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Proclus, Glenn R. Morrow

PROCLUS: A COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST BOOK OF EUCLID'S ELEMENTS Translated, with Introduction and Notes

Princeton University Press, 1970

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Year of publication
1970
ISBN
0691071608
Author
Proclus, Glenn R. Morrow
Publishers
Princeton University Press
Cover description
Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover

Description

Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Light foxing to boards. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Dustjacket has a few small tears and chipping. Browning to DJ spine. ; 355 pages; Proclus wrote a very influential commentary on the first book of Euclid's Elements of Geometry. This commentary is one of the most valuable sources we have for the history of ancient mathematics, and its Platonic account of the status of mathematical objects was very influential.