. - sehr guter Zustand - 2013. b90979 ISBN: 9783836544719 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. 4to (26 cm), XXIX, [1], 268, [2], 96 pp. Publisher's boards (ownership entry on the half-title). Facsimile of the 1847 original edition with commentaries in English, French, and German. "Nearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th-century mathematician Oliver Byrne employed this color scheme for the figures and diagrams in his most unusual 1847 edition of Euclid's Elements. The author makes it clear in his subtitle that this is a didactic measure intended to distinguish his edition from all others: 'The Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners.' As Surveyor of Her Majesty's Settlements in the Falkland Islands, Byrne had already published mathematical and engineering works prior to 1847, but never anything like his edition of Euclid. This remarkable example of Victorian printing has been described as one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century. Each proposition is set in Caslon italic, with a four-line initial, while the rest of the page is a unique riot of red, yellow, and blue. On some pages, letters and numbers are printed in color, sprinkled across the pages like tiny wildflowers and demanding the most meticulous alignment of the different color plates for printing. Elsewhere, solid squares, triangles, and circles are printed in bright colors, expressing a verve not seen again on the pages of a book until the era of Dufy, Matisse, and Derain." (from the publisher's description).

Zustand: Very good.