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2007réf. 91624Continuum. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 160 pages. Description: "In this lively and original book Russell Winslow pursues a new interpretation of logos in Aristotle. Rather than a reading of rationality that cleaves human beings from nature this new interpretation suggests that for Aristotle consistent and dependable rational arguments reveal a deep dependency upon nature. To this end the author shows that a rational account of a being is in fact subject to the very same principle that governs the physical motion and generation of a being under inquiry. Among the many consequences of this argument is a rejection of both of the prevailing oppositional claims that Aristotle's methodological procedure of discovery is one resting on either empirical or conceptual grounds: discovery reveals a more complex structure than can be grasped by either of these modern modes. Further Winslow argues that this interpretation of rational discovery also contributes to the ethical debates surrounding Aristotle's work insofar as an ethical claim is achieved through reason but is not thereby conceived as objective. Again the demand for agreement in ethical/political decision will be disclosed as superseding in its complexity both those accounts of ethical decision as subjective for example 'emotivist' accounts and those as objective 'realist' accounts." -- with a bonus offer--; In this lively and original book Russell Winslow pursues a new interpretation of logos in Aristotle. Rather than a reading of rationality that cleaves human beings from nature this new interpretation suggests that for Aristotle consistent and dependable rational arguments reveal a deep dependency upon nature. To this end the author shows that a rational account of a being is in fact subject to the very same principle that governs the physical motion and generation of a being under inquiry. Among the many consequences of this argument is a rejection of both of the prevailing oppositional claims that Aristotle's methodological procedure of discovery is one resting on either empirical or conceptual grounds: discovery reveals a more complex structure than can be grasped by either of these modern modes. Further Winslow argues that this interpretation of rational discovery also contributes to the ethical debates surrounding Aristotle's work insofar as an ethical claim is achieved through reason but is not thereby conceived as objective. Again the demand for agreement in ethical/political decision will be disclosed as superseding in its complexity both those accounts of ethical decision as subjective for example "emotivist" accounts and those as objective "realist" accounts. . 2007. 0826496873 . Continuum hardcover
1545réf. D11150Venice: Hieronymus Scotus 1545. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 157 x 106mm. 8 307pp. 13 leaves including final blank. Woodcut printers device of Scotus with personification of globe and motto FIAT PAX IN VIRTUTE Peace be with thee. Latin translation by Theodore Gaza. 12-line woodcut historiated initials at beginning of first chapter and at beginning of the Universalis generationis partitio. p. 224 of heraldry. Few woodcut initials throughout. Contemporary vellum; worn; spine and covers darkened; scattered stains worming affecting title next leaf and last 3 leaves; edges stained brown and gauffered to floral pattern. Sound copy enhanced by Latin marginalia in an contemporary hand. The Renaissance public as a part of their reading system frequently engaged Aristotles natural writings. Even at the height of this period at a time when Theodore Gaza had already produced his celebrated versions of Aristotles zoological corpus these works obtained wide recognition. Aristotles zoological works edited by Theodore Gaza with Italian Renaissance commentary sparked on by the availability of Gazas text. Gazas version of the treatises were paraphrases of Aristotles zoological works but also included personal observations and information drawn from the other authors. Gaza in fact held a virtual monopoly on the biological works of Aristotle his translation completely overshadowing those before him and especially of his rival George of Trebizond. Gazas text had been used mainly as a source of quotations and only in philological and medical works such as Castigationes plinianae by Ermolao Barbaro or Benedettis Historia corporis humani. By 1521 starting with a course on the De Partibus animalium held in Bologna did the official Renaissance tradition of interpretation on Aristotles zoology take form. The Latin text which contributed to this renewed interest was none other than the elegant translation by Gaza. University Aristotelianism specifically that concerning the zoology was approached by the various interpreters in the context of systematic exploration of the encyclopedic work as a whole. The ample annotations of this volume showcase precisely this type of interaction with the evolving conversation. Gazas work throws light on Renaissance Aristotelianism carried out through the grid of scholastic commentary. Hieronymus Scotus hardcover
