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  • Oliver Byrne — The Elements of Euclid — open notebook with the original editorial pages, digitally composed product view
  • Oliver Byrne — The Elements of Euclid — close-up of the printed cover and page edges
  • Oliver Byrne — The Elements of Euclid — open notebook with the original ruled writing pages, digitally composed product view
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Inside the notebook

Oliver Byrne — The Elements of Euclid

11 pages of archival introduction. 106 pages for your notes and sketches.

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Oliver Byrne — The Elements of Euclid — Notebook

Oliver Byrne — The Elements of Euclid — Notebook

An archival story. Space for your own.

$38.00 USD
$38.00 USD
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An archival story. Space for your own.

The document

Euclid taught without words. In 1847 Oliver Byrne proved the theorem of Pythagoras in blocks of pure colour instead of letters: flat primaries and hard edges — the look of a screen-print sixty years early.

Inside the notebook

Start with eleven pages exploring the document on the cover: its maker, its history and how it was made. Then make it yours with 106 writing pages — 86 ruled and 20 dot grid — for notes, ideas and sketches.

A5 softcover with a printed spine and PUR binding. A book-style notebook with pages that curve into the spine when open.

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About the maker

Oliver Byrne · Avoca, 1810 – Maidstone, 1880. He made a proof you could see.

Specifications

  • A5 · 148 × 210 mm
  • Softcover · PUR perfect binding · printed spine
  • 120 pages — 11 archival + 106 to write in (86 ruled, 20 dot grid)
  • 100 gsm uncoated paper
  • Printed on demand in the USA

Oliver Byrne · The Elements of Euclid, colour proof · prop. i.47 · 1847 · The Elements of Euclid · London, 1847 · William Pickering · Chiswick Press · Public domain

Notebook details

FormatA5 · 148 × 210 mm · Perfect-bound, printed spine
ContentEleven-page archival introduction — provenance, maker, technique, legacy
Pages120 pages — 11 archival + 106 to write in (86 ruled, 20 dot grid)
Paper100 gsm uncoated
Printed byProdigi, USA · Print on demand
ShippingFree in the US on 2+ pieces · $8 flat on one

The shape of knowledge

Geometry and the night sky, drawn to be understood.

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