The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid Oliver Byrne cover
The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid Oliver Byrne
by Euclid, Oliver Byrne, Werner Oechslin
Description: The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid by Oliver Byrne presents Euclid's foundational geometric principles across six books, accompanied by colored diagrams to aid understanding of the classical mathematical concepts
ISBN: 3836517752
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wyclif · 2010-12-17 · Original thread
This special edition Euclid is once again available and well done-- nicely printed, the colours really stand out, and it comes in a 'clamshell' binding:

http://www.amazon.com/Six-Books-Euclid-Werner-Oechslin/dp/38...

wyclif · 2010-06-22 · Original thread
I submitted this because I've been poking around in my Dover edition of Euclid. Then, yesterday, I found this site. To me it's like what Edward Tufte would do if he published Euclid (Byrne was a 19th-century civil engineer and surveyor from Ireland).

To my delight, I noticed that Taschen has republished this wonderful edition, so I ordered it from Amazon and I'm now awaiting delivery so I can peruse it, enjoy it, and keep it for my children's future math education:

http://www.amazon.com/Six-Books-Euclid-Werner-Oechslin/dp/38...