ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.). Commentationes physicae et metaphysica. Ursel: for Cornelius Sutorius by Jonas Rhosius, 1604. 8º (191 x 118mm). With the blank. Title printed in red and black and with a woodcut device. (A little discolouration throughout.) Contemporary citron morocco, centered with gilt arms of Jacques-Auguste de Thou and his second wife Gasparde de la Chastre, spine gilt in compartments centered with their monogram [Olivier 216, fers 8 & 9] (a little scuffed and discoloured). Provenance: Jacques-Auguste de Thou (binding) -- the Symons Bequest to the Royal Meteorological Society (bookplate and release label dated 1973).

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ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.). Commentationes physicae et metaphysica. Ursel: for Cornelius Sutorius by Jonas Rhosius, 1604. 8º (191 x 118mm). With the blank. Title printed in red and black and with a woodcut device. (A little discolouration throughout.) Contemporary citron morocco, centered with gilt arms of Jacques-Auguste de Thou and his second wife Gasparde de la Chastre, spine gilt in compartments centered with their monogram [Olivier 216, fers 8 & 9] (a little scuffed and discoloured). Provenance: Jacques-Auguste de Thou (binding) -- the Symons Bequest to the Royal Meteorological Society (bookplate and release label dated 1973).

THE DE THOU COPY, in contemporary morocco.

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