1545réf. D11150Venice: Hieronymus Scotus 1545. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 157 x 106mm. 8 307pp. 13 leaves including final blank. Woodcut printers device of Scotus with personification of globe and motto FIAT PAX IN VIRTUTE Peace be with thee. Latin translation by Theodore Gaza. 12-line woodcut historiated initials at beginning of first chapter and at beginning of the Universalis generationis partitio. p. 224 of heraldry. Few woodcut initials throughout. Contemporary vellum; worn; spine and covers darkened; scattered stains worming affecting title next leaf and last 3 leaves; edges stained brown and gauffered to floral pattern. Sound copy enhanced by Latin marginalia in an contemporary hand. The Renaissance public as a part of their reading system frequently engaged Aristotles natural writings. Even at the height of this period at a time when Theodore Gaza had already produced his celebrated versions of Aristotles zoological corpus these works obtained wide recognition. Aristotles zoological works edited by Theodore Gaza with Italian Renaissance commentary sparked on by the availability of Gazas text. Gazas version of the treatises were paraphrases of Aristotles zoological works but also included personal observations and information drawn from the other authors. Gaza in fact held a virtual monopoly on the biological works of Aristotle his translation completely overshadowing those before him and especially of his rival George of Trebizond. Gazas text had been used mainly as a source of quotations and only in philological and medical works such as Castigationes plinianae by Ermolao Barbaro or Benedettis Historia corporis humani. By 1521 starting with a course on the De Partibus animalium held in Bologna did the official Renaissance tradition of interpretation on Aristotles zoology take form. The Latin text which contributed to this renewed interest was none other than the elegant translation by Gaza. University Aristotelianism specifically that concerning the zoology was approached by the various interpreters in the context of systematic exploration of the encyclopedic work as a whole. The ample annotations of this volume showcase precisely this type of interaction with the evolving conversation. Gazas work throws light on Renaissance Aristotelianism carried out through the grid of scholastic commentary. Hieronymus Scotus hardcover books
réf. 121300London Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies in the Strand 1797. . First edition; 2 vols in 1; 4to 29.5 x 23 cm; divisional title printed on blue tinted paper bookplate to front pastedown light spotting; contemporary mottled calf covers with decorative wheatsheaf roll rebacked preserving the original gilt spine which has been laid down sprinkled edges corners slightly bumped with minor loss very good; 3 vi-xv 1 416 3 'vi' 343 4pp. First edition of Gillies' English translation of Aristotle's Ethics and Politics The first edition of this English language translation of the Nicomachean Ethics and Politics of Aristotle 384-322 BC. Although both works had previously appeared in English translation as The Ethiques of Aristotle by John Wilkinson in 1547 and John Dickenson's Aristotles Politiqves or Discovrses of Government in 1598 this edition by the Scottish historian John Gillies 1747-1836 marks the first occasion that both texts appear together in one composite translation which as Gillies explains in his preface is perhaps how Aristotle intended the works to be understood: 'The "Ethics of Nichomachus and the Politics" ought never to have been disjoined since they are considered by Aristotle himself as forming essential parts of one and the same work; which as it was the last and principal object of his studies is of all his performances the longest the best connected and incomparably the most interesting. The two treatises combined constitute what he calls his practical philosophy' i.e. that which concerns human nature. Gillies prefixed this work with a lengthy life of Aristotle and a 'New Analysis of Aristotle's Works' the latter coming under fire by the Platonist Thomas Taylor 1758-1835 who criticised Gillies' comments on the ordering of the books in Aristotle's treatise on metaphysics in the introduction to his English-language translation of this work which was published in 1801. This led in turn to a revised edition of Gillies' Ethics and Politics which came out in 1804 defending his work. Prior to the present work Gillies' principal contribution to academia was a history of ancient Greece that appeared in two parts the first printed in 1786 the second not appearing until 1807. On the strength of this Gillies was appointed Historiographer Royal for Scotland on the death of William Robertson in 1793 and devoted his attention to this translation of Aristotle's two major works of practical philosophy here first published. From the library of Sir John Swinburne 1762-1860 of Capheaton Hall with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Swinburne was elected Member of Parliament for Launceston in the Whig interest in 1788 and was a supporter of social reform including the abolition of the slave trade. ESTC T128120. London, Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1797. unknown
