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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
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.
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.
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. The very rare first edition of Julius Pace's seminal "Organon"-edition which was the standard-edition of the logical texts of Aristotle throughout more than a century running through at least 11 editions before 1624. Pace's version of the text in Greek-Latin parallels and with Pace's inspired commentaries and interpretations profoundly influenced Renaissance thought determining the course of the Organon-interpretation throughout this period and inspiring much original philosophical thought. Pace's interpretation of Aristotle's logical works - arguably the most influential collection of works in the history of Western thought - not only changed the face of Renaissance thought it has remained the authoritative reading of Aristotle's "Organon" to this day and is still considered the most important and authoritative reading of the texts. As Ross puts it in the Preface to his translation of the logical works the standard Oxford-edition: "My chief authority in matters of interpretation has been Pacius". "The Works of Aristotle Translated into English Under the Editorship of W.D. Ross. Volume I". Oxford University Press. To this day a proper study of Aristotle's "Organon" - and Porphyrios' "Isagoge" - is still unthinkable without references to Pace his rendering of the text and his interpretations of it. The famous "Porphyrian Tree" or "arbor porphyriana" which has gone down in history as a standard presentation of the basis of Aristotle's thought was presented by Porphyrios in his "Isagoge" which since Antiquity has accompanied Aristotle's "Ornanon" as an introduction thereof. The standard presentation of this tree is that of Pace in the present edition on p. 9. It is that rendering of it with occasional slight alterations which has remained standard ever since 1584. That which we ever since Antiquity have called the "Organon" comprises the logical works of Aristotle: 1. Categories 2. On Interpretation 3. Prior Analytics 4. Posterior Analytics 5. Topics 6. On Sophistical Refutations - which ever since late Antiquity/early Middle Ages have been accompanied by Porphyrios' 233/34-ca.310 "Isagoge" his introduction to Aristotle's "Categories". During the Renaissance all editions of Aristotle's "Organon" also comprised Porphyrios' "Isagoge" which was seen as necessary for the understanding of Aristotle's logic. Aristotle's logic has played a seminal role in the history of Western thought. No other collection of writings has had an impact on the history of philosophy that comes close to the "Organon" an impact that remains pivotal to this day. "Aristotle's logic especially his theory of the syllogism has had an unparalleled influence on the history of Western thought." SEP.From Antiquity the earlier middle ages had inherited Boethius' translation of the two first treatises of Aristotle's "Organon" along with Porphyrios' "Isagoge". These works formed the basis for logical study and teaching until the end of the 11th century. Only during the 12th and 13th centuries were Aristotle's writings - along with those of the Arabic and some of the Greek commentators - translated into Latin. When the medieval universities reached their full development during the thirteenth century Aristotle's works were adapted as the standard textbooks for all philosophical disciplines - thus modern terms for many philosophical and scientific disciplines correspond to the titles of Aristotle's works e.g. Ethics Physics Metaphysics. Through Aristotle's works the West thus acquired not only the specific problems and ideas that were being dealt with at the universities but also the terminology used to describe and discuss them and the systematic framework within which all relevant problems should and could be treated. But come the Renaissance we see a clear change in the use of Aristotle's works. We here witness something other than a mere continuation of the late medieval Aristotelianism. The Humanists began supplying new translations of Aristotle's works and translated all the Greek commentators of Aristotle many of them for the first time. And thus a tendency to emphasize the original Greek Aristotle developed a tendency that became pivotal for the development of modern thought - the development of modern science and modern philosophy is inextricably linked with the Renaissance Humanist editions of Aristotle's works in Greek with Latin parallel-text. The "Organon" Aristotle's seminal logical writings occupies a central position within the Aristotelian body of writing and thus within the development of Western thought. Certain Humanist versions of the Greek text and the Latin translations as well as the interpretations of them thus came to play a seminal role in the trajectory of Renaissance and modern though Pace's "Organon"-edition presumably being THE most important and influential edition ever to have appeared. "The medieval traditions of logical writing survived well into the sixteenth century particularly at Paris and at the Spanish universities