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Title

Hoc in uolumine continentur infrascripta opera Aristotelis uidelicet: in principio ...

Author

Aristotle

Publication

Impraessum e[st] p[rae]sens opus Venetiis : Per Gregoriu[m] de Gregoriis expensis Benedicti Fontanae, anno salutifere incarnationis Domini nostri MCCCCXCVI, die uero xiii Iulii [13 July 1496].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pseudo Aristotele
• Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305.
• Gilbert, de La Porrée, approximately 1075-1154.
• Argyropoulos, Iōannēs, -1486
• Bartolomeo da Messina, active 13th century
• Boethius, -524
• Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
• Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253
• Jacobus, de Venetiis, active 1136-1150
• Niccolò, de' Tudeschi, 1386-1445
• Valla, Giorgio, 1447-1500
• William, of Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286
• Nicolaus, of Damascus
• Alfred, of Sareshel
• Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187
• Manfred, King of Naples and Sicily, approximately 1232-1266
• Gregori, Giovanni de', active 15th century
• Gregori, Gregorio de', active 1480-1528
• Fontana, Benedictus, active 1495-1505
• Clerks Regular of Somaschi, former owner

Description

[4], 199, 100-403, [1] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts); 33 cm (fol.)

Alternative Title

• Hoc in volumine continentur infrascripta opera Aristotelis videlicet: in principio ...
• Opera Aristotelis
• Opera nonnulla
• Opera uaria

Subjects

• Incunabula > Italy > Venice
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Printers' devices (Publishing) > Italy > 15th century
• Philosophy, Ancient > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Printers' devices (Publishing) – Italy – 15th century.
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Incunabula – Italy – Venice.

Note

• Imprint from colophon; ISTC lists printers as Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio.
• Includes translations from Greek by Iōannēs Argyropoulos, Bartolomeo da Messina, Boethius, Leonardo Bruni (Leonardus Aretinus), Robert Grosseteste, Jacobus de Venetiis, Niccolò de' Tudeschi, William of Moerbeke and Giorgio Valla.
• Contains a number of pseudo-Aristotelian works; for list, see Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog (cited below). Three of these are translated from Arabic: De plantis (here not the the book titled "De plantis," but "De uegetalibus"), ascribed to Nicolaus of Damascus, translated by Alfred of Sareshel; and De proprietatibus aelementorum and Liber de causis (here: "De causa"), translated by Gherardo da Cremona. De pomo is translated from a Hebrew version of an Arabic text; translation ascribed to Manfred, king of Naples and Sicily.
• The attribution of Liber sex principiorum (De sex principiis) (leaves [250]-[254]) to Gilbert de la Porée is now generally believed to be spurious.
• Dedicatory letter of "Democritus" to Benedictus Fontana on preliminary leaf 2.
• Numerous errors in foliation: 100-199 repeated; for others, not affecting count, see Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library.
• Signatures: 2a⁴ a-g⁸ h⁶ i-s⁸ t⁶ u-x⁸ y⁶ z⁸ & ⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A⁸ B-C⁶ D-N⁸ O⁶ P-2O⁸ 2P-2Q⁶ (h6 blank).
• Roman and (in running titles) gothic types (110 and 135); 2a4r: 44 lines, 242 x 152 mm. Some initial spaces; numerous woodcut foliated initials.
• Woodcut publisher's device with initials B.F. following colophon; see Zappella, G. Le marche dei tipografi e degli editori italiani del Cinquecento, v. 2, fig. 560; Kristeller, P. Die italienischen Buchdrucker- und Verlegerzeichen bis 1525, entry 212; EDIT 16 CNCM 1980.
• Illustrated with woodcut diagrams.

Indexed In (note)

• Incunabula short title catalogue
• Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries
• Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum
• Pellechet, M. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France
• Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique
• Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d'Italia
• Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library
• Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
• Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum
• Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum
• Catalogue of Arabic books in the British Museum
• Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog
• Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy) via BSB/MDZ.

Provenance (note)

• Clerks Regular of Somaschi, Venice (16th century ownership inscription on title page: "Patres Cong[regatio]nis Somasche S[anctissi]me Trinitatis Venetian[ae]"). Some early manscript marginalia and underlining; contents list on title page annotated with folio numbers. Modern bookseller's notes in French on front flyleaf.
• Roger Wagner (PBA Galleries sale, San Francisco (March 18, 2010), lot 2). For previous sales, see PBA Galleries sale 247 (September 12, 2002), lot 6; Christie, Manson & Woods, London, sale Bouquet-3858 (June 22, 1988), lot 222.

Binding (note)

• Modern blind-stamped mottled calf, decorated in the style of a 15th-century book; 2 sets of leather ties.

