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Aristotle.
Porphyry,approximately 234-approximately 305.
Diogenes Laertius.
Galen.
Philo,of Alexandria
Theophrastus.
Alexander,of Aphrodisias
Pachymeres, George,1242-approximately 1310.
Manuzio, Aldo,1449 or 1450-1515,editor,printer.
Pio, Alberto,1475-1531?,dedicatee.
Forteguerri, Scipione,1466-1515,editor.
Bondinus, Alexander,active 15th century,editor.
Caballus, Franciscus,-1540,editor.
Catholic Church.Diocese of Arras (France).former owner.Inc.197
Gambara, Cesare dei Conti,Bishop of Tortona,-1591,former owner.StEdNL: Inc.198
Collegium Societatis Jesu (Rome, Italy),former owner.StEdNL: Inc.198
Forbes, Duncan,1685-1747,former owner.StEdNL: Ry.II.a.5
Annandale, James Johnstone,Marquess of,1687 or 1688-1730,former owner.StEdNL: Ry.II.a.5
Linlithgow, John Adrian Louis Hope,Marquess of,1860-1908,former owner.StEdNL: Ry.II.a.5
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge,bookseller.StEdNL: Ry.II.a.5
James Bain Ltd.,bookseller.StEdNL: Ry.II.a.5
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose,Earl of,1847-1929,donor.StEdNL: Ry.II.a.5
Venice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus,
1495-1498.
In five parts, dated: I) 1 Nov. 1495; II) Feb. 1497; III) 29 Jan. 1497; IV) 1 June 1497; V) June 1498.
Imprints from colophons on leaf s6 recto of vol. 1 and leaf [Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa]12 recto of vol. 5.
With woodcut initials, headpieces and a diagram.
Vol. 1: Title on leaf A1 recto: Éis órganon Áristotélous. Latin colophon on leaf s6 recto reads in full: Impressum Venetiis dexteritate Aldi Manucii Romani Calendis Nouembris. M. CCCC. LXXXXV.
Vol. 2: Title on leaf [star]1 recto: Tōn en tēde tē biblō periechomenōn onomata kai taxis. Aristotelous bios ek tōn laertiou ... = Eorum quæ hoc uolumine continentur nomina & ordo. / Aristotelis uita ex Laertio. Latin colophon on leaf K6 recto: Excriptum Venetiis manu stamnea i[n] domo Aldi Manutii Romani ... mense Februario M. III. D.
Vol. 3: Title on leaf aa[alpha alpha]1 recto: Tōn en tēde tē biblō periexomenon, onamata kai taxis. Aristotelous peri zōōn historias. Latin colophon on leaf [Xi XI]7 verso: Venetiis in domo Aldi Mense Ianuario M. III. D.
Vol. 4: Title on leaf [cross]1 recto: Tōn en tēde tē biblō periechomenōn onomata kai taxis. Theophrastou peri phytōn historias. Latin colophon on leaf PPP[omicron omicron omicron]10 recto: Excriptum Venetiis in domo Aldi Manuti, Cale[n]dis Iunii, M. III. D.
Vol. 5: Title on leaf [alpha alpha alpha alpha]1r: Tade enesin en tēde tē biblō Aristoleous ēthikōn nikomacheiōn biblia deka ... = Haec Aristotelis uolumina in hoc libro impressa continentur. / Ethicorum ad Nicomachum libri x. Latin colophon on leaf [Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa]12 recto: Venetiis. M. IID. Mense Iunio. Apud. Aldum.
For variants see BN cat. des incun., A-504 and Denise Hillard, Catalogues régionaux des incunables des Bibliothèques publiques de France, vol. VI: Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris, Bordeaux, 1989.
The first printed edition of Aristotle's collected works, with the exclusion of the Poetica or Rhetorica.
The first volume was considered to be an independent work by Manuzio. He considered the second through the fifth volumes to form a separate four volume set. Even though the second volume was chronologically the third volume of Aristotle's works to be issued by Manuzio, he intended it to be the first of the four volume set: see dedicatory letter in vol. 2, leaf [star]1v.