though with considerable internal changes. Treatises on sophisms and on proofs of terms ceased to be written; whereas there was a sudden flurry of activity concerned with the various divisions of terms and with the opposition of propositions i.e. the logical relations between different kinds of categorical proposition. These internal changes were not however sufficient to keep the tradition alive and after about 1530 not only did new writing on the specifically medieval contributions to logic cease but the publication of medieval logicians virtually ceased. The main exceptions were the logical commentaries by or attributed to such authors as Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus which found a place in their "Opera Omnia" and which benefited from a revived interest in the great medieval metaphysicians.The main changes in the teaching and writing of logic during the sixteenth century were due to the impact of humanism. First commentaries on Aristotle came to display a totally new style of writing. One reason for this was the influence of new translations of Aristotle and new attitudes to the Greek text. Another reason was the publication of the Greek commentators on Aristotle's logic Alexander Themistius Ammonius Philoponus and Simplicius. A third reason was the new emphasis on Averroes which expressed itself in the great Aristotle-Averroes edition of 1550-1552. The effects of these new factors can be seen in the commentaries on individual works of the "Organon" by such Italians as Agostino Nifo 1473-1546 and Jacopo Zabarella 1533-1589 the latter of whom offered a particularly influential account of scientific method. They can also be seen in the "Organon" edition of Giulio Pace 1550-1635 which was first published in 1584 and contained the Greek text side-by-side with a new translation which was designed not only to read well but also to capture the philosophical significance of Aristotle's words." Raul Corazzon "History of Renaissance and Modern Logic from 1400 to Stuart Mill"."No editor better understood the nature of this Treatise of Aristotle than Julius Pacius who was the preceptor of Casaubon and profoundedly skilled in all the arcane of the Peripatetic philosophy in both the Greek and Latin tongues." Dibdin I: 318Giulio Pace of Beriga or Julius Pace/Pacius 1550 - 1635 was a famous Italian Aristotelian scholar and jurist. He was born in Vicenza and studied law and philosophy in Padua. He was inspired by the Reformation and put on trial by the Inquisition. Therefore he had to flee Italy and escaped first to Geneva thereafter to Germany. While in Heidelberg he converted to Protestantism. He was highly respected as an academic and was widely known for his deep knowledge and understanding of Aristotle whom he became famous for translating. He was elected public professor in Geneva where he taught for ten years 1575-1585. The next ten years he spent teaching law at the University of Heidelberg where he got into different conflicts especially with the philosophical faculty for giving private tuition in the controversial Ramist logic. After Heidelberg he taught at different universities throughout Europe where he was especially well known for his 1584-edition of Aristotle's "Organon" which played a definitive role in Aristotle-scholarship and philosophy in general throughout all of Europe.Dibdin I:318; Adams A:1866. hardcover
1606In-4°; pp. (16), 826, (34), marca tipografica al frontespizio e all’ultima pagina; capilettera incisi su legno; il Liber secundus e tertius hanno un proprio frontespizio; edizione originale. Alcuni fori di tarlo passanti; bruniture. Krivatsy 6972. Celebre medico e filosofo ligure (1577-1657) Liceti affronta in quest’opera la questione della generazione animale.
1505réf. 65845Venetiis: 1505-1507. later old quarter vellum over marbled baords. Some old ink annotations and a neat repair to one corner of the first leaf; neat old marginal annotations in Latin to the Aristotle. Some inoffensive scattered marginal stains; contents very attractive. 4to. hardcover
1546réf. 32121546 Lugduni apud Seb. Gryphium, 1545-1546. 6 textes d'Artistote, tous éd. à Lyon par Sebastien Gryphius, reliés en 1 vol. in-8: 11 x 18 cm. Physicorum (trad. Byzantio), 1546, 214 pp.; De Coelo (trad. Byzantio) 1545, 115 pp.; De Generatione (trad. Vatablo), 1546, 67 pp.; Meteorologicorum (trad. Vatablo), 1546, 136 pp.; De Anima (trad. Byzantio), 1546, 90 pp.; Stagiritae (trad. Vatablo), 1546, 108 pp. Avec plusieurs vignettes de l'imprimeur représentant un gryphon; nombreuses lettrines initiales sur bois; quelques scolies manuscrites en marge du texte. Reliure moderne en parchemin. Dos à troix nerfs avec titre et date manuscits à l'encre noir. Bibli.: Baudrier, Biblio. lyonaise, VIII / Gültlingen, Biblio. imprimé à Lyon, V.
1656In-4°; pp. (8), 190, (6), 191-357, (5), marca tipografica al frontespizio, buon esemplare. Legatura in piena pergamena coeva con tassello Dura opera di critica al De pietati Aristotelis di Fortunio Liceti, scritta nello stesso ambito dell’Accademia patavina da Ferchio, e relativa a una controversia teologica. Matteo Ferchio (1583-1669) filosofo e teologo seguace di Scoto, di origine croata; tenne la cattedra di teologia all’Università di Padova dal 1631.
