Euclid in Colour. 'An unusual and attractive edition of Euclid was published in 1847 in England, edited by an otherwise unknown mathematician named Oliver Byrne. It covers the first 6 books of Euclid, which range through most of elementary plane geometry and the theory of proportions. What distinguishes Byrne's edition is that he attempts to present Euclid's proofs in terms of pictures, using as little text - and in particular as few labels - as possible. What makes the book especially striking is his use of colour ... '
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Nice! posted by Gyan at 12:48 AM on August 11, 2004
This is so gorgeous! Thank you, plep, thank you! posted by vacapinta at 12:54 AM on August 11, 2004
Beautiful! Thanks for posting. It looks like it would set you back about $5,000 to buy a first edition. This would be a great candidate for a color reprint. posted by since1968 at 5:28 AM on August 11, 2004
plep deserves the insufficiently recognized but consistently very good contributor to MetaFilter award. Or something. posted by normy at 11:26 AM on August 11, 2004
Excellent post! An instant bookmark.
...though if the guy was gonna be so revolutionary, why didn't he ditch those annoying S's that look like F's? posted by soyjoy at 10:45 AM on August 19, 2004
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posted by Gyan at 12:48 AM on August 11, 2004