Nearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th century mathematician Oliver Byrne employed the color scheme for the figures and diagrams in his most unusual 1847 edition of Euclid's Elements. The author makes it clear in his subtitle that this is a didactic measure intended to distinguish his edition from all others: “The Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners.” As Surveyor of Her Majesty’s Settlements in the Falkland Islands, Byrne had already published mathematical and engineering works previous to 1847, but never anything like his edition on Euclid. This remarkable example of Victorian printing has been described as one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century.
Each proposition is set in Caslon italic, with a four-line initial, while the rest of the page is a unique riot of red, yellow, and blue. On some pages, letters and numbers only are printed in color, sprinkled over the pages like tiny wild flowers and demanding the most meticulous alignment of the different color plates for printing. Elsewhere, solid squares, triangles, and circles are printed in bright colors, expressing a verve not seen again on the pages of a book until the era of Dufy, Matisse, and Derain.
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评分其实是草草地过了一遍 图形等式太好看了啊；最喜欢ratios and proportions
评分其实是草草地过了一遍 图形等式太好看了啊；最喜欢ratios and proportions
评分英法德三语本，于巴黎TASCHEN书店购得，精美无比。此版本源于Byrne早于蒙德里安用红黄蓝三色重绘欧几里得前六卷。只可惜7-13卷并未收录，只能看Heath版本。
评分英法德三语本，于巴黎TASCHEN书店购得，精美无比。此版本源于Byrne早于蒙德里安用红黄蓝三色重绘欧几里得前六卷。只可惜7-13卷并未收录，只能看Heath版本。
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