Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m] foelicissime

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸.

Title from incipit in red on a2r.

Imprint from colophon.

Colophon on r7v reads: Opus elementoru[m] euclidis megarensis in geometria[m] arte[m] In id quoq[ue] Campani p[er]spicacissimi Co[m]mentationes finiu[n]t. Erhardus ratdolt Augustensis impressor solertissimus. venetijs impressit. Anno salutis.M.cccc.lxxxij. Octauis. Calen[das] Jun[is]. Lector. Vale.

Contents: Erhard Ratdolt. [Dedication letter addressed to] Johannes Mocenicus, Doge of Venice, a1v; Euclides. Elementa geometriae, Books 1-13, translated by Adelardus Bathoniensis, revised by Campanus Novariensis, a2r-q3r; Campanus [Novariensis]. [Commentary on Elementa], a2v-r7v; [Pseudo-] Euclides [i.e. Hypsicles]. Elementa geometriae, Book 14, translated by Adelardus Bathoniensis, revised by Campanus Novariensis, q3r-r4r; [Pseudo-] Euclides; [Pseudo-Isidorus Milesius]. Elementa geometriae, Book 15, translated by Adelardus Bathoniensis or Gerardus Cremonensis, revised by Campanus Novariensis, r4r-r7v; colophon, r7v.

Also published on vellum and illuminated. Variations in the incipit, dedication, headlines in the first signature, etc. are recorded, issued with the same colophon.

Text begins on a1v with a dedicatory letter by Erhard Ratdolt to Doge Mocenigo: Erhradus ratdolt Augustensis impressor[um] Serenissimo alme vrbis venete Principi Ioanm Mocenico. S.

Woodcut three-sided ornamental border on leaf a2r.

Ornamental woodcut initials, large and small, throughout.

Woodcut geometrical diagrams in the margins throughout.

Printed running titles from leaf a10r giving book numbers, Liber I-Liber XV.

The first two leaves a1 and a2 are unsigned.

The final leaf r8 is blank.

Indexed in: ISTC no. ie00113000.

Indexed in: BMC V 285 (IB.20513); Goff, E-113; Sander, 2605; GW 9428.