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ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.). Opera, in Greek. - THEOPHRASTUS. Historia de Plantis, in Greek. Venice: sons of Aldus Manutius for Federico Torresano, 1551-1553.
6 volumes in 7, 8 (163 x 108mm). Printer's device on title and final verso of each volume (except vol. III, which has device on title only), ornamental headpieces and initials. (Without blank IV:*8, small wormholes in first half of vol. I, worming in II: quire A with damage to 2 leaves, slight marginal worming in vol. IV, repaired tears in final leaf of vol. I, some light browning, occasionally heavy in vols. III and IV, occasional staining and light spotting.) 19th-century calf, red and green spine labels (some wear at hinges, small chips in spine labels, upper cover of vol. V detached).
[DIDYMUS]. Interpretationes et antiquae et perquam utiles in Homeri Iliada, nec non in Odyssea, in Greek. - PORPHYRIUS. Homericarum quaestionum liber, in Greek. Venice: Aldine Press, May 1521. 8. Printer's device on title. (Some marginal worming, title mounted, without blank R8 and lacking f4.) Uniformly bound with the Aldine Aristotle, 1551-53 (spine wormed). Provenance: stamp with initials 'S M D N' on several leaves. Adams D-441; Renouard Alde 91:6.
ARTEMIDORUS. De somniorum interpretatione, in Greek. Venice: Aldine Press, 1518. 8, Aldine device on title. (Lacking final quire, some light spotting.) 19th-century half calf, spine uniform with the above works. Adams A-2035; Ahmanson-Murphy 148; Renouard Alde 82:4. EDITIO PRINCEPS. The manuscript on which this Aldine edition was based is preserved in the Marciana at Venice.
According to Renouard, an 'dition estim', rarely found complete. Adams A-1733; Renouard Alde, 150:5.
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6 volumes in 7, 8 (163 x 108mm). Printer's device on title and final verso of each volume (except vol. III, which has device on title only), ornamental headpieces and initials. (Without blank IV:*8, small wormholes in first half of vol. I, worming in II: quire A with damage to 2 leaves, slight marginal worming in vol. IV, repaired tears in final leaf of vol. I, some light browning, occasionally heavy in vols. III and IV, occasional staining and light spotting.) 19th-century calf, red and green spine labels (some wear at hinges, small chips in spine labels, upper cover of vol. V detached).
[DIDYMUS]. Interpretationes et antiquae et perquam utiles in Homeri Iliada, nec non in Odyssea, in Greek. - PORPHYRIUS. Homericarum quaestionum liber, in Greek. Venice: Aldine Press, May 1521. 8. Printer's device on title. (Some marginal worming, title mounted, without blank R8 and lacking f4.) Uniformly bound with the Aldine Aristotle, 1551-53 (spine wormed). Provenance: stamp with initials 'S M D N' on several leaves. Adams D-441; Renouard Alde 91:6.
ARTEMIDORUS. De somniorum interpretatione, in Greek. Venice: Aldine Press, 1518. 8, Aldine device on title. (Lacking final quire, some light spotting.) 19th-century half calf, spine uniform with the above works. Adams A-2035; Ahmanson-Murphy 148; Renouard Alde 82:4. EDITIO PRINCEPS. The manuscript on which this Aldine edition was based is preserved in the Marciana at Venice.
According to Renouard, an 'dition estim', rarely found complete. Adams A-1733; Renouard Alde, 150:5.
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