The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid (1847)

Byrne’s book is lovely and wonderful, I highly recommend the modern reprint: http://amzn.com/3836544717

But it only covers the first part of Euclid’s Elements, and even in the first 6 books the original text and drawings can also be helpful. I recommend this Green Lion Press edition to anyone looking to study from Euclid – http://amzn.com/1888009187 – which is an amazingly well printed and constructed book, an incredible bargain for the price.

Communicates effectively by incorporating the actual physical shapes and lines within the text in different colors, rather than assigning letters to each element.

Don't miss proposition 47 (XLVII), the Pythagorean theorem.

I have the Taschen Books version. Super beautiful book.