réf. 115094Cambridge Heffer 1966 1966 1968 1968 1969. . 5 vols. small 4to texts in Arabic and English original black cloth gilt orange dustwrappers lettered in black very good copies. Scholarly bilingual editions Arabic and English edited variously by J. N. Mattock and M. C. Lyons funded by the Caloust Gulbenkian foundation of texts by Hippocrates Regimen in Acute Diseases; On Superfoetation; On the Nature of Man; On Endemic Diseases and Aristotle Excerpts from the Book of Animals. The stated purpose of the publications was to provide 'some at least of the background evidence needed before a full history of Islamic Science and Technology can be writte' Preface. Cambridge, Heffer, 1966, 1966, 1968, 1968, 1969. hardcover
1554réf. 1506230049Venice: Apud Hieronymum Scotum 1554-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Original vellum. Minor soiling to cover. Good binding and cover. Later leather binding straps. Later end pages. Printer's device on title page. Text generally clean a few lines of early marginal notation and underlining. Collated: A-L8 M-M6 N-N4 in 8's with the title as leaf A1. Faint stain on first few leaves. Edito princeps 1535. Refs: British Museum p. 44. STC Italy Vol I. p. 99; Not in Brunet. Johannes Philoponus John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria was an important Aristotelian commentator and Christian theologian. John's commentaries on Aristotle were influential on medieval and early modern thinkers in Europe such as Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola and Galileo. Philoponus has been seen as an important precursor to the establishment of empirical philosophy. In this book Philoponus comments on Aristotle's De Anima On the Soul and substantially modifies Aristotle's ideas. His commentary deals specifically with Aristotle's theory of light "Philoponus contends that Aristotle' view fails to account both for the laws of optics. Philoponus modifies the theory so as to save the phenomena he proceeds to re-interpret the term Energeia not as a state of actuality but rather as an 'incorporeal activity' which besides constituting the transparency of the medium is also capable of warming bodies.Due to this novel interpretation of Aristotle's terminology light is now understood not statically but as something dynamical." - Stanford Philosophical Encyclopedia. It should also be noted that since Michael Hayduck's edition Berlin 1897 it is generally assumed by scholars that the third book of the commentary that had been ascribed to John Philoponus wasoriginally written by Stephanus of Alexandria as is attested in the manuscript Parisinus gr. 1914 11th/12th cent. An important early work in physics and natural philosophy. Venice: Apud Hieronymum Scotum hardcover
1542réf. 1412010050Venetiis: Brandinus & Octavianus Scotus 1542-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Folio. 2 85p 48p 1. Bound in modern leather. 4 raised bands. Gilt title to second compartment. Printers imprint to final leaf. Fine binding and cover. New FFEP. Marginal dampstain throughout. Otherwise clean unmarked pages. John Philoponus also known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria was a Christian and Aristotelian commentator and the author of a considerable number of philosophical treatises and theological works. A rigorous sometimes polemical writer and an original thinker who was controversial in his own time John Philoponus broke from the Aristotelian-Neoplatonic tradition questioning methodology and eventually leading to empiricism in the natural sciences. He established his own independent thinking in his commentaries and critiques of Aristotle's On the Soul and Physics. In the latter work Philoponus became one of the earliest thinkers to reject Aristotle's dynamics and propose the 'theory of impetus': i.e. an object moves and continues to move because of an energy imparted in it by the mover and ceases movement when that energy is exhausted an early that was the first step towards the concept of inertia in modern physics. His works were widely printed in Latin translations in Europe from the 15th century onwards. His critique of Aristotle in the Physics commentary was a major influence on Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Galileo Galilei who cited Philoponus substantially in his works often citing him more than Plato. Philoponus' main significance in the history of science lies in his being at the close of antiquity the first thinker to undertake a comprehensive and massive attack on the principal tenets of Aristotle's physics and cosmology an attack unequaled in thoroughness until Galileo. LC: Adams P1058 Venetiis: Brandinus & Octavianus Scotus hardcover
