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OU Libraries’ History of Science digital collection began with several hundred 15th- through 18th-century rare books, maps, and other items digitized for the 2015-2016 Galileo’s World exhibition. They range from art, music, astronomy, and meteorology through natural history, the human body, microscopy, physics, and engineering, and on to religion and travels to China and the Americas. All images in the digital collection have been released to the public domain. When using images from this collection, please include the following attribution statement: Image(s) courtesy History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, Norman, Oklahoma.

The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements
I. Introduction and books I, II.--II. Books III-IX.--III. Books X-XIII and appendix., tr. from the text of Heiberg, with introduction and commentary by T.L. Heath.
De lateribvs et angvlis triangulorum, tum planorum rectilineorum, tum sphæricorum, libellus eruditissimus & utilissimus, cum ad plerasque Ptolemæi demonstrationes intelligendas, tum uero ad alia multa
scriptus à clarissimo & doctissimo uiro d. Nicolao Copernico Toronensi. Additus est Canon semissium subtensarum rectarum linearum in circulo., Signatures: A-F⁴ G⁶., Edited by G. J. Rhäticus., Forms part of the first book of his De revolutionibus orbium caelestium., Title within woodcut border., Initials.
Elements.
Title from: Incipit leaf [1]b., Books 1-13 are by Euclid; book 14 is by Hypsicles (2nd cent. B.C.); book 15 by a student of Isidore of Miletus (6th-7th cent.). Cf. Dict. of Scientific Biog.; Oxford Classical Dict., 2nd ed., p. 413., Leaf 137b colophon: Opus elementorũ Euclidis Megarensis in geometriã artẽ in id quo[que] Campani p[re]spicacissimi cõmentationes finũit ..., Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸., 46 lines to a full page., Leaf [138] blank., Leaf a2: initial and border on 3 sides illuminated; title printed in red.
Lexicon mathematicvm : hoc est rerum omnium ad vniuersam planè mathesim quoquo modo, directè, vel indirectè spectantium, collectio, et explicatio ...
authore Hieronymo Vitali ..., Added engraved t.p.: "Hieron. Vitalis. C. R. Qvadrivivm Scientiarvm siue Lexicon Mathematicvm.", Title engraving by Joseph Facciolus., Signatures: a⁶ b-h⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A-Z⁴ 3A-Y⁴ 3Z⁶ 4A-Z⁴ 5A-Z⁴ 6A-S⁴ chi²., Title vignette., Head and tail pieces; initials., Page 455 misnumbered 355, 716 as 726., Errata: p. [66] (first group)., History of Science Coll. copy: pages 337-344 are repeated., Includes index.
Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare.
Bound with the author's Difesa di Galileo. Venetia, 1607.
Elements.
Title from: Incipit leaf [1]b., Books 1-13 are by Euclid; book 14 is by Hypsicles (2nd cent. B.C.); book 15 by a student of Isidore of Miletus (6th-7th cent.). Cf. Dict. of Scientific Biog.; Oxford Classical Dict., 2nd ed., p. 413., Leaf 137b colophon: Opus elementorũ Euclidis Megarensis in geometriã artẽ in id quo[que] Campani p[re]spicacissimi cõmentationes finũit ..., Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸., 46 lines to a full page., Leaf [138] blank., Leaf a2: initial and border on 3 sides illuminated; title printed in red.
Lexicon mathematicvm : hoc est rerum omnium ad vniuersam planè mathesim quoquo modo, directè, vel indirectè spectantium, collectio, et explicatio ...
authore Hieronymo Vitali ..., Added engraved t.p.: "Hieron. Vitalis. C. R. Qvadrivivm Scientiarvm siue Lexicon Mathematicvm.", Title engraving by Joseph Facciolus., Signatures: a⁶ b-h⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A-Z⁴ 3A-Y⁴ 3Z⁶ 4A-Z⁴ 5A-Z⁴ 6A-S⁴ chi²., Title vignette., Head and tail pieces; initials., Page 455 misnumbered 355, 716 as 726., Errata: p. [66] (first group)., History of Science Coll. copy: pages 337-344 are repeated., Includes index.
Opera
Archimedis Syracvsani philosophi et mathematici ingeniosissimi, per Nicolaum Tartaleam ... multis erroribus emendata ..., Imprint from colophon.
Epytoma Joa[n]nis de Mo[n]te Regio in Almagestu[m] Ptolomei.
Begun by Georg von Peurbach, completed by Joannes Regiomontanus., Edited by Giovanni Abiosi., Full page woodcut on signature a3 verso showing planisphere crossed by the signs of the zodiac, with the figures of Ptolemy and Regiomontanus., Caption title: Cl. Ptolemei alexandrini Astronomo[rum] principia ... id est in Magnam Constructione[m]: Georgij purbachij: eiusq[ue] discipuli Johannis de Regio monte Astronomicon Epitoma., Place of publication and date taken from p. [3] (2nd group) verso., P. [11]-[12] are placed after p. [4].
Tractatvs de proportionvm instrvmento
quod merito compendium vniuersae geometriae dixeris, autore Galiaeo Galilaei ... Ex italica lingua latine conuersus, adiectis notis, quibus & artificiosa instrumenti fabrica. & vsus vlterior exponitur., First edition, 1906, has title: Le operazioni del compasso geometrico et militare., Translation by Matthias Bernegger of Le operazione del compasso geometrico, et militare., "In tractatum de proportionum instrumento, notationes Mathis Berneggeri ...", p. 55-104.
Elementa universae matheseos
T.I. Continens geometriam planam. Arithmeticam vulgarem. Geometriam solidorum. Trigonometriam planam, & sphæricam. -- T. II. Continens algebram finitam. -- T. III. Continens sectionum conicarum elementa nova quadam methodo concinnata & Dissertationem de transformatione locorum geometricorum, ubi de continuitatis lege, ac de quibusdam infiniti mysteriis., Title to v. 1 in red and black.
Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi : in artem geometrie incipit quã foelicissime.
Title from: Incipit leaf [1]b., Books 1-13 are by Euclid; book 14 is by Hypsicles (2nd cent. B.C.); book 15 by a student of Isidore of Miletus (6th-7th cent.). Cf. Dict. of Scientific Biog.; Oxford Classical Dict., 2nd ed., p. 413., Leaf 137b colophon: Opus elementorũ Euclidis Megarensis in geometriã artẽ in id quo[que] Campani p[re]spicacissimi cõmentationes finũit ..., Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸., 46 lines to a full page., Leaf [138] blank., Leaf a2: initial and border on 3 sides illuminated; title printed in red.