Alexander Aphrodisiensis, In topica Aristotelis commentarii, Venice, Aldus, 1513, later half calf

ALEXANDER APHRODISIENSIS

In Topica Aristotelis, commentarii [edited by Marcus Musurus]. (Venice: Aldus and Andrea Torresano, September 1513)

Super-Chancery folio (306 x 196mm.), text in Greek, dedication letter dated February 1514, woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final leaf (otherwise blank), with blank leaf between pp.14-15, eighteenth-century calf-backed boards, binding slightly rubbed

FIRST EDITION of the Greek text of a commentary on Aristotle's Topics, by the pre-eminent Aristotelian commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. c. 200 AD), issued to complement Aldus's earlier printing of the complete works of Aristotle.

LITERATURE:

Aldo Manuzio tipografo 120; Edit16 1034; Renouard 62/5; UCLA 118