Aristotelis Opera omnia quae extant, Graecè & Latinè. Veterum ac recentiorum interpretum, vt Adriani Turnebi, Isaaci Casauboni, Iulij Pacij studio emendatissima. Cum Kyriaci Strozae patritii Florentini libris duobus Graecolatinis de Republicâ in supplementum Politicorum Aristotelis. Sed nouissimae huic editioni onium quae hactenus prodierunt, ornatissimae accessit breuis ac perpetuus in omnes Aristotelis libros commentarius, siue synposis analytica doctrinae Peripateticae, non antehac visa; in quâ vt in expeditiore tabellâ, Aristotelis philosophae omnis, provt ea suo ordine descripta est, perspicuè breuitérque indicatur, & pro rerum dignitate exponitur. Authore Guillelmo Du Val Pontesiano, philosophiae Graecae & Latinae in Parisiensis Academiâ Regio Professore, & Doctore Medico: qui & praeter operosam illam synopsin, adiecit anthologiam anatomicam ex scitis Hippocratis & Galeni, ad libros Aristotelis de historiâ, generatione & partibus animalium; & praeterea libros quatuordecim diuinioris philosophiae seu metaphysicorum, notis & argumentis auxit ac illustrauit, quatuórque eorum postremos hactenus malè collocatos, in legitimum ordinem restituit. Indices tres operum molem claudunt ac veluti obsignant. Primus, quasi catalogus, nomina recenset authorum etiam iuniorum, qui philosophiam Aristotelis suis scriptis illustrârunt. Secundus, curas & commentarios singulorum distinguit. Tertius est thesaurus rerum vberrimus.
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1629
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3189662
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; fol. Top corner of vol. 1 front free endpaper torn off. Damp-staining on many leaves; more extensive damp-staining and purple mould staining in vol. 2. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206) in both vols., lettered: William Windham Esquire [probably William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Manuscript inscription and price in pencil on vol. 1 front free endpaper: "Vol. 2 staind" and "1-16-". Former Felbrigg shelfmark in pencil: L7 (crossed-out). Binding: seventeenth-century blind-tooled parchment over boards; sewn on five supports; single blind fillet border and large blind strapwork and foliate centrepiece stamp on covers; evidence of two pairs of green fabric ties (missing); two brown leather labels on spines with gilt title 'Aristotelis Opera' and vol. number. Vol. 1 upper board almost completely detached.
Makers and roles
Aristotle (384-322 BC), author Diogenes Laertius (fl.3rd century), author Adrien Turnèbe (1512-1565), editor Isaac Casaubon (1559 - 1614), editor Giulio Pace (1550-1635), editor Ciriaco Strozzi (1504-1565), author Guillaume Duval (1572-1646), author