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1531réf. 133411Parisiis: Petri Vidouei 1531. Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle's third book of logic. Folio bound in full vellum elaborate woodcut vignette-border title-page illustrated with numerous in-text woodcut diagrams and woodcut initials. Ownership inscriptions including that of American philosopher Allan Gotthelf. Gotthelf received many honors for his work on Aristotle including in 2004 an international conference on "Aristotle on Being Nature and Life" held "in celebration of his contributions to the study of classical philosophy and science." In very good condition with some dampstaining and period marginalia throughout. Being one of the six extant Aristotelian writings on logic and scientific method The Prior Analytics was first composed around 350 BCE. The work represents the first formal study of logic where logic is understood as the study of arguments. In the Prior Analytics Aristotle identifies valid and invalid forms of arguments called syllogisms. A syllogism is an argument that consists of at least three sentences: at least two premises and a conclusion. Although Aristotle does not call them "categorical sentences" tradition does; he deals with them briefly in the Analytics and more extensively in On Interpretation. In the sixth century Boethius composed the first known Latin translation of the Prior Analytics. No Westerner between Boethius and Bernard of Utrecht is known to have read it. Petri Vidouei hardcover
1503réf. D20057Venice: Octaviani Scoti per Bonetus de Locatellis 1503. Hardcover. Very Good. Small folio printed in gothic type in two columns woodcut initials & text diagrams; woodcut printer's device on final leaf. Bound in modern half parchment with printed paper boards. A copy with significant contemporary marginal notes in several sections the annotations run tight up against the outer margin. Title page cut down by one inch at the foot; some scattered spotting & worming but generally a nice copy of an early and uncommon to the market post-incunable edition worthy of future study. A recent edition was published in 2024 by the Aquinas Institute. Beth Mortensen summarizes the significance of the text: "All of us living in this Cartesian age grow accustomed to thinking of our bodies as animated machinesmachines that function better or worse subject to innumerable material factors. De Anima On the Soul reminds us that the human person is one whole and the soul is actively making the body what it is. This means that among other things the quality of the bodys functioning does not determine a human beings 'quality of life' and it is completely irrelevant to that persons worth or dignity." see: aquinas institute - commentary on de anima. Octaviani Scoti per Bonetus de Locatellis hardcover
1549réf. 047FIRST EDITION of this translation the FIRST ITALIAN TRANSLATION OF THE POETICS a little minor spotting in places tiny worm track to blank area of first two leaves early ownership inscription Jacobi Peruli Vabmatis' to title page pp. xii 355 25 4to eighteenth-century Italian vellum spine lettered in ink all edges blue a few tiny wormholes to backstrip a very good copy house in a maroon clamshell case with a black morocco label. A nice clean copy of the first edition of this translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric and poetics into Italian by Bernardo Segni 1504-1558 the first translation of the Poetics and the second of the Rhetoric to be printed. there was enough demand that a second edition was printed two years later. Appresso Lorenzo Torrentino hardcover
1503réf. D20057Venice: Octaviani Scoti per Bonetus de Locatellis 1503. Hardcover. Very Good. Small folio printed in gothic type in two columns woodcut initials & text diagrams; woodcut printer's device on final leaf. Bound in modern half parchment with printed paper boards. A copy with significant contemporary marginal notes in several sections the annotations run tight up against the outer margin. Title page cut down by one inch at the foot; some scattered spotting & worming but generally a nice copy of an early and uncommon to the market post-incunable edition worthy of future study. A recent edition was published in 2024 by the Aquinas Institute. Beth Mortensen summarizes the significance of the text: "All of us living in this Cartesian age grow accustomed to thinking of our bodies as animated machinesmachines that function better or worse subject to innumerable material factors. De Anima On the Soul reminds us that the human person is one whole and the soul is actively making the body what it is. This means that among other things the quality of the bodys functioning does not determine a human beings 'quality of life' and it is completely irrelevant to that persons worth or dignity." see: aquinas institute - commentary on de anima. Octaviani Scoti per Bonetus de Locatellis hardcover books
1771réf. 002357Paris Saillant & Nyon, Desaint 1771
1526réf. 5283(Am Ende): Venedig, de Sabio, 1526. 4 nn. Bll., 107 num. Bll. mit wdh. Druckermarke in Holzschnitt. Gr.-4°. HPgmt des 17. Jahrhunderts mit hs. Rückentitel (etw. bestoßen und fleckig).
