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Euclid: The Elements
Published $\text {c. 300 B.C.E}$
Translations and Editions
- c. 364: Theon of Alexandria
- c. 500: Boëthius, but this has not survived
- c. 1120: Adelard (or Athelhard) of Bath
- 1255 -- 1259: Campanus of Novara
Early Latin translations
- 1482: First printed edition, based on the Campanus of Novara translation
- 1505: Bartolomeo Zamberti
- 1509: Luca Paciuolo
Editions of the Greek text
- 1533: Simon Grynaeus the Elder
- 1536: Oronce Finé
- 1545: Angelo Caiani (severely edited and cut down, according to the whim of the editor)
- 1549: Joachim Camerarius
- 1550: Johannes Scheubel
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- 1620: Henry Briggs (the first 6 books)
- 1654: Andrea Tacquet: Elementa Geometriae (which included some work by Archimedes)
- 1655: Isaac Barrow (a simplified edition, which became a standard textbook)
- 1702: William Whiston: The Elements of Euclid, With Select Theorems out of Archimedes (translation of Elementa Geometriae by Andrew Tacquet)
- 1710: William Whiston: The Elements of Euclid, With Select Theorems out of Archimedes (2nd ed.) (translation of Elementa Geometriae by Andrew Tacquet)
- 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements (2nd ed.) -- 3 volumes:
- Vol. 1: Books I and II (ISBN 0-486-60088-2)
- Vol. 2: Books II - IX (ISBN 0-486-60089-0)
- Vol. 3: Books X - XIII (ISBN 0-486-60090-4)
Online
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Sources
- 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 1 (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction: Chapter $\text{V}$. The Text