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  • Euclid. Line engraving.
  • Euclid. Line engraving.
  • Euclid. Line engraving.
  • Portrait of Euclid, in oval cartouche on pedestal
  • Euclid. Line engraving by Beyssent after Mlle. Cl. Reydellet.
  • Astronomy: Ptolemy and Euclid with an armillary sphere between them. Engraving.
  • Mathematicians: Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Euclid, Nicomachus, Aristoxenus and Iamblichus. Engraving after J. van Steegeren, 1667 or 1668.
  • Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris: a wall of the library with two bookcases of books and busts of Plato, Socrates, Euclid and Cicero. Engraving by F. Ertinger, ca. 1688.
  • A young woman engrossed in raptures at her desk, with her hands in her lap: a man [a servant?] appears in the background. Mezzotint, 1772.
  • The school of Athens: a gathering of ancient philosophers. Engraving by G. Mochetti after Raphael.
  • Mathematicians and astronomers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • An omniscient virtuoso gestures boastfully at all the knowledge that lies available to him. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.