1590réf. 20050Lugduni (pour Genève), Apud Iacobum Bubonium [et] Apud Guillelmun Leamarium, 1590. Deux tomes en un volume in-folio de [20]-751 (chiffrées 1-430; 435-755) -[1] et [4]-595-[65] pages, plein vélin sur ai de bois, dos muet à 5 nerfs, plats bordés de plusieurs roulettes dont une large aux entrelacs végétaux, et deux autres aux portraits de figures historiques, motif central du plat supérieur aux armes du Saint Empire romain germanique et au plat inférieur celles du grand électeur de Saxe, fermoirs en laiton.
1810réf. 000014035Oxonii = Oxford: E Typographeo Clarendoniano = At the Clarendon Press 1810. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. 9 ii-cxi 2 2-373 3; 5 378-757 3 pp. Contemporary full calf with gold borders on each board spines in five compartments with a maroon and a black morocco label lettered in gold on each spine gold decorations and flourishes on each spine. Text in Greek and Latin with the notes and commentary in Latin. Edited and compiled by Friedrich Sylburg with the Latin translation by Dionysius Lambinius and with notes by Guillaume Du Val. Graesse 215. Moss 129. Sylburg received praise from both Moss and Dibdin for his scholarship on Aristotle's writings. Aristotle's Politics are sometimes regarded as the natural sequel to his Nicomachean Ethics: once one knows what it is for a human being to flourish one can consider how the laws of human society can best guide and promote said flourishing. Aristotle undertook a massive effort to examine dozens of Greek city-state constitutions and aimed to discern the best and the worst political principles within them. His Politics then stands as a sort of history of Greece and its political structures. The Politics also contains an examination of the theory behind various forms of government: monarchy aristocracy democracy etc. Aristotle's Economics contains a thorough examination of both macro and microeconomics in ancient Greece. The economics of a city-state a kingdom and of an individual's home are all dissected here and the philosophy behind good home and wealth management is discussed at length. Both his Politics and Economics were highly influential on medieval society and pre-1850 publications of these works have become difficult to find in commerce. A touch of rubbing to the extremities. An armorial bookplate on each volume's front pastedown very light occasional pencil marginalia. E Typographeo Clarendoniano [= At the Clarendon Press] hardcover
1619réf. 9868Tolosae, Apud Dominicum & Petrum Bosc., 1619. In-folio de [32]-1248-[24] pages, plein veau fauve de l'époque, dos à 6 nerfs orné de fleurons, filets, roulettes et titre dorés, double filet doré encadrant les plats. Tampon de bibliothèque au titre.
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réf. STAN0061Paris Brumen 1577. 8°. 120 Bll. mit e. Druckermarke am Titelblatt Kopfleisten u. Initialen. - Und: ARISTOTELES. Aristotelis de Caelo Libri IIII. Ioachimo Perionio interprete: per Nicolaum Grouchium correcti & emendati. Parisiis Ex officina Thomae Brumennij 1577. 8°. 62 Bll. mit Druckermarke am Titelblatt u. Initialen. - Und: ARISTOTELES. Aristotelis Meteorologicorum libri Qvatuor. Ioachimo Perionio interprete : per Nicolaum Grouchium correcti & emendati. Parisiis Ex officina Thomae Brumennij 1577. 8°. 70 Bll. mit Druckermarke am Titelblatt Initialen u. einigen Skizzen in Holzschnitt. - Und: ARISTOTELES. Aristotelis de Ortu & Interitu Libri Dvo. Ioachimo Perionio interprete : per Nicolaum Grouchium correcti & emendati. Parisiis Ex officina Thomae Brumennij 1577. 8°. 36 Bll. mit Druckermarke am Titelblatt u. Initialen. - Und: ARISTOTELES. Aristotelis Libelli qui Parua naturalia Vvlgo Appelantvr. Ioachimo Perionio interprete : per Nicolaum Grouchium correcti & emendati. Parisiis Ex officina Thomae Brumennij 1577. 8°. Titelbl. Bl. 5-69 Bl. Bl. 72 1 nn. Bll. mit Druckermarke am Titelblatt Initialen u. einer Holzschnittskizze. - Und: ARISTOTELES. Aristotelis Liber de Mundo ad Alexandrvm Macedoniae Regem. Gulielmo Budaeo interprete. Parisiis Ex officina Thomae Brumennij 1577. 