Accession number
PML 1124
Published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, & Andreae Asulani soceri, Mense Februario MDXIII [1513]
Notes
Imprint from colophon. Colophon, on recto of leaf 108, dated 1513; dedication dated 1504.
Signatures: a¹² b-n⁸ o-p⁶ q-z⁸ A-M⁸ N⁶ O-P⁸.
The problemata has separate title page as follows: Problematvm Aristotelis. Sectiones duaedequadraginta Theodoro Gaza interprete. Problematvm Alexandri libri duo eodem Theodoro interprete.
"Problematum Aristotelis" (38 books or questions of physics, biology, medicine and morals, translated by Theodoro Gaza) has been spuriously attributed to Aristotle and is properly categorized among his dubia. Cf. Brill's New Pauly. Work was likely written by fellow scholars or successors at the Peripatos as supplement to the Parva naturalia.
"Problematum Alexandri" is no longer attributed to Alexander of Aphrodisias.
Reprint of the 1504 edition, with Aldus's letter of dedication to Matthew Lang von Wellenburg, councillor to Emperor Maximilian I and bishop of Gurk, dated 1504, on leaf a1 verso.
Signatures: a¹² b-n⁸ o-p⁶ q-z⁸ A-M⁸ N⁶ O-P⁸.
The problemata has separate title page as follows: Problematvm Aristotelis. Sectiones duaedequadraginta Theodoro Gaza interprete. Problematvm Alexandri libri duo eodem Theodoro interprete.
"Problematum Aristotelis" (38 books or questions of physics, biology, medicine and morals, translated by Theodoro Gaza) has been spuriously attributed to Aristotle and is properly categorized among his dubia. Cf. Brill's New Pauly. Work was likely written by fellow scholars or successors at the Peripatos as supplement to the Parva naturalia.
"Problematum Alexandri" is no longer attributed to Alexander of Aphrodisias.
Reprint of the 1504 edition, with Aldus's letter of dedication to Matthew Lang von Wellenburg, councillor to Emperor Maximilian I and bishop of Gurk, dated 1504, on leaf a1 verso.
Description
[12], 273, [17] leaves ; 33 cm (folio)
Provenance
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517-1586), stamped armorial with two angels (verso of final leaf) and binding, with red panel title on fore-edge; Willem Goes (Leiden, 1611-1686), signature: Sum Wilelmi Goes (title page); Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), purchased at Chicester for 20 shillings, 1858, shelfmark: B5 (front pastedow), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
16th-century Venetian gilt-tooled black morocco for Granvelle by the Fugger Binder, part of an order placed by Granvelle in 1547 through the Venetian bookseller Gabriele Giolito (see Bibliotheca Brookeriana, pt. 1); rebacked (by Duprez Lahey?). Gilt edges, with purplish-brown title panel and volume number.
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