first books elements euclid von byrne oliver (17 Ergebnisse)

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Facsimile of William Pickering 1847 edn and essay by Werner Oechslin in English, German and French. 4to. Original decorated black cloth (VG). Pp. xxix + 268 + 95, with coloured illus in text (previous owner's neat inscription on title page).

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4to. XXIX, 268 S.; 95 S. (Essayband). Mit zahlreichen farbigen Illustrationen. Orig.-Leinwand und Orig.-Kartoniert in Orig.-Leinwandkassette. Gutes Exemplar.

(= Bibliotheca Universalis). 493 S., 5 Bl. Nachdruck / Reprint mit einem begleitenden Essay v. Werner Oechslin (dreisprachig englisch, französisch, deutsch). Mit Bibliographie. *-*-*-*- SHIPPING COSTS to other EU-COUNTRIES occasionally may be less than indicated. To OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD they may be different (often less or rarely more, according to the weight and wether you wish insurance). -*-*-*-* Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1001 OPb., OSU.; Schutzumschlag leicht berieben; Ansonsten sehr gutes Exemplar.

XXIX, 268+96 S., zahlr. farb. Ill. Lex 8° Kart.iS *mit Beiheft*. *neuwertig* Ein Prachtwerk viktorianischer Buchdruckkunst. Rot, Gelb, Blau und natürlich auch Schwarz sind jene Farben, die der Mathematiker Oliver Byrne 1847 für die Figuren und Diagramme in seiner höchst ungewöhnlichen Euklid-Ausgabe verwendet. Als Feldmesser der Königlichen Siedlungen auf den Falkland-Inseln hatte Byrne bereits mathematische und technische Schriften veröffentlicht, doch noch niemals so etwas wie diese Euklid-Ausgabe. Dieses bemerkenswerte Beispiel der viktorianischen Druckkunst gilt als eines der extravagantesten und zugleich prachtvollsten Bücher des 19. Jahrhunderts. Neben dem englischen Originaltext gibt es auch eine deutsche Übersetzung.

First edition of "one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the whole century" (McLean). The use of colour is its most iconic feature, with equal angles, lines, or polygonal regions assigned one of the three primary colours. It is rare in both the original cloth (as here) and in the original wrappers. Byrne (18101880) was a self-educated Irish mathematician and engineer who "considered that it might be easier to learn geometry if colours were substituted for the letters usually used to designate the angles and lines of geometric figures. Instead of referring to, say, 'angle ABC', Byrne's text substitued a blue or yellow or red section equivalent to similarly coloured sections in the theorem's main diagram" (Friedman). His style remarkably prefigures the modernist experiments of the Bauhaus and De Stijl movements. Exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London 1851, the book was praised for the beauty and artistry of the printing. However, the selling price of 25 shillings was almost five times the typical price for a Euclidean textbook of the time, placing it out of reach of educators who might make use of this new way of teaching geometry. The technical difficulty of keeping the coloured shapes in register greatly increased production costs, and it was therefore never a viable book for cheap mass-production, preventing Byrne's method from becoming widespread or effecting any major change in the teaching of geometry. Even so, its beauty and innovation ensure it remains among the most desirable of illustrated books from the Victorian period. Friedman, Color Printing in England 43; Keynes, Pickering, pp. 37, 65; McLean, Victorian Book Design, p. 70. Susan M. Hawes & Sid Kolpas, "Oliver Byrne: The Matisse of Mathematics", Convergence (Mathematical Association of America), Aug. 2015. Quarto. Original red straight-grain cloth, expertly rebacked preserving the original gilt-blocked spine, covers with ornamental blind panelling, front with gilt tooling, pale yellow endpapers, gilt edges. Geometric diagrams printed in red, yellow, and blue; printed in Caslon old-face type with ornamental initials by C. Whittingham of Chiswick. Bookseller's blindstamp (G. W. Holdich, Hull) to front free endpaper. Extremities gently rubbed, spine darkened, corners and inner hinges professionally restored, foxing and offsetting to contents as usual, the diagrams sharp and bright. A very good copy.

First edition of "one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the whole century" (McLean). The use of colour is its most iconic feature, with equal angles, lines, or polygonal regions assigned one of the three primary colours. It is rare in both the original wrappers (as here) and in the original cloth. Byrne (1810-1880) was a self-educated Irish mathematician and engineer who "considered that it might be easier to learn geometry if colours were substituted for the letters usually used to designate the angles and lines of geometric figures. Instead of referring to, say, 'angle ABC', Byrne's text substitued a blue or yellow or red section equivalent to similarly coloured sections in the theorem's main diagram" (Friedman). His style prefigures the modernist experiments of the Bauhaus and De Stijl movements. Exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London 1851, the book was praised for the beauty and artistry of the printing. However, the selling price of 25 shillings was almost five times the typical price for a Euclidean textbook of the time, placing it out of the reach of educators who were supposed to make use of this new way of teaching geometry. The technical difficulty of keeping the coloured shapes in register greatly increased production costs, and it was consequently never a viable book for cheap mass-production, effectively preventing Byrne's method from becoming widespread or effecting any major change in the teaching of geometry. Even so, its beauty and innovation ensure it remains among the most desirable of illustrated books from the Victorian period. Friedman, Color Printing in England 43; Keynes, Pickering, pp. 37 & 65; McLean, Victorian Book Design, p. 70. Susan M. Hawes & Sid Kolpas, "Oliver Byrne: The Matisse of Mathematics", Convergence (Mathematical Association of America), Aug. 2015, available online. Quarto (240 x 192 mm). Original buff wrappers, printed paper label on front cover, untrimmed. Housed in a custom red, yellow, and blue geometric solander box. Title page vignette and numerous geometric diagrams printed in colour within text, engraved headpieces, floriated initials. Wrappers soiled, spine creased and cracked resulting in loss at ends, evidence of printed paper label missing from head of spine, front joint split but holding, contents generally bright, some light foxing as usual, sporadic damp staining to lower margins, a handful of neat later pencil annotations demonstrating close reading: a notably well-preserved copy in the fragile original wrappers.