# Erhard Ratdolt

- id: erhard-ratdolt
- dates: c. 1442–1528
- roles: editor

Augsburg printer working in Venice who solved the problem nobody had solved in twenty-five years of printing: how to set geometric diagrams in type. His 1482 Elements is one of the most beautiful scientific books ever made.

## Crossings

- 1482: Elements into Latin (editor) [attested]

## Sources

- Murdoch, John E. (1971). Euclid: Transmission of the Elements.