The English Euclide, Being The First Six Elements of Geometry Translated Out of The Greek, With Annotations Ane Useful Supplements

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Oxford:: Printed at the Theater, , 1705. . First edition, Large Paper Copy. Full Calf. Very Good +. Folio (43 x 27 cm). Contemporary leather rebacked. Spine with decorative panels, raised bands and title on red leather gilt. There are shallow cut marks on the front cover. Large paper with signature of John Wood (British architect) on title page. copy. Collation: [10] 282p. + in txt ills. This is a bright clean copy. This is Scarburgh’s annotated edition of the first six books of Euclid’s geometry form the Greek. Scarburgh was one of several annotators of Euclid who corrected earlier additions for alterations from the Greek with the objective of having a clear and correct rendering of Euclid’s thought and writing. Provenance: Bookplate of John Lane on front pastedown. Signature of John Wood on title page: “John Wood Esq A.S.S. from C.F.E.” John Wood’s critical importance and contribution of John Wood to architecture in England is best evidenced by the research article from The Building of Bath Museum about Wood’s architectural contributions to the City of Bath: “John Wood is Bath’s most important architect, designing and building many of the city’s world famous landmarks. He created a distinctive image for the city, one that has greatly contributed to its continuing popularity…Wood is the unsung hero of eighteenth century British architecture. As the creator of Britain’s finest Georgian City, he revolutionized the aesthetic of city streetscapes and proved hugely influential to the development of town planning. Yet in spite of such importance, Wood remains academicallyneglected and his architectural ambitions misunderstood. The Building of Bath Museum aims to redress this neglect with its seminal exhibition that will step behind the classical facade and reveal how one man’s obsession led to the creation of Georgian Bath. John Wood set aside the fashionable sources of ancient Greece and Rome for his architecture. Instead he used the aesthetic of neo-classicism as a means to express an architecture, the full origins of which could be traced from biblical times rather than the heathens of classical antiquity. Wood’s belief in this development of architecture was absolute. When he combined it with the legend of king Bladud, the mystery of a Druidical University and the deep-rooted influence of Freemasonry, he created an extraordinary myth surrounding the foundation of Bath. To give such beliefs physical form, Wood strove to restore the magnitude of an ancient British city, and set about achieving it by manipulating the geometry and proportions of traditional British monuments such as Stonehenge and Stanton Drew…” One of Wood’s greatest contributions to architecture in England was The Circus in Bath. This was Britain’s first circular street and was based on measurements wood took at Stonehenge and the two have roughly the same diameter. The Circus was Britain's first circular street. It was based on the measurements that Wood took at Stonehenge and the two have roughly the same diameter. (The Building of Bath Museum) (Wallis, British Euclids, p.5)

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