1525in-4° (15,5 x 21,8 cm). [1], CXXXIX, [10] pp. Mezza pergamena. Al frontespizio, titolo inserito in cornice xilografica. Capilettera figurati. Copia molto marginosa, in ottime condizioni. Prima edizione. Questi opuscula ripercorrono i temi trattati da Aristotele nella “Meteorologia”, opera di ampio respiro dedicata non solo al tempo ma a tutti i principali fenomeni fisici osservati all’epoca. Da Platone Aristotele eredita un profondo interesse per le leggi della fisica, che tratta estensivamente in quest’opera. Per spiegare una di queste (la quarta, l’ultima trattata nell’opera) l’autore di serve di una metafora medica: compare per la prima volta l’illustrazione di una forcipe dentistica (come osservato da M. E. Ring). Durling 2794; Poletti 122; Wellcome I, n° 3744; Sander 3947; M. E. Ring ( ”The first picture of a dental forceps in a printed book”, Journal of the California Dental Association, 2004 )
1801réf. Bv2422First Edition of Aristotle's Metaphysics in English London 1801 translated by Thomas Taylor a leading English classicist of his day. Translated by Thomas Taylor a leading English classicist of the day. "In his knowledge of Plato and Aristotle he has never been equaled by any Englishman and he is still the most important disseminator of ancient philosophy in the history of English and American literature. Taylor went on to complete all the works of Aristotle but his introduction and important Dissertation which appear here were not included in the Works Axon 11. "If there is a philosophical Atlas who carries the whole of Western civilization on his shoulders it is Aristotle. He has been opposed misinterpreted misrepresented and -- like an axiom -- used by his enemies in the very act of denying him. Whatever intellectual progress men have achieved rests on his achievements" Rand The Objectivist Newsletter 1963. This "philosophical Atlas" was born in 384 B.C. in Stagira an ancient Greek city in the northeastern region of modern Greece. At seventeen Aristotle traveled to Athens to study at Plato's Academy. He remained at the Academy until Plato's death in 348 B.C. In 343 B.C. Aristotle was recruited to tutor King Alexander the III revered as "Alexander the Great" for his formidable conquests throughout Europe and Asia. Later he established his own school The Lyceum which instructed students in a breadth of branches from rhetoric and logic to philosophy and the natural sciences. The Metaphysics is one of the principal works of Aristotle and history's first major work on this fundamental branch of philosophy. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy which studies existence as such of "being qua being" according to Aristotle. It "identifies the nature of the universe as a whole. It tells men what kind of world they live in and whether there is a supernatural dimension beyond it. It tells men whether they live in a world of solid entities natural laws absolute facts or in a world of illusory fragments unpredictable miracles and ceaseless flux. It tells men whether the things they perceive by their senses and mind form a comprehensible reality with which they can deal or some kind of unreal appearance which leaves them staring and helpless" Peikoff 23. "This edition contains some valuable matter by the translator not reprinted in the ninth volume of his complete translation of Aristotle s Works" Lowndes 69. Complete with blank leaves and half-title. In near fine condition no writings markings or bookplates of any kind; wide margins some scattered light foxing. Large quarto period-style full marbled calf gilt red morocco spine label marbled endpapers. A splendid example handsomely bound. Book #Bv2422. $5200. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand and other Legends and Landmarks. Davis, Wilks, and Taylor hardcover
1554réf. 180648Venice: Comin da Trino 1554. Aristotleianism astrology and the development of Italian scientific prose First edition in Italian at the time the most complete translation of Aristotle's Meteorology in the vernacular together with extended commentary from two prominent medieval philosophers. This edition furthers the adaptation of Aristotle by medieval thinkers to support a range of contemporary interests most notably astrology. From its Latin translation in the 12th century until well into the 17th the Meteorology was "the unquestioned authority on weather theory" Frisinger p. 638. By 1554 Renaissance astrologers had long looked to it to support their conviction that the stars influence events on earth. Albertus Magnus c.1200-1280 among the most prominent medieval Aristotelians was one of the first to propose this astrological interpretation which characterizes the present edition. Following the great wave of scholarly Latin translations vernacular manuscripts of Aristotle's works began appearing from the 13th century onwards often commissioned by rising mercantile families. This edition is based on an anonymous translation made in 14th-century Florence. It pairs a revised and condensed version of the Meteorology with sections drawn from the commentaries of Albertus and to a lesser extent Thomas Aquinas. In several cases the editor has used their translation to bring Aristotle's text in line with Albertus's interpretation blurring the line between astronomy and astrology. Octavo 150 x 101 mm ff. iv 92. Woodcut printer's device to title page headpiece and historiated initial. Contemporary vellum spine lettered in manuscript ink remnants of morocco ties edges sprinkled red. Contemporary ink annotations between pp. 36-58 primarily focusing on explanations for atmospheric phenomena. Light rubbing and soiling infrequent minor browning and foxing: a very good copy. EDIT16 CNCE 2945; USTC 810943. H. Howard Frisinger "Aristotle and his 'Meteorologica'" Bulletin American Meteorological Society vol. 53 no. 7 July 1972; J. D. North "La 'Metaura' d'Aristotile: Volgarizzamento fiorentino anonimo del XIV secolo. Aristotle Rita Librandi" Speculum-A journal of medieval studies vol. 73 no. 2 1998. hardcover
