300–200 BC
This period covers the Hellenistic era and the transmission of Greek mathematics, alongside important Chinese philosophical texts. The shelf features foundational mathematical works (Euclid's Elements, Archimedes, Apollonius' Conics) alongside key texts from early Chinese thought (Xunzi and Han Fei Tzu), reflecting the intellectual breadth of the era.
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Selected Works
Edited in modern notation by Sir Thomas Heath. This edition of 200 copies has been reproduced by arrangement with Sir Thomas Heath and of Cambridge U. Press for use of members of St. John's College, Annapolis. At head of title:…
The Works of Archimedes
Edited in modern notation, with introductory chapters, by T. L. Heath. With a supplement, The Method of Archimedes, recently discovered by Heiberg. Bibliography: p. [xi]–xii.
Hsüntze, the Moulder of Confucianism
By Homer H. Dubs. Half-title: Probsthain's Oriental Series, vol. XV.
Elements of Geometry, Book I
With an introduction from an essay by Paul Valéry. At head of title: Euclid. Title vignette. “Five hundred copies printed for Random House at the press of A. Colish, New York.” Designed by Bruce Rogers, whose device appears in the…
The Elements
Translated with introduction and commentary by Sir Thomas Heath. At head of title: The Classics of St. John's Program. Library has 3 copies.
The Thirteen Books of Euclid’s Elements
Translated from the text of Heiberg, with introduction and commentary by Sir Thomas L. Heath. 2d ed., rev. with additions. “An unabridged and unaltered republication of the second edition (published in 1926).”
The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzŭ: A Classic of Chinese Legalism
Translated from the Chinese with introduction, notes, glossary, and index by W. K. Liao. Half-title: Probsthain's Oriental Series, vol. XXV–XXVI. Han Fei Tzŭ's name also in Chinese on title-page. “The biography of Han Fei Tzŭ, by Ssŭ-ma Ch'ien”: v. 1,…
The Works of Hsüntze
Translated from the Chinese, with notes, by Homer H. Dubs. On cover: Probsthain's Oriental Series, v. XVI.
Gandhāran Art in Pakistan
With 577 illustrations photographed by Islay Lyons, and 77 pictures from other sources. Introduction and descriptive catalogue by Harald Ingholt. Bibliographical references included in “Notes” (p. 41–46).
Conics
Translated into English from the Greek by R. Catesby Taliaferro. The Classics of St. John's Program. Mimeographed.