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This is a new edition of the original first edition of Steiner's collected works by K. Weierstraß in 1881/2. The second edition has been reviewed in Zbl 0257.50001. Up to some minor corrections and editorial changes no alterations have been made. Both books contain the papers published by Steiner as well as those manuscripts which had been made ready for publication before his death. Modifications and corrections had been added which could be obtained from personal notes left by Steiner. Though several of his results are superseeded by more modern considerations and others do not belong anymore to the main interest of current mathematics, these volumes provide an interesting treasure of information for modern geometry and should belong to the library of all mathematicians interested in geometry. The single articles contain an abundance of geometric results, but proofs are provided in rare cases only. Nevertheless their representation is comprehensible and motivating as far as geometric arguments are concerned. It is beyond the capacity of this review to describe the impact of his work on geometry. Notions associated with Steiner appear in several different geometric subjects. Looking for the word Steiner under the basic index in the web version of Zentralblatt will give an immediate impression. Just mentioning keywords for the content of some of his papers will underline this: constructions in spherical geometry, interrelation and transformation of geometric figures, constructions using straight lines and circles, isoperimetric problems, extremal properties of geometric figures in the plane and in the sphere, special centers for curves, geometry of algebraic curves etc. It is good to have this reading available.