Aristotelous ta heuriskomena. = Aristotelis Opera quae exstant. Addita nonnusq[uam] ob argumenti similitudinem quaedam Theophrasti, Alexandri, Cassii, Sotionis, Athenaei, Polemonis, Adamantii, Melampodis. In tomi cuiusq[ue] fine addiecta varians locorum scriptura, e praecipuis editionibus; nonnumquam etiam e manuscriptis codicibus: emendationes quoque non paucae ex interpretum versionibus, aliorumque doctorum virorum animaduersionibus: praeterea capitum index; & duo rerum ac verborum notatu digniorum inuentaria, Latinum & Graecum. Initio praemissa quaedam de Aristotelis vita & scriptis, ex auctoribus tum veteribus tum recentioribus. / Opera & studio Friderici Sylburgii Veterensis.
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1577 - 1596
Materials
Place of origin
Frankfurt
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3031603
Summary
Bibliographic description
11 v. : coat of arms ; 4to. Imperfect: wanting vol. 11 (pt 2). Bound in 5 v. Old Felbrigg shelfmark in v.1-2: L4. Manuscript notes and text underlining to De anima in v.3. Pencil underlining to text in v.4. Manuscript annotations in v. 5 and v.9. Manuscript text marking and underlining in v.6-8 and v.11 (pt 1). Provenance: armorial bookplate on front pastedowns in all vols. (Franks 32206): 'William Windham Esquire'. Manuscript note on front pastedowns in all vols.: "BLG 5V". Manuscript inscription on verso of front free endpaper of v.1-2: "Willm. Windham Lond. Janry. 1784." [i.e. William Windham (1750-1810)]. Pencil note on second front free endpaper of v.1-2: "10 V. in 5. 7:17/6". Stamp of Jacobins R. S. Honore on general title page in v.1-2 and on title pages of v.3-9 and v.11 (pt 1). Manuscript inscription on title page of v.2: "F. Hebert". Manuscript inscription on title page of v.3: "Ex libris Lud. [?]irques S.J.". Manuscript inscription on title page of v.9: "C. Salmasii". Binding: seventeenth-century [?] diced calf; single gilt fillet to form an outer border; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt fillets on spines; black spine labels (gilt-lettered): 'Aristotelis Opera' with vol. no. and individual titles (some partly wanting); single gilt fillet on board edges and on turn-ins; marbled endpapers; yellow edges.
Makers and roles
Aristotle (384-322 BC), author Friedrich Sylburg (1536-1596), editor Malampus (fl.3rd century BC), author Adamant, author Theophrastus (c.372-287 BC), author Cassius Iatrosophista (fl.2nd century), author Antonius Polemo (c.88-145 AD), author Alexander of Aphrodisias , author