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Two Books Bound Together – Vergilius' Writings / Commentary on Aristotle from the Renaissance Period – 16th Century – Woodcuts
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Two books bound together: Vergilius' writings and a commentary on Aristotle. Venice and Basel, 16th century. Latin.
1. P. Virgilii Maronis, poetae Mantuani, universum poema. Venice: Ioannem Mariam Bonellum, 1562. Latin.
An annotated edition of the writings of the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro (19-70 B.C.E). With illustrated initials and in-text illustrations (woodcuts).
2. Petri victorii commentarij longe doctissimi in tres libros Aristotelis de Arte dicendi [ex officina Ioannis Oporini, 1549 – according to the colophon], Basel. Latin and a little Greek.
A commentary on Aristotle's rhetoric, by the Italian philologist and humanist Piero Vettori (1499-1585).
[4], 413 leaves (slight mispagination); [11] pp, 871 [i.e. 870] columns, [8] pp, approx. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and blemishes (most of them minor). Notations on several pages. Bookplate. Wormholes in the upper margins of approx. a hundred leaves at the end of the book (with negligible damage to text). Old, damaged parchment binding.
From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
1. P. Virgilii Maronis, poetae Mantuani, universum poema. Venice: Ioannem Mariam Bonellum, 1562. Latin.
An annotated edition of the writings of the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro (19-70 B.C.E). With illustrated initials and in-text illustrations (woodcuts).
2. Petri victorii commentarij longe doctissimi in tres libros Aristotelis de Arte dicendi [ex officina Ioannis Oporini, 1549 – according to the colophon], Basel. Latin and a little Greek.
A commentary on Aristotle's rhetoric, by the Italian philologist and humanist Piero Vettori (1499-1585).
[4], 413 leaves (slight mispagination); [11] pp, 871 [i.e. 870] columns, [8] pp, approx. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and blemishes (most of them minor). Notations on several pages. Bookplate. Wormholes in the upper margins of approx. a hundred leaves at the end of the book (with negligible damage to text). Old, damaged parchment binding.
From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
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