Contents

(from title page) Vita eiusdem -- Epistola eiusdem ad Alexandru[m] / Ioanne Argyropilo Bizantio interpraete -- Phisicoru[m] libri octo -- Methaphisicae libri duodecim -- De coelo & mundo libri tres -- De anima libri tres -- Ethicorum libri decem ; cui addidimus libellum De morib[us] eiusde[m] Ari. / interp[re]te Le. Are. -- Liber praedicabilium Porphirii -- Liber praedicame[n]toru[m] Aristo. -- Perihermenias libri duo -- Liber sex principioru[m] Gilberti Porretani / interpraete Hermolao Barbaro -- Priorum liber unus -- Posteriorum libri duo -- Opera Aristotelis quae sequu[n][tur] partim sunt ex anti[qua] traductione, partim ex illa Leonardi Aretini, partim Georgio Valla Place[n]tino i[n]terpraete [pro]ut suis i[n] locis annotatu[m] reperies. Ex antiqua traductione: Topicorum libro octo -- Elenchorum libro duo -- De sensu & sensato -- De memoria & reminiscentia -- De somno & uigilia -- De motibus animalium -- De longitudine & breuitate uitae -- De iuuentute & senectute -- De respiratione & inspiratione -- De uita & morte -- De phisionomia -- De bona fortuna -- De coloribus -- De plantis -- De uegetabilibus -- De lineis indiuisibilibus -- De nilo -- De proprietatibus aelementorum -- De pomo -- De intelligentia -- De mundo -- De causa -- Extractione Leonardi Aretini: Politicoru[m] libro octo -- Economicorum liber unus -- Liber magnorum moralium / Georgio Valla Placentino interpraete.

Call Number

*KB+ 1496 17-34

OCLC

228679291

Author

Aristotle, author.

Title

Hoc in uolumine continentur infrascripta opera Aristotelis uidelicet: in principio ...

Publisher

Impraessum e[st] p[rae]sens opus Venetiis : Per Gregoriu[m] de Gregoriis expensis Benedicti Fontanae, anno salutifere incarnationis Domini nostri MCCCCXCVI, die uero xiii Iulii [13 July 1496].

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

NYPL copy: Leaf x1 misbound after D8.

Indexed In:

Incunabula short title catalogue, ia00966000 http://data.cerl.org/istc/ia00966000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-966

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 1659*

Pellechet, M. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France, 1177

Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique, entry 291

Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d'Italia, 797

Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library, 2025

Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A-388 http://incunables.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/record/A-388

Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 4552

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, v. 5, page 349 (IB.21111)

Catalogue of Arabic books in the British Museum, v. 1, page 311

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog, A-705 http://inkunabeln.digitale-sammlungen.de/Ausgabe_A-705.html

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 2341

Additional Formats

Also available online (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy) via BSB/MDZ.

Local Note

NYPL copy: Small wormhole in first few and last 2 leaves, slightly affecting a few letters.

Binding

Modern blind-stamped mottled calf, decorated in the style of a 15th-century book; 2 sets of leather ties. NN

Provenance

Clerks Regular of Somaschi, Venice (16th century ownership inscription on title page: "Patres Cong[regatio]nis Somasche S[anctissi]me Trinitatis Venetian[ae]"). Some early manscript marginalia and underlining; contents list on title page annotated with folio numbers. Modern bookseller's notes in French on front flyleaf. NN

Roger Wagner (PBA Galleries sale, San Francisco (March 18, 2010), lot 2). For previous sales, see PBA Galleries sale 247 (September 12, 2002), lot 6; Christie, Manson & Woods, London, sale Bouquet-3858 (June 22, 1988), lot 222. NN

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Place of Publication

Italy Venice.

Added Author

Container of (expression): Pseudo Aristotele. Works. Selections. Latin.

Container of (expression): Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Isagoge. Latin.

Container of (work): Gilbert, de La Porrée, approximately 1075-1154. De sex principiis.

Argyropoulos, Iōannēs, -1486, translator.

Bartolomeo da Messina, active 13th century, translator.

Boethius, -524, translator.

Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444, translator.

Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253, translator.

Jacobus, de Venetiis, active 1136-1150, translator.

Niccolò, de' Tudeschi, 1386-1445, translator.

Valla, Giorgio, 1447-1500, translator.

William, of Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286, translator.

Nicolaus, of Damascus, attributed name.

Alfred, of Sareshel, translator.

Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187, translator.

Manfred, King of Naples and Sicily, approximately 1232-1266, translator.

Gregori, Giovanni de', active 15th century, printer.

Gregori, Gregorio de', active 1480-1528, printer.

Fontana, Benedictus, active 1495-1505, publisher.

Wagner, Roger, 1952- former owner.

Clerks Regular of Somaschi, former owner.

Research Call Number

*KB+ 1496 17-34