In college I wrote a term paper for a class on history of the book where I compared two books in the rare books library that were editions of Euclid's Elements from about 1700. One of them was translated/edited by a mathematical practictioner, Reeve Williams (working from Claude Deschales' French translation), who taught at the Virginia Coffee-House, and was dedicated to Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Navy.
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In college I wrote a term paper for a class on history of the book where I compared two books in the rare books library that were editions of Euclid's Elements from about 1700. One of them was translated/edited by a mathematical practictioner, Reeve Williams (working from Claude Deschales' French translation), who taught at the Virginia Coffee-House, and was dedicated to Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Navy.