1501réf. 300661501. Problemata Alexandri Aphrodisei. Problemata Plutarchi cum gratia. - Venetiis Per Bonetum Locatellum 1501 Folio 304 x 210 mm 22 296 fl. double colum gothic letters woodcut initials printer device fine full leather binding. A broad marginated clean and well preserved copy of this beautifully volume printed on strong paper. The greatest scientific name after Hippocrates is that of Aristotle 384-322 B.C. who gave the medicine the beginnings of botany zoology comparative anatomy embryology teratology and physiology and use of formal logic as an instrument of precision. Aristotle a pupil of Plato and at one time tutor to Alexander the Great had a profound influence in determining the direction of medical and biological thought; perhaps no other man has so dominated and advanced science as a whole.The Aristotelian Problemata enjoyed considerable popularity in the Middle Ages especially its book IV dealing with sexual intercourse and generation which adapted in such manner that it became a kind of pornographic publication. Petrus de Abano 1250-1315 was one of the most illustrious and influential men of his time and probably the most influential medical writer of the later middle age. A native of Apano near Padua from which he takes his name he took his degree in Paris and his cures were so remarkable that he was able to obtain the highest fees of any physicians of his time. He was called the Consiliator because of his remarkable book published during his residence in the Paris University. He was consulted by such man as Pope Honorius IV and was in great demand for lectures consultation and teaching. Dante was among his pupils. Abano believed that air has weight that brain is the source of the nervous system and the heart the source of the blood vessels- novel ideas that were not validated for centuries. He was the first to acquaint the West with the Problemata from Aritotle`s school to which he wrote the present commentary. For his heretical and outspoken views he was several times accused of heresy. Later he was suspected of magic and persecuted on that account during the Inquisition. Dying before his trial his body was taken out and burned in the public square. The medical science of the scholastic was a part of the universitas litterarum the scholastic physicians were philosophers. The methods of thought had been prescribed by Aristotle and the learned man of Arab. "Petrus spent some time in Constantinople probably before 1293; during his stay found a copy of the Problems of Aristotle.he translated them into Latin for the first time. He began a commentary on these problems while in Paris and completed it at Padua in 1310.His experience and activity represents a landmark in the history of scientific humanism." -Sarton III 439 "Prefatory note by Domenico Massaria. The translatio antiqua of Aristotle is that by Bartholomaeus de Messina which usually accompanies the commentary by Pietro d'Abano; not the ancient Latin version beginning Omnes hominess.- The Problemata of Alexander of Aphrodisias is in the translation of Giorgio Valla; the Problemata Quaestiones convivales of Plutarch in that by Giovanni Petri edited by Giovanni Calfurnio." -Durling NLM no. 286 p. 36; Thorndike II 874-947 921; Sarton III/1 pp.439-446; Sigerist Great doctors 75-79; Gordon Medial & Renaissance Medicine pp. 333-337; Brit. Museum Ital. Books Aristotle p.55. This edition not in Osler Wellcome Cushing Waller Adams etc. RILEY Aristotle texts and commentaries in the Univ. of Pennsylvania Library 1961 has only an edition of 1505 no. 209 hardcover
1514réf. 104082Venice: Gregorium de Gregorijs 1514. Rare 16th century printing of Aristotle's Posterior Analytics; bound together with Spanish Franciscan theologian Antonius Andreas's best known work Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis. Quarto bound in contemporary parchment over handmade paper-covered boards woodcut initials text in two columns. In very good condition. A rare and desirable collection. The Posterior Analytics is a text from Aristotle's Organon that examines demonstration definition and scientific knowledge. In the work Aristotle distinguishes 'demonstration' as a syllogism productive of scientific knowledge and 'definition' as the statement of a thing's nature: the meaning of its name or of an equivalent nominal formula. In the Prior Analytics syllogistic logic is considered in its formal aspect; in the Posterior it is considered in respect of its matter. The "form" of a syllogism lies in the necessary connection between the premises and the conclusion. Aristotle concludes the book with the way the human mind comes to know the basic truths or first principles which are not innate because people may be ignorant of them for much of their lives. Of all types of thinking scientific knowing and intuition are considered as only universally true where the latter is the originative source of scientific knowledge. Gregorium de Gregorijs hardcover
