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ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.). Opera, in Greek. Frankfurt: Heirs of A. Wechel, C. Marnius and I. Aubrius, 1584-87. 10 volumes, 4º (205 x 152mm). With the final blank in volume 8. A few woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut headpieces and initials, device on titles, large device on last page in some volumes. (A few headlines shaved in vol. 1 and one headline in vol. 9, short tear in 3D1 in the same, several top margins lightly waterstained, 2 quires in vol. 4 browned.) 17th-century French mottled calf, gilt spines, gilt border à la du Seuil round sides (head and foot of spines of a few vol. chipped, some joints starting). Provenance: Thomas Lambarde (bookplate).
A good copy of the Wechel Aristotle, edited by Friedrich Sylburg. The Nicomachean Ethics (volume 2, part 1) is printed in Paris by G. Morel (Adams A-1806). This edition, based largely on the second Aldine edition of 1551-53, is praised by Hoffmann who states that it is an edition to be treasured. Adams A-1734; Hoffmann I, p.275.
A good copy of the Wechel Aristotle, edited by Friedrich Sylburg. The Nicomachean Ethics (volume 2, part 1) is printed in Paris by G. Morel (Adams A-1806). This edition, based largely on the second Aldine edition of 1551-53, is praised by Hoffmann who states that it is an edition to be treasured. Adams A-1734; Hoffmann I, p.275.
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