16 Bll. mit Druckermarke am Titelblatt u. Initialen. - Und: ARISTOTELES. Aristotelis de Animo Libri III. Ioachimo Perionio interprete : per Nicolaum Grouchium correcti & emendati. Parisiis Ex officina Thomae Brumennij 1577. 48 Bll. mit Druckermarke am Titelblatt u. Initialen. Lederband d. Zeit mit e. Rückenschildchen Streicheisenlinien u. kleinen Ziervignetten in abgeriebener Goldprägung am Rücken Einbanddeckel mit mehrfachen Streicheisenlinien gerahmt mit ausgefüllten Ecken mit Ziermotiven sowie jeweils einer medaillonartigen Verzierung in der Mitte in Goldprägung Lederüberzug schadhaft mit größeren Fehlstellen an den Ecken und am Rücken. Blätter gut erhalten nur wenig vergilbt oder fleckig teilw. schwach wasserrandig. Mit meist unkenntlich gemachten Besitzvermerken von verschiedenen alten Händen am ersten Titelblatt e. Schriftzug mit Bleistift am vorderen Innendeckel u. einer Anmerkung von alter Hand auf Bl. 15 des letzten Werks. Breitrandiger Druck. Pettegree French Books III11954677 54673 54680 54682 54675 u. 54670 Meteorologicorum libri quatuor nicht bei Pettegree Sammelband mit sieben außerordentlich seltenen Aristoteles-Drucken in der lateinischen Übersetzung durch Joachim Perion 1499-1559 bearbeitet von Nicolas de Grouchy 1510-1572 gedruckt in Paris bei Thomas Brumen 1532-1582. J. Perion Angehöriger des Benediktinerordens Doktor der Theologie und hervorragender Altphilologe und Romanist schuf mit seiner Übersetzung der Schriften des Aristoteles aus dem Altgriechischen einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Rezeption des altgriechischen Philosophen. Diese Ausgaben nicht bei BM French Books u. Adams. Paris, Brumen 1577. unknown
1602In-4°; pp.(16), 429, (35), al frontespizio emblema inciso su legno con motto “ex duobus unum”; all’ultima pagina colophon e marca tipografica incisa su legno; testatine e finalini tipografici; legatura coeva in piena prgamena con titolo manoscritto al dorso; piccoli sporadici marginali fori di tarlo passanti. Edizione originale. Scienziato, filosofo e medico, Fortunio Liceti (1577-1657), che fu poi amico anche di Galileo, pubblica qui una delle prime opere, in uno dei campi di suo interesse che fu la filosofia naturale o fisiologia; in particolare il De ortu tratta dei problemi relativi alla generazione, allo sviluppo e al momento in cui i tre aspetti dell’anima (vegetativa, sensitiva, razionele) vengono accolti nel feto. L’adesione alla filosofia aristotelica è assoluta. Krivatsy 6964
1616Due opere entrambe in edizione originale, buona copia. In -4°; pp. 119, (33) + pp. 78, (2 di 10, manca l’indice), ai frontespizi marca tipografica, al recto dell’ultima pagina non num. grande legno con l’emblema di Liceti e il motto Fortasse licebit, e il colophon excudebat Martinus. Leggere sporadiche bruniture. Krivatsy 6965 - 6954. Il De perfecta constituzione tratta delle questioni relative alla generazione, in special modo della formazione e sviluppo del feto: “A differenza di Aristotele, oltre al seme maschile egli ammette anche un seme femminile, che porta al feto l'anima vegetativa. Secondo il L. il seme è costituito da particelle provenienti da tutte le parti del corpo dei genitori, delle quali portano la forma. Questa teoria preformista, ben lontana dalle concezioni epigenetiche aristoteliche, fu utilizzata dal L. per spiegare lo sviluppo embrionale, la trasmissione ereditaria dei caratteri acquisiti, la produzione dei mostri e l'ibridismo interspecifico.” (DBI ad vocem). Il De coextensione tratta tra l’altro dell’anima delle piante e delle passioni dell’anima, un tema che sarà più tardi ripreso da Descartes. L’autore di riferimento è Aristotele.
1554In-folio, (6), 130pp, capilettera incisi; (2), 26, ritratto di Mose Finzio al frontespizio, capilettera incisi; (6), 84pp, marca tipografica al frontespizio e in fine. Legatura in pergamena contemporanea, nervature. In-folio, (6), 130pp, engraved drop caps; (2), 26, portrait of Mose Finzio on the title page, engraved initial letters; (6), 84pp, printer’s mark on the title page and at the end. Contemporary vellum binding, bands.