réf. 122188Frankfurt an der Oder Elsner 1800. . 8vo 18 x 11 cm; modern black cloth with Hebrew hand-written title to spine; 80 woodcut illustrations some browning to pages some staining to title; bookplate to front inner cover; 72 81-84 65-68 91-100 ll. misfoliated. A collection of 13th-century fables accompanied by 80 woodcut illustrations. Sefer Meshal HaKadmoni is considered to be the first fully illustrated printed book in Hebrew the first edition of which was printed circa 1491 in Brescia by the Soncino family printers with different illustrations. This is a collection of moral fables and animal stories by Isaac ben Solomon ibn Abi Sahula in rhyming prose interspersed with verse. Ibn Sahula who was both a scholar and a physician was born in 1244 in Guadalajara Castile and was a wanderer for much of his life. He was a student under the Kabbalist R. Moses of Bugros and wrote secular poetry until around 1281 when his outlook changed. It was then that he began to write Meshal Ha-Kadmoni. Ibn Sahula writes that his material is original but based on the Talmud and Midrashim and that in style he has followed the example of the prophets who presented moral lessons in allegorical form. He also sets out to demonstrate that Hebrew is as suitable a vehicle for conveying moral lessons as Arabic. The stories show both Kabbalistic and Indian influences. The use of animal characters is not typical in Jewish writing but Ibn Sahula employs this device in order to deliver the tale's moral in the clearest way possible. While animals in Christian fables were usually characterised by a single dominant characteristic the cowardly rabbit the cunning fox Ibn Sahula gave the animals in his fables complex characters and highly specific religious tendencies: the birds pray in a 'minyan' in a synagogue; the deer prays three times a day; and the lion dreams of making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Some eighty woodcut illustrations grace the 64 leaves of this book with one or two captioned woodcuts to a page. Though the illustrations resemble those of incunabula editions Meir Parenzo the printer of this edition commissioned an entire new series of woodcuts providing more detail and artistic sophistication. The illustrations were prepared by three different hands. Although the fable of Sefer HaTapuach is attributed to Aristotle there are claims that it is in fact a medieval Neo-platonic Arabic work of unknown authorship. Vinograd Frankfurt 479. Frankfurt an der Oder, Elsner, 1800. hardcover
1550réf. P8126The Works of Aristotle "per Des. Eras Roterordamvm" 1550. 2 volumes in one folio 323 x 192mm. Third Edition of The Works of Aristotle of the original text in 1831 prepared by Simon Grynaeus. This edition retains the original letter from Erasmus to Thomas More's son John. Woodcut initials a few woodcut illustrations old calf a few early annotations numerous notes in Latin Greek and English on front and rear flyleaves probably nineteenth-century and in text in ink pencil and red crayon neat annotations in Greek in second volume Greek quotation from Aristotle written on first title-page occasional light staining T5 torn in margin binding rubbed rebacked. Two of history's greatest minds converge. Book #P8126. $6500. We specialize in Rare Ayn rand erotica history and science. Johann Bebel and Michael Isengrin, 1550 hardcover
1520réf. 14721Augsburg: Grimm & Wirsung 1520. Printed throughout in Roman letter of various sizes and mostly in double columns. First title page in red and black; heraldic woodcuts on second and third titles devices initials and text diagrams throughout. Final leaf with large woodcut of Saint Catherine on colophon is in facsimile on contemporary paper. Old vellum new endpapers; occasional stains and a few wormholes. This edition of Aristotle’s scientific works on the motion of heavenly bodies his physics meteorology on the process of birth and generation and on the soul of man was brought together by Johann Eck 1486-1543 and here first printed in Augsburg by Grimm and Wirsung. This is also the first time the beautiful heraldic woodcuts were used. Research suggests that the artist could be Hans Burgkmair who worked in Augsburg at the time the book was printed. Another source indicates the woodcuts could be by the “Petrarca-Master” or that Books 2 and 3 were done by Hans Weiditz. See F. Edward Cranz A Bibliography of Aristotle Editions 1501-1600: 107.846 p. 17; 107. 853 p. 18; 107.864 p. 19; Proctor 10873 10900 10914; VD16 A 3563 33793334; Metzler Eck 16 22 34. Grimm & Wirsung unknown
1520réf. 14721Augsburg: Grimm & Wirsung 1520. Printed throughout in Roman letter of various sizes and mostly in double columns. First title page in red and black; heraldic woodcuts on second and third titles devices initials and text diagrams throughout. Final leaf with large woodcut of Saint Catherine on colophon is in facsimile on contemporary paper. Old vellum new endpapers; occasional stains and a few wormholes. This edition of Aristotle’s scientific works on the motion of heavenly bodies his physics meteorology on the process of birth and generation and on the soul of man was brought together by Johann Eck 1486-1543 and here first printed in Augsburg by Grimm and Wirsung. This is also the first time the beautiful heraldic woodcuts were used. Research suggests that the artist could be Hans Burgkmair who worked in Augsburg at the time the book was printed. Another source indicates the woodcuts could be by the “Petrarca-Master” or that Books 2 and 3 were done by Hans Weiditz. See F. Edward Cranz A Bibliography of Aristotle Editions 1501-1600: 107.846 p. 17; 107. 853 p. 18; 107.864 p. 19; Proctor 10873 10900 10914; VD16 A 3563 33793334; Metzler Eck 16 22 34. Grimm & Wirsung unknown books
1498réf. 64765Venedig, Bartholomaeus de Zanis für Octavianus Scotus, 9. August 1498. 4°. Mit zahlr. tlw. figürl. Holzschn.-Initialen u. Holzschn.-Druckermarke von Scotus am Ende. 6 nn., 89 num. Bll. (ohne das letzte weiße), Späterer blindgepr. Ldr.-Bd. a. 3 Bünden im Stil d. Zt.
