Aristotelous Peri zōōn historias. Aristotelis Historia de animalibus. Iulio Caesare Scaligero interprete, cum ejusdem commentarijs. Philippus Jacobus Maussacus, ... ex bibliotheca paterna opus à multis abhinc annis expetitum primus vulgauit & restituit, additis prolegomenis & animaduersionibus. Accedit fragmentum quod decimus historiarum inscribitur, multò quàm antea emendatius & auctius. Additi praeterea indices, vnus auctorum qui in opere citantur & emendantur, alter rerum & verborum notabilium.
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1619
Materials
Place of origin
Toulouse
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3031796
Summary
Bibliographic description
[31], 1248, [24] p. : ill. ; fol. Running number: 5098. Provenance: manuscript price on inside front board: "pr: -24s-0". Manuscript initial on second front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "η'." [i.e. eta' = Greek number 8]. With manuscript marginal notes on front and rear fly-leaves, and marginal annotations and underscoring of text in pencil. Binding: seventeenth-century calf; double blind fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gilt fillets and title label on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Giulio Cesare Scaligero (1484-1558), editor Philippe-Jacques de Maussac (1590-1650), editor