Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection A–C

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection A–C

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Ammonios Hermiae, Commentaria, Venice, Aldus, 1546, contemporary limp vellum

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Ammonios Hermiae. Αμμωνιου του Ερμειου εις τας πεντε φωνας του Πορφυριου υπομνημα. Ammonii Hermiae In Quinque voces Porphyrii commentarius, correctionibus quamplurimis, et locorum imaginibus illustratus. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1546


[Bound with:] Αμμωνιου του Ερμειου εις τας του Αριστοτελους κατηγοριας υπομνημα. Ammonii Hermiae In Praedicamenta Aristotelis commentarius. Aristotelis vita. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1546


[And:] Αμμωνιου του Ερμειου εις τας του Αριστοτελους περι ερμηνειας υπομνημα. Ammonii Hermiae In Aristotelis De interpretatione librum commentarius. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1546


3 parts bound in one volume, 8vo (155 x 100 mm). Greek type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: (In Quinque...) *4 A-K8: 84 leaves; (In Praedicamenta) AA-TT8: 152 leaves; (In Aristotelis...); A-T8 V4: 156 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on each title- page, and final verso of first and third work, early marginalia. (One or two spots.)


binding: Contemporary limp vellum (160 x 115 mm), manuscript author and title to spine, top stained black, remnants of two pairs of ties. (Some staining.)


acquisition: Purchased from Libreria antiquaria Querzola, Rome, 1972. references: UCLA 348, 349, 350; Edit16 1612, 1610, 1607; Renouard 135/2, 135/3, 135/4

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