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THEMISTIUS (c.317-c.388). Opera, in Greek. - ALEXANDER Aphrodisaeus. De anima et De fato unus, in Greek. Venice: Aldine Press, May 1534. Roman type (title, dedication), italic type (contents), greek type (text). Strapwork headpieces and ornamental initials from several sets, headpiece and initial on A1 printed in red, Aldine device on title and final verso. (Small wormhole in title.)
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ALEXANDER Aphrodisaeus. Quaestiones naturales, De Anima, Morales, in Greek. [Venice: Bartolomaeus Zanetti,] 1536. Printer's device F1 (Vaccaro 516) on title, woodcut ornamental headpieces and initials, those on a3 printed in red. 2 works in one volume, 2 (295 x 189mm). 19th-century half red morocco, gilt spine, marbled edges (flyleaf detached).
EDITIO PRINCEPS of the works of Themistius, a Greek rhetorician from Paphlagonia. He opened a rhetorical schoool at Constantinople, where he was appointed prefect by the emperor Theodosius I and tutor to the emperor's son and successor, Arcadius. Adams T-447; Hoffmann III, p.465; Renouard Alde, 111:3.
[Bound with:]
ALEXANDER Aphrodisaeus. Quaestiones naturales, De Anima, Morales, in Greek. [Venice: Bartolomaeus Zanetti,] 1536. Printer's device F1 (Vaccaro 516) on title, woodcut ornamental headpieces and initials, those on a3 printed in red. 2 works in one volume, 2 (295 x 189mm). 19th-century half red morocco, gilt spine, marbled edges (flyleaf detached).
EDITIO PRINCEPS of the works of Themistius, a Greek rhetorician from Paphlagonia. He opened a rhetorical schoool at Constantinople, where he was appointed prefect by the emperor Theodosius I and tutor to the emperor's son and successor, Arcadius. Adams T-447; Hoffmann III, p.465; Renouard Alde, 111:3.