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ARISTOTLE (384-322 B. C.). Politicorum libri VIII, in Greek and Latin, edited by Daniel Heinsius, Leiden: Mathieu and Bonaventure Elzevier, 1621. 8° (185 x 118mm). Woodcut vignette on title, with the final blank after the colophon. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. Provenance: signed autograph dedication by Daniel Heinsius "Amplissimo Clarissimoque viro D. Aelio Everardo Vorstio Magnifico Illustris. Bat. Acad. Rectori testandae observandae d.d. Daniel Heinsius" (inscription on endpaper opposite title).
DEDICATION COPY, SIGNED BY HEINSIUS. First Elzevier edition, the first to contain Heinsius's important annotations. Heinsius (1581-1655) was a celebrated Dutch philologist and classical scholar of his time. Everard van Voorst (1565-1624) was professor of medicine and chancellor of the University of Leiden. Willems 180.
DEDICATION COPY, SIGNED BY HEINSIUS. First Elzevier edition, the first to contain Heinsius's important annotations. Heinsius (1581-1655) was a celebrated Dutch philologist and classical scholar of his time. Everard van Voorst (1565-1624) was professor of medicine and chancellor of the University of Leiden. Willems 180.
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