Eustratius, Aristotelous ethikon Nichomacheion, Venice, Paolo Manuzio et al, 1536, eighteenth-century French tan calf

Eustratius, Metropolitan of Nicaea. Eustratiou kai allon tinon episemon Ypomnemata eis ta deka tòn tou Aristotelous ethikon Nichomacheion biblia meta tou ypokeimenou. Eustratii et aliorum insignium Peripateticorum commentaria in libros decem Aristotelis De moribus ad Nicomachum ... Venice: Paolo Manuzio & Heirs of Andrea Torresano, July 1536

Eustratius’s commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.

Folio (297 x 202 mm). Greek and Roman type, 54 lines plus headline. collation: π² α-ψ⁸ ω⁶: 192 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso. (Stray spots.) 

binding: Eighteenth-century French tan calf (305 x 215 mm), covers ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands in seven compartments, second compartment with tan morocco lettering piece, others with repeat gilt motif, edges stained red. (Joints weak with upper cover barley holding, damage to head- and tail-bands, rubbed.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, supralibros of interlaced gilt C’s on spine — Verenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente (Mennonite Library), Amsterdam, ex libris with printed label at head of spine "Godgel" (Theology) and in ink "no. 4574." acquisition: Purchased from E.K. Schreiber, New York, 1982. references: UCLA 282; Renouard 116/6; Edit16 18395; USTC 828525