Aristotle. - Opera,
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translated by Johannes Argyropulus and others, 508 ff., 44 lines (Roman), headline (Gothic), woodcut diagrams, decorations and initials, blank h6 present, Cardinal's hand-coloured coat-of-arms to foot of aa3 (cropped), title soiled and with subtle repairs, ink staining to u6v & u7r, some minor repairs to last few ff., colophon f. laid down, some other minor marking and staining, old ink ownership inscriptions on title including Joseph Granate, 17th century ink inscription and doodle on colophon, later vellum, ms. title on spine, some skilful repairs to spine near foot, [BMC V 349; GW 2341; Hain 1659; Proctor 4552], small folio, Venice, Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis de Forlivio for Benedictus Fontana, 13 July 1496. The only complete, unified edition of Aristotle's works printed in the 15th century, and the only early attempt at a humanist collection (albeit with many medieval translations), the next such edition not being printed until the Basel edition of 1538.
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