Edited by Aldus Manutius with the assistance of Alexander Bondinus (Agathermeros) the corrector, Scipio Forteguerri and Franciscus Caballus.
Includes works of Galen (II), Philo of Alexandria (II), Theophrastus, (II-IV), and Alexander of Aphrodisias (IV, pt. 2).
Each volume has separate title page with list of contents.
Text in Greek, prefaces in Latin.
Woodcut head-pieces, initials, and one diagram on leaf I1 recto of vol. 1.
Numerous errors in printed foliations.
For signatures, see records of individual volumes.
With marginal annotations on recto of leaf A3.
With bibliographical notes in several hands on front pastedown and front free endpaper.
Vol. 1, Organon; Vol. 2, Physica; Vol. 3, De historia animalium; Vol. 4, Theophrastus. De historia plantarum; [Pseudo-] Aristoteles. Problemata; Aristoteles. Metaphysica; Vol. 5, Ethica Nicomachia, Politica, Oeconomica. Lists of contents in Greek at beginning of vol. 2, in both Greek and Latin at beginning of vols 3-5. For contents details, see Bod-inc, A-384 and records of individual volumes.
BM 15th cent.,
BN cat. des incun.,
Bod-inc
BSB-Ink
Essling, V. Masséna, prince d'. Les livres à figures vénitiens,
Goff
GW
Hain-Copinger
ISTC
Klebs
Oates
Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3e éd),
Sander
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Beattie, W. Supplement to the hand-list of incunabula in the National Library of Scotland,
Hillyard, B. Acquisitions of Incunables by the Advocates Library before 1808,
Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
Ink inscription at head of first leaf: Ex Libris Congregationis Missionis Domus Atrebatensis [i.e. Arras]. Watermark date of endpaper suggests the Advocates Library acquired this book circa 1812.
Ink inscription on recto of first leaf: Col. Rom. Soc. Ies. Cat. Inscrip. Acquired by the Advocates Library not after 1773.
Advocates Library ex libris dated 1798 on front free endpaper.
Ink shelfmark on front flyleaf: W.2.30. Ink inscription below shelfmark: Hunc Librum Nobilissimo D. D. Jacobo Marchioni Annandiae Donavit vir eruditissimus ac Causam Patronus, disertissimus Dun[c]anus Forbes. This was lot 232 in Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, The Hopetoun House Library. Catalogue of The Right Hon. The Earl of Hopetoun, 25 February 1889 where it was purchased by Bain for Rosebery. Bookplate of Archibald Philip Earl of Rosebery on front pastedown and Barnbougle Castle Catalogue stamp on front free endpaper. Part of the Rosebery Collection donated to the Library in 1927.
Old limp vellum.
Early blind stamped leather with central armorial on front and back boards, loss to spine and marks of clasps of which no trace remains.
19th-century quarter leather.
19th-century leather with gilt rolled border and central gilt stamped Bibliotheca Advocatorum on front and back boards, spine with five raised bands forming six gilt tooled compartments, gilt rolled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges and marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Endpaper bears watermark date 1812.
16th-century leather with gilt tooled borders and Greek title on front board and armorial of Cesare dei Conti Gambara on back board, rebacked with original leather laid down on spine, marks of ties of which no trace remains
18th-century leather with spine with five raised bands forming six compartments, one with leather label, blind tooled board edges and yellow edges.
Blind stamped leather over wooden boards circa 1520-1540, probably from north-eastern Italy, with two fore-edge clasps and remains of clasps on back board at top and bottom edge, spine with three raised bands forming four blind tooled compartments.
Aristotle
Botany
Economics
Ethics, Ancient
Logic, Ancient
Mechanics
Metaphysics
Philosophy, Ancient
Physics
Politics
Predicate (Logic)
Science, Ancient
Zoology
Italy Venice.