1610réf. 62508Florence, In officina Iuntaru, Barnardi Filiorum, 1560. Small folio. 18th century full vellum with gilt labels to spine. Wear to capitals and small worm tracts towrad opper hinges. Corners a bit bumped. A very nice and sturdy binding. Marbled edges. Some browspotting throughout. Small wormholes to blank margin of final leaf, far from affecting imprint. Woodcut vignette to title-page and to verso of colophon-leaf. (10), 308, (12) ff.
1610réf. 62508Florence In officina Iuntaru Barnardi Filiorum 1560. Small folio. 18th century full vellum with gilt labels to spine. Wear to capitals and small worm tracts towrad opper hinges. Corners a bit bumped. A very nice and sturdy binding. Marbled edges. Some browspotting throughout. Small wormholes to blank margin of final leaf far from affecting imprint. Woodcut vignette to title-page and to verso of colophon-leaf. 10 308 12 ff. The rare first edition of Vittore's main work his great edition translation and commentary on Aristotle's Poetics which is arguably the most important and influential commentary on the work ever published profoundly shaping our understanding and interpretation of Aristotelian literary theory. Petrus Victorius or Piero/ Pietro Vittore/Vettore 1499-1584 is not only the “first great editor of the Poetics” McMahon he is also considered "the greatest Greek scholar of Italy" Whibley “the leading Italian scholar of his time” Encycl. Britt. “the last great figure from that period in the domain of Greek studies” Willamowitz and “the foremost representative of classical scholarship in Italy during the sixteenth century which for Italy at least may well be called the “saeculum Victorianum”.” Sandys. His magnum opus and without doubt most influential work is his edition with commentary of Aristotle’s Poetics which is of seminal importance in several respects. It is crucial to our understanding of Aristotle’s great work shaping the way that all later scholars have read it. The understanding of Aristotle’s work on poetry came to define the way that we have understood literature and fiction ever since the Renaissance and Victorius is the leading interpreter. ““From the sixteenth century to Romanticism European literary theory used the term marvel or wonder It. meraviglia ammirabile Fr. merveille Sp. maravilla to designate everything that was on the conceptual margins of the poetics of probability and imitation. The discovery and complete reception of Aristotle’s Poetics between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries resulted in the dissemination of an idea of poetry as the imitation of the actions of men whose main part was the plot or the structuring of actions ordered according to the laws of necessity credibility and probability. This formed the basis of Neo-Aristotelian poetics which determined the ways of thinking about literature and fiction for more than four centuries.” Vega p. 280. Especially the idea of “wonder” in Aristotle’s Poetics came to be one of the founding ideas of modern literary theory. And especially here Victurius’ reading is groundbreaking playing a central part in the reception and understanding of the work over the centuries to come. “A single editorial decision in just one passage and what is more in a complex fragmentary unfinished text like the Poetics affects the entire work…” Vega p. 284. “The text of the Poetics that can be read in the editions and translations of the sixteenth century and a large part of the seventeenth with one exception as we shall see NB. This exception is Victorius does not include the term alogon in the passage that deals with wonder. It does not appear in the first Greek edition the famous Aldine princeps of 1508 or in the Latin translations of the end of the fifteenth century; it is not in the edition and translation by Alexander Paccius or Pazzi the one most widely read in the sixteenth century neither does it appear in the edition with commentary by Francesco Robortello nor in Vincenzo Maggi’s Enarrationes nor in the vernacular commentaries of Ludovico Castelvetro and Alessandro Piccolomini. What is more a detailed revision of the history of the text reveals that no manuscript of the Poetics and no direct or indirect testimonies not even in the Arabic branch of its transmission have ever included the term alogon.” Vega p. 282. It is Victorius who is solely responsible for the reading that is generally accepted today as well. “The moment when the idea of irrationality alogon appears for the first time in Aristotle’s text can be identified without hesitation as 1560 which is the date when the edition translation and commentary on the Poetics by the philologist and Hellenist Pier Vettori or Victorius was printed on the presses of Giunti in Florence. Vettori is the one who first edits alogon even though no testimony provides him with this reading and he does so fully aware of his choice and its implications” Vega pp. 287-89. “The success of Victorius’ reading while not immediate was extraordinary.” Vega p. 287 Antonio Viperano accepts the reading “alogon” with all it involves De poetica libri tres Ricciboni adapts it in his edition of Aristotle’s Poetics Tasso embraces it Discorsi dell’arte poetica Discorsi del poema eroico and it is implicit