1619réf. 1903070006Lutetiae Parisiorum: Typis Regiis 1619. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st edition of Du Val's collected works of Aristotle. 2 volumes bound in 4. Folio 40 x 26 cm. Bound in contemporary Cambridge-style paneled calf. Rebacked and restored bindings. 6 raised bands. Title pages in red and black with engraved portrait of Aristotle. Text in Greek and Latin in parallel columns. Institutional blind stamps. Dampstaining along bottom scattered marginal staining. First title has its margins trimmed and conserved. Collated: Tome 1 part 1: 16 430 p.; T.1 p.2: 431-1251 p. 19; T.2 p.1: 3 469 p. 1; T. 2 p.2: 470-1104 p. 16. According to John Lempriere's Classical Dictionary Aristotle's "treatises have been published separately; but the best edition of the works collectively is that of Duval." p. 96. Refs: Brunet I. 459. Subtitle: "Veterum ac recentiorum interpretum ut Adriani Turnebi Isaaci Casauboni Julii Pacil studio emendatissima. Cum Kyriaci Strozae Patritii Florentini libris duobus Graecolatinis de Republica in supplementum politicorum Aristotelis. Sed nouissimae huic editioni omnium quae hactenus prodierunt ornatissimae accessit breuis ac perpetuus in omnes Aristotelis libros commentarius siue Synopsis Analytica Doctrinae Peripateticae non antehac visa; in qua ut in expeditiore tabella Aristotelis philosophia omnis provt ea suo ordine descripta est perspicue breuiterque indicatur & pro rerum dignitate exponitur. ; Authore Guillelmo Du-Val Pontesiano Philosophiae Graecae & Latinae in Parisiensi Acade" This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Lutetiae Parisiorum: Typis Regiis hardcover
1525réf. 133419Venetiis: Octaviani Scoticiuis 1525. Rare early 16th century Venetian printing of Aristotle's pioneering work on zoology which had a powerful influence on zoology for over two thousand years. Folio bound in full vellum illustrated with woodcut initials. In very good condition. Deaccessioned from the Harvard College Library with their stamps and bookplate. Written in the fourth century B.C.E. Aristotle's History of Animals had a powerful influence on zoology for some two thousand years. Generally seen as a pioneering work of zoology Aristotle frames his text by explaining that he is investigating the what the existing facts about animals prior to establishing the why the causes of these characteristics. The book is thus an attempt to apply philosophy to part of the natural world. Throughout the work Aristotle seeks to identify differences both between individuals and between groups. The work contains many accurate eye-witness observations in particular of the marine biology around the island of Lesbos such as that the octopus had color-changing abilities and a sperm-transferring tentacle that the young of a dogfish grow inside their mother's body and that the male river catfish guards the eggs after the female has left. Some of these were long considered fanciful before being rediscovered in the nineteenth century. It continued to be a primary source of knowledge until in the sixteenth century zoologists including Conrad Gessner all influenced by Aristotle wrote their own studies of the subject. Octaviani Scoticiuis hardcover
1584réf. 50934Morgiis, Guillelmus Laimarius, 1584. Small folio. 18th century half vellum, somewhat soiled and worn. Corners and edges bumped and worn. Handwritten title to spine. Fore-edge with 2-line title in neat (contemporary?) hand and with the ""Societas Jesu"" (i.e. the Jesuit Society) symbol in white to the otherwise red fore-edge. Internally a very ni8ce copy, with the occasional browning and spotting. A faint damp stain to top marging of some leaves. A small hole to top of title-page, far from affecting print. Last leaves with neat strenthening of blank upper corners, far from affecting text. Old (presumably 18th century) owner's name to title page: ""Ioan. Bey A. Vest."" Front free end-papers heavily annotated (presumably by this same owner, in Latin, Greek, and German. The annotations include and elaborate handwritten index, information about the edition, and references to the Greek sentences. Verso of last leaf and back end-papers also with notes. A few underlinings here and there. Woodcut ornamental title-border, woodcut vignettes, woodcut initials, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text. Greek-Latin parallel-text. (8), 831, (1) pp.
