Euclides Elements of geometry: the first VI books: in a compendious form contracted and demonstrated / By Thomas Rudd ... Whereunto is added the mathematicall preface of John Dee.
- Euclid. Elements. English
- Date:
- 1651
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Euclides Elements of geometry: the first VI books: in a compendious form contracted and demonstrated / By Thomas Rudd ... Whereunto is added the mathematicall preface of John Dee. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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