In-f° (31,2 x 21 cm), [12], 117 [i. e., 118], [10] leaves. Latin translation by Joannes Lonicerus. Title within woodcut historiated architectural border possibly by Ambrose Holbein; another historiated border on a1r by Hans Holbein. Beautiful woodcut initials. Ms. ex libris on title page (Roffensis). Small marginal wormhole in the first quire. Woodcut printer's device on last page. (showing Kairos: a naked woman with flowing hair and a bald back of her head, holding a knife in her hand and dancing on a ball wearing winged shoes). Bound with: Contenta hoc volumine - Problematum Aristotelis sectiones duae de quadraginta: Theodoro Gaza interprete. - Problematum Alexandri Aphrodisiei libri duo: eodem Thedoro interprete. Paris, Simon de Colines, 1524. [38], 123 ff, the index is bound before the main text. Beautiful criblé initials. Panel-stamped calf binding on wooden bords, rebacked, new end-lvs, loss of clasps, title written in ink on for-edge
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Ref. Adams A-222. Among the most influential Greek rhetoricians of his time, Isocrates (436-338 BC) made many contributions to rhetoric. 2)
Ref. Adams A-1931; Renouard, ICP, III, 592. The first text is wrongly attributed to Aristoteles. Introduction by the Greek humanist Theodore Gaza (c. 1398- c.1475) to pope Nicolas V for the 'Problematum Alexandri Aphrodisiei'. The Problemata of Aristotle are a collection of scientific dissertations in the form of questions and answers. Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. 200 AD) wrote many commentaries on the works of Aristotle.
Provenance:
Bibl. Eccl. Cath. Roffens, released from the Rochester cathedral library by authority of the dean (1969)