in Alonso López Pinciano’s Philosophia Antigua Poetica. Vossius in 17th century Germany makes abundant glosses on alogon in his books on poetics and the commentators and translators of the “Poetics” in France preferred Victorius’ reading in every case. “Victorius’ conjecture seems to have convinced all editors and commentators who reproduce it without question in every case.” Vega p. 289. The influence of Victorius’ interpretation of Aristotelian literary theory that he presented in his magnum opus i.e. the present work was not limited to the use of specific words that changed the reception history of Aristotle’s Poetics. His entire view of poetry through an interpretation of Aristotle was highly original and came to define the way we understand literature in general. Victorius was one of the first to put forth the belief that heroic poetry should present a Platonic idea of perfect virtue contributing to the centuries long doctrine of the perfect hero as perfect exemplar and he was one of the first to revive Aristotle’s idea of purgation from tragedy still widespread today and to also understand the existence of a purgation from poetry. “He viewed poetry as a moderator of minds “By reading poetry men “become moderate in temper and their turbid motions are extinguished.” Poems “purge our minds of blemish and spot”. Vettori realized that Aristotle’s reference to catharsis should be applied to tragedy alone but he added that similar purgations could be achieved by other kinds of poetry effective however on other passions than pity and fear and with the aid of other instruments.” Hathaway pp. 292-93. Apart from his overall interpretation of Aristotle’s literary theory and his groundbreaking reading of the most central passages of the Poetics Victorius was also the first to determine that the Aristotelian text that has come down to us is not complete. “Victorius was the first to see that the treatise now known as the Poetics is only the surviving portion of a larger work.” Bywater p. XX. “during his lifetime five medals were struck in his i.e. Victorius’ honour and his portrait was painted by Titian… His fame was not limited to his own land or his own time. His scrupulous care and unwearied industry are lauded by Turnebus who declines to be compared with him even for a moment; the epiteths doctissiums optimus and fidelissimus are applied to him by the younger and the greater of the two Scaligers while Muretus calls him eruditorum coryphaeus; and similar eulogies might be quoted from Justus Lipsius. Dacius … and Graevius. He is described as having climbed the “hill of virtue” and taken his place on its summit between Cicero and Aristotle. In his funeral oration Salviati says of him in the personification of Italia: “Now no more shall distant peoples cross the snows of the Alps to see Victorius or men of mark arrive from every land to hear him; or princes hold converse with him. Now no more shall the works of scholars in all parts of the world be sent here for his approval; or youth learn wisdom from his lips.” Sandys pp. 139-40. “No one said a contemporary of his in a funerary laudatio ‘left Aristotle in a cleaner state purgatior’.” Baldi. _____________________________________________ Adams: 1905; Brunet V: 1179; Graesse I: 213 ”édition excellente quant à la critique” and noting that some copies bear the dates 1563 and 1564. Sandys: A History of Classical Scholarship Vol. II 2003 pp. 135-140. Hathaway Baxter: The Age of Criticism: The Late Renaissance in Italy. Cornell University Press 1962. A.Philip McMahon: On the Second Book of Aristotle's Poetics and the Source of Theophrastus' Definition of Tragedy Authors. In: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 1917 Vol. 28 1917 pp. 1-46. Christopher Rowe: Petrus Victorius and Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics Cambridge University Press online 2025. Vega Maria José: Wonder and the Irrational. The Invention of Aristotle’s Poetics in the Sixteenth Century. In: Nous Polis Nomos. Berlin Academia Verlag 2016. Baldi: Il greco a Firenze e Pier Vettori 1499–1585 Alessandria 2014 117. hardcover
1500réf. 284JVenice: Simon de Luere for Andreas Torresanus 4 September 1500 1500. Second edition after that of 1481. This copy is bound in contemporary 1/4 blind-tooled goatskin over wooden boards with 3 of 4 metal catches on front cover rebacked retaining most of original backstrip conspicuous termite damage on front cover rear cover replaced with modern board endpapers renewed; contents washed with residual soiling on opening leaves worming through much of volume generally not impairing legibility crude restoration in blank margins at beginning and end .G Ethica Nicomachea Books 1-10 in the Latin translation of Robertus Grosseteste 1175-1253 incipit "OMnis ars et omnis doctrina similiter autem et actus et electio bonum quoddam ap=petere videtur. Jdeo bene enunciauerunt bonum quod omnia appetunt" b1r-y9v; colophon Venetijs impresse arte Simonis de Leure: impensis viro domini Andree Torresani de Asula. Anno M.D. die vero IIIJ. Septebris. y10r; printer's register y10r. Wood cut diagrams. The first Latin translations of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics the Ethica vetus and the Ethica nova are the object