Aristotle--Vettori, Pietro
£800
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
Commentarii. In primum librum Aristotelis de arte poetarum. Florence: Giunta, 1573, second edition, folio, woodcut device on title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, nineteenth-century vellum, some slight spotting, some fore-margins slightly damp-stained, corner of biii torn not affecting text
Footnote
Note: Pietro Vettori (1499-1585) was professor of Greek and Latin at the university of Florence. His commentary is printed here with the original Greek and a translation into Latin. Adams A1906.
Provenance: Library of the College of St. Barnabas, Milan, inscription on title.