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

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

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[Aristotle] Theophrastus, De historia plantarum, [Lyon, c. 1506], carta rustica

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[Aristotle] Theophrastus. Habentur hoc volumine haec Theodoro Gaza interprete. Theophrasti de historia plantarum lib. ix. Et decimi principium duntaxat. Eiusdem de causis plantarum lib. v. [Lyon: Baldazare de Gabiano? 1506?]


The second volume of the Lyon octavo reprints of Aldo’s 1504 folio Latin edition of Aristotle and Theophrastus, containing the Theophrastus texts.


8vo (164 x 97 mm). Italic type, 32 lines plus headline. collation: π-ππ8; A-Z8 AA-LL8 MM12: 300 leaves, foliated. (Occasional light browning or foxing.)


binding: Carta rustica (169 x 112 mm), blue edges. (Hinges breaking.)


provenance: Seminario vescovile, Bergamo, ink stamp on title-page (rubbed). acquisition: Purchased from Libreria antiquaria Pregliasco, Turin, 1969. references: D.J. Shaw, "The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus's italic type", in The Italian Book 1465-1800 (1993), appendix, no.22; Renouard 308/19 (all volumes); UCLA 1128 (all volumes); USTC 154957

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