Tōn en tēde tē biblō periechomenōn onomata kai taxis
Subtitle: Eorum quae in hoc libro continentur, nomina & ordo
Series: Italian books before 1601 -- rolls 166-167; Italian books before 1601 -- rolls 237-238, item 4; Italian books before 1601 -- roll 303
Publisher: In domo Aldi Manutii
Published: 1497
Place of publication: Excriptum Venetiis
Language: grc; lat
Number of pages: 226
Other titles: Mechanica; Problemata Aristotelis ac philosophorum medicorumque complurium; Problemata Alexandri Aphrodisiei
Work titles: Inquiry into plants
Notes: Edited, with prefatory letter, by Aldo Manuzio.

Imprint from colophon (leaf 3P[omicron]10r).

First edition.

Chronologically the fourth of the five volumes of Aristotle issued by Aldo Manuzio, but considered by him to form the third.

Signatures: [cross]² 3a[alpha]-3z[psi]⁸ 3 & [omega]⁸ 3[Alpha]-3[Beta]⁸ 3C[Gamma]⁸ 3D[Delta]¹⁰; 3[Alpha]a-3[Mu]m⁸ 3[Nu]n-3[Xi]o¹⁰ [alpha]a-[delta]d⁸ [epsilon]e¹⁰ a[alpha]-b[beta]⁸ 3A[alpha]-3O[xi]⁸ 3P[omicron]¹⁰ ([cross]2 blank).

Errors in foliation: 15, 169 (1st count), 98, 106, 114 (2nd count), 9, 103 (5th count) misnumbered 11, 158, 89, 104, 108, 103, 108 respectively.

Woodcut headpieces and initials.

Printed on sheets of "super-chancery"--Size paper.

No restrictions on access copy. Unrestricted online access

Hain, 1657*(4).

Proctor, 5556

Goff, A-959(4).

GW, 2334(4).

BM 15th cent., V, 556 (IB. 24435-37).

Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde, 1497:3

ISTC (CD-ROM, 1998 ed.), ia00959000

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 2645-2645A.

Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Bequest; William King Richardson; 1951; 50R-112 v.4

Text in Greek, with minor portions in Latin.

Inscription (16th century?) on leaf 3[Alpha]3a1r: Inscrip. Catalo. / S.E.C. / O / IV--5.

From the Boston Medical Library Collection.

Without rubrication. A few contemporary MS marginalia in Greek.

The first part only. In this copy the first leaf does not have a signature mark. Without rubrication.

Bound in 19th century half brown morocco and marbled boards, covers and edges gilt.
Table of contents: title: Theophrastou per phytōn historias; title: peri phytōn aitiōn; title: Aristotelous problēmatōn; title: Alexandrou aphrodisieōs problēmatōn; title: Aristotelous mēchanika; title: ta meta ta physika; title: Theophrastou ta meta ta physika.