Mathematical Treasure: Pierre Forcadel's First Six Books of Euclid

Pierre Forcadel (1519–1576) was a French mathematician. From 1560 to 1573, Forcadel held a chair of mathematics at the Collège de France. In 1573 he published Les six premiers livres des elements d'Euclide.

The text begins with the usual series of definitions:

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