Psellus | In physicen Aristotelis commentarii, Venice, Torresani, 1554, old vellum

Psellus, Michael

In physicen Aristotelis commentarii [translated by Giovanni Battista Camozzi]. Venice: Aldus (Federico Torresani), 1554

folio (291 x 192mm.), woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut initials, with final blank, near-contemporary vellum

First edition of Camozzi's translation of Psellus's influential commentary on Aristotle's Physics. Michael Psellus (d. c. 1087) wrote several commentaries on Aristotle; this translation was based on a manuscript now in Paris. Camozzi also edited the Aldine Aristotle in Greek of 1551-1553.

LITERATURE:

Cataldi Palau 186; Edit16 47522; Renouard 159/6

PROVENANCE:

"Pertinet ad Con. S. Maria Jesu Montis Fortini", i.e. Monteforte (near Soave)