Lot 3
  • 3

Aristotle.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Organon[GREEK]. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1 November 1495.
  • paper
Editio princeps, volume 1 only, folio (296 x 198mm.), 234 leaves, 31 lines, Greek and Roman letter, woodcut initials and head-pieces, woodcut diagram, eighteenth-century red morocco gilt, later slipcase, first initial and head-piece coloured by a later hand, a few small wormholes in margins (one in text in last few leaves), occasional light staining, upper joint split, binding slightly rubbed

Provenance

Friderich de Schennis, ownership stamp; Constantin Carathéodory, bookplate

Literature

Goff A959; GW 2334; BMC v p.553