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Elements of geometry : containing the first six books of Euclid, with a supplement on the quadrature of the circle, and the geometry of solids : to which are added, Elements of plane and spherical geometry (1826)

Playfair, John, 1748-1819, Euclid · Philadelphia : Marot & Walter · leaf 180

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