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The author describes the editions and translations into the Spanish language of Euclid's Elements for the time from 1500-1800 CE approximately. Because, in these times, scholarly investigations were still for the most part in Latin, the Spanish editions were mainly intended for the use in the education of technicians, engineers, architects and military men. There is a total of 24 editions in these times. The author also mentions some modern translations from 1954 to the present. The great majority of the old translations give only Books I--VI of the Elements, and several also Books XI and XII. The arithmetical Books VII--X were obviously considered to be useless. Quite surprisingly, also Book XIII on the regular solids is ignored in all the printed versions (up to 1994!), only two manuscripts include it. Up to 1800, Euclid's Elements were the general textbook for mathematics in Spain. The author describes the variations of the text according to the different styles of teaching and includes copies of the frontispices of the editions. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0910.00014].
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