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About this Item

Title

  • Opera

Names

  • Aristotle
  • Theophrastus
  • John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Venice, Aldus Manutius, Romanus, 1495-1498.

Contents

  • v. 1. Porphyrii Introductio siue universalia. Aristotelis Praedicamenta. Peri herminias i[n] De interpraetatione. Priora resolutoria. Posteriora resolutoria. Topica. Elenchi.--v. 2. Aristotelis uita ex Laertio. Eiusdem uita per Ioannem Philoponum. Theophrasti uita ex Laertio. Galeni De philosopho[rum] historia. Aristotelis De physico auditu. De coelo. De generatione & corruptione. Meteorologicorum quatuor. De mundo ad Alexandrum. Philonis Iudaei De mundo. Theophrasti De igne. Eiusdem De ventis. De signis aquarum & uentorum incerti auctoris. Theophrasti De lapidibus.--v. 3. [Aristotelis De historia animalium, and 18 other works. Theophrasti De piscibus, and 4 other works].
  • v. 4. Theophrasti De historia plantarum. Eiusdem De causis plantarum. Aristotelis Problematum sectiones. Alexandri Aphrodisiensis Problematum libri. Aristotelis Mechanicorum liber. Eiusdem Metaphysicorum libri. Theophrasti Metaphysicorum liber.--v. 5. Aristotelis Ethicorum ad Nicomachum libri. Politicorum libri. Oeconomicorum libri. Magnorum moralium libri. Moralium ad Eudemum libri.

Genre

  • Incunabula--Italy--Venice--1495

Notes

  • -  In Greek. Aldus' epistles are in Latin. Lists of contents are in Latin (v. 1), Greek (v. 3), or Greek and Latin (v. 2, 4-5)
  • -  Vol. 1 (1 Nov. 1495): [234] leaves; v. 2 (Feb. 1497): [32], 268 leaves (leaf 88 blank); v. 3 (29 Jan. 1497): 145, [8], 146-400, [1], 401-457, [1] leaves (the last blank, wanting); v. 4 (1 June 1497): 1, [1], 226, 116, 42, 12, 121, [1] leaves (the first unnumbered leaf blank, wanting); v. 5 (June 1498): [13], 210-316, [1] leaves (the first leaf and leaf 94 blank, wanting).
  • -  Goff A-959
  • -  Hain-Copinger 1657
  • -  BM 15th cent., V, p. 553-558 (IB.24395, 24431, 24425, 24437, 24464)
  • -  GW 2334
  • -  LC copy bound in 6 v. Inscription in v. 1: I[aco]bus du Poirier Turonensis-Ambaesiensis, Doct. Med. Monspel. Turonis ... 1683. Armorial stamps and book labels of Thomas Grenville.

Medium

  • 5 v. woodcuts: borders, diagr., initials. 31 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1495 .A7 PA3890.A2
  • Incun. 1495 .A7 Copy 2 Copy 2. Vol. 3 only. 32.4 cm. Inscription: Collegij Soc[ieta]tis Iesu Bruxelles 1639 M.B. Old blind-tooled brown leather, rebacked.
  • Incun. 1495 .A7 Copy 3 Copy 3. Vol. 1 only. 31.8 cm. Inscription: D.d. hoc Aristotelicum organon logicum Seminario Archiepiscopalj et Electorio S. Bonifacij Mog. Io. Christian[us] B. á Boïneburg, Eq. 1665 ... Stamp: E.H. Old blind-tooled pigskin.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 75561973

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Aristotle, Theophrastus, John Davis Batchelder Collection, and John Boyd Thacher Collection. Opera. Venice, Aldus Manutius, Romanus, to 1498, 1495. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/75561973/.

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Aristotle, Theophrastus, John Davis Batchelder Collection & John Boyd Thacher Collection. (1495) Opera. Venice, Aldus Manutius, Romanus, to 1498. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/75561973/.

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Aristotle, et al. Opera. Venice, Aldus Manutius, Romanus, to 1498, 1495. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/75561973/>.