of six commentaries from the first half of the thirteenth century presumably written by Parisian arts masters. Typical for these early commentaries is the interpretation of Aristotle's doctrine in the light of Christian religion. In 1246/1248 Robert Grosseteste achieved a complete translation of the Nicomachean Ethics. The first to write commentaries on it were Albert the Great twice and Thomas Aquinas. Both attempted to interpret Aristotle philosophically avoiding the theological implications. Burley turned to moral philosophy and varia rather late in his life completing his exposition of Aristotle's Ethics in 1333-1334 and of the Politics in 1340-1343. ¶There are two printed editions of this work the one offered here is the second the first is quite rare-Goff B 1300 3 copies Harvardand St Bonaventure Univ. and University of Penn ¶The copy offered today is also rare- Goff B1301 3 copies Free Library of Philadelphia Newberry Library U. of Illinois. Goff; B-1301 ; BM 15th cent.; V 576 IB. 24667; GW; 5779; ; Hain-Copinger; 4144; Harman; 191; ISTC online; ib01301000; Proctor; 5269; Pellechet; 3080 . Venice: Simon de Luere for Andreas Torresanus, 4 September 1500 hardcover
1599réf. 152271Paris: Jeremiah Perier 1599. First edition of this landmark work Henri de Monantheuil’s celebrated Greek and Latin edition of the Mechanica the oldest surviving treatise on the science of mechanics long ascribed to Aristotle. Octavo bound in full contemporary calf with four raised bands to the spine. Text in Greek and Latin the title printed in red and black illustrated with numerous in-text woodcuts and a full-page woodcut depicting the moving of the Vatican obelisk. The Mechanica or Mechanical Problems is the earliest known work on mechanics traditionally attributed to Aristotle though now thought to derive from his school perhaps from Straton of Lampsacus or Archytas of Tarentum; it set out the principle of the lever and the parallelogram of velocities and remained profoundly influential on the development of physics through the Renaissance. Henri de Monantheuil 1536-1606 French mathematician and physician to Henri IV here re-established the Greek text supplied a fresh Latin translation and added an extensive commentary. In good condition the contemporary calf rubbed with minor loss at the spine tail and marginal losses to a few preliminary leaves with early penciled notations to the front and rear pastedowns and at the end of the index. Adams A-1846; USTC 146709; Honeyman I:145. A landmark in the history of science the first appearance of this important edition of antiquity’s foundational text on mechanics. The Mechanica also known as the Mechanical Problems is the earliest surviving treatise on the science of mechanics traditionally attributed to Aristotle but more likely the work of his Peripatetic school. Posing a series of problems drawn from everyday physics it introduced the principle of the lever and the notion that circular motion combines opposing tendencies and it shaped mechanical thought from antiquity through Galileo. This 1599 Paris edition prepared by the French mathematician Henri de Monantheuil presents the Greek text alongside a Latin translation and a substantial commentary and is illustrated with woodcuts including a full-page depiction of the moving of the Vatican obelisk. Jeremiah Perier hardcover
1548réf. 642CKI1RIA1QFlorence 1548. 4to. Lorenzo Torrentino Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment straight sewn on 3 wittawed thongs laced through the joints manuscript title down the spine with 4 fragments of a Latin manuscript in an upright humanistic hand on vellum used as spine lining. With 2 large woodcut historiated initials and a vine leaf ornament by Granjon Vervliet 178: 1st recorded in this year. Set in roman types with whole paragraphs in Greek 2 sizes and the dedication and some end matter in italic. 197 3 pp. First edition of one of the earliest printed books about colour translated from the Greek into Latin and with commentary by the Neapolitan physician and philosopher Simone Porzio 1497-1554. Usually attributed to Aristotle it is now thought to be the work of the peripatetic scholar and pupil of Aristotle Theophrastus.''As the author states at the end of the treatise it is intended rather to supply data for a detailed examination into the scientific theory of colour than to expound a complete thesis. He has realized that the development of colour in animals and plants depends to some extent on heat and he seems to suggest that heat and moisture are the controlling factors. It is of more value as a collection of observed facts than for any theory of the origin and development of colour in physical life'' Aristotle Minor Works Cambridge and London Loeb Classical Library 1936 p. 3.With some spotting on the title-page and some marginal tears not approaching the text but otherwise in very good condition and with large margins. Binding with the sewing supports broken a tear in the backstrip and some small stains. An important treatise on colour and one of the earliest.l Adams P1958; Caillet 8881; EDIT16 CNCE 16133; Hoffman I 289 "rare and very important"; Kemp The science of art p. 264; Schwab Bibliographie d'Aristotle 3503; USTC 803281. hardcover
