At the Denis Crutch collection sale I also bought a copy of
the second edition of Euclid and His
Modern Rivals in original crimson cloth, one of 250 copies printed in 1885
( lot 200). It would be six years later until I found a copy of the first
edition (print run also 250 in 1879) on ABE books website, shown in the
photograph. The work is a mathematical drama and described in WMGC 128.
On the same theme – mathematical works by C.L. Dodgson – the
pictures also show two editions of Euclid
Books I, II. Copies of these books are surprisingly rare and difficult to
find. The title went through eight editions and would have literally poured
into class rooms – where have they all gone?
Two editions, a first and third, of Curiosa Mathematica A New Theory of Parallels are shown, both
acquired from book sellers in the UK. All of these mathematical books, without
any special provenance or inscriptions and in good condition cost in the low
three figures to buy. Later I will show rarer mathematical pamphlets and books.
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