Psellus, Epilusis, Venice, 1532, later calf

Michael Psellus

Επιλυσις εις της φιλοσοφιας τροπους... Introductio in sex philosophiae modos. (Venice: Stefano Nicolini da Sabbio and brothers, 1532)

part one only (of 2), 8vo (143 x 93mm.), title within woodcut border, text in Greek, later calf, gilt fillet border, lacking quire β⁴, quire γ misbound, small adhesive label to upper cover

FIRST EDITION of Michael Psellus's tract on the four mathematical sciences comprising the quadrivium; arithmetic, music, geometry and astronomy. The second part contained the Latin translation by Jacopo Foscarini.

LITERATURE

Edit16 32957; Smith, Rara arithmetica p.168

PROVENANCE

Vill[--], stamped signature in green opposite title-page