Decem librorum moralium Aristotelis : tres conversiones : prima Argyropili Byzantii, secunda Leonardi Aretini, tertia vero antiqua per capita et numeros conciliate, communi, familariq[ue] commentario ad Argyropilum adiecto.

Accession number: 
PML 37785
Author: 
Aristotle.
Published: 
In almo Parhisiensium studio : Joannis Higmani et Volgagni Hopilii, [5 parts dated: 1497, 1497, 1496, 1496, and 12 April 1497]
Description: 
[126, 10, 36, 38] leaves ; 28 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1943.
Notes: 

Title from half-title page, part 1, leaf a1r. Surrounded by woodcut border.
Imprint from colophons: 1) part 1, leaf n8r: Absolutu[m] in Alma Parhiseoru[m] academia Anno domini virtutum, salvatorisq[ue] mundi 1497. 2) part 1, leaf q6v: Finit Leonardi Aretini Introductorius de moribus dialogus cum Marcellino Instar dialogi Aristotelis cum Eudemio amico. Finitum in alma parhisiorum litteraria diatriba anno domini virtutu[m], Salvatoris mundi. 1497. 3) part 2, leaf a10v: Presens Artificialis introductio In decem libros morales Aristotelis: feliciter suum finem assecuta est In alma Parhisiorum academia. 1496. 4) part 3, leaf e4v: Decimi Ethicorum Aristotelis Ad Nicomachum interprete Leonardo Aretino Finis. In alma Parhisiorum Academia. 1496. 5) part 4, leaf E5v: Omnia uno volumine comprehensa et diligentissime recognita: quo ad beate vivendum nullum desit studiosis presidiu[m]. nullum eni[m] utilis studium existimavit Socrates [et] universa vere philosophantiu[m] schola: eo in quo ad probitatem incitamus et ad virtutum accendimur amore[m]. Et absoluta sunt impensis, sumptibus [et] diligentia Joannis Higmani et Volgagni Hopilii in hac litterarum formularia arte sociorum: In almo Parhisiensium studio Anno ab incarnatione domini virtutum 1497 12 Aprilis.
Printed in Higman and Hopyl's types 5:63/64G and 8:82G.
Signatures: 1) a-n⁸; o-p⁸ q⁶: 126 leaves; 2) a¹⁰: 10 leaves; 3) a-d⁸ e⁴: 36 leaves; 4) A-D⁸ E⁶: 38 leaves, leaf E6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
In three versions translated by Johannes Argyropylus, Leonardus Brunus Aretinus and Robertus Grosseteste. The third translation (Grosseteste) is sometimes wrongly attributed to Henricus Krosbein (R.A. Gauthier, L'Éthique à Nicomaque, Louvain, 1970 p.143).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27 x 20 cm.

Binding: 
Modern quarter brown goatskin, with cloth sides, over paper boards (28 x 21 cm), sewn on 5 supports by Deborah Evetts, 1969. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands; sprinkled edges.
Variant Title: 

Title in ISTC : Ethica ad Nicomachum

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Carolus de Hoffmann, armorial bookplate: "Ex Bibliotheca Caroli de Hoffmann Bruxelles" (front pastedown); Frederick Spiegelberg, book label (detached), his sale, Anderson, 3 Nov. 1937; Albert May Todd (1850-1931), bookplate (front pastedown), his sales: Anderson Galleries, 22 Oct. 1929 and Parke-Bernet 12 Nov. 1941; two unidentified English sale lot descriptions (Spiegelberg and Todd?), nos. 194 and 25; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, Sept. 1943.
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