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until 1528.
-Euclid -the oldest scientific textbook in teh world -its
system remained unchallenged util Lobatchewaky's
work was published in 1829. (1st to challenge the
universality of Euclidean geometry, notably that the axiom
on parallel lines was there only if the earth was flat)
Initials set 2 - CFILOPQSV
set 5 - several hundred ABCDEFILNoPQRST
10 forms of S
set 6 - S, 3 forms, used to supplement set 5 where more than
10 are required at once.

Euclid -born around the beginning of the 3rd C, possibly in Alexandria
-"but in geometry all must go the same way. There is
no royal road to learning"
-the 1st 4 books deal to plane geometry; the 5th part,
one of the high points of Greek mathematics deals to rations
which became the bane of mathematicians for many centuries.
These fellow books on arithmatic, solid geometry, Plato's
famous polyhedra to which he eguated all physical
phenomena.
The present text is considered the 1st ed. even though it is Campano (later known as Johannes Camperus)
of Novara's rendering from Arabic, not Greek, into Latin. Like
many of the Greek classics, Euclid 1st reentered Europe through
translation from the Arabic caried out of Spain. In fact
Campano relied on one such translation of Euclid done by
Adelard of Bath. Compano's Version was itself later revised by
L. Paciol: who demonstrated the importance of Euclid to
Renaissance artists using principle of purspective in their work.
Pacioli's Euclid was issued in Venice in 1509 partly in response
to Zamberti's translation of 1505 which assailed the
"barbarous" Campano + boasted of the new translators
knowledge of Greek.
-600 or so sharp edged woodcut and/or type rule marginal diagrams.

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