Lot 291
Simplicius of Cilicia. Ypomnema eis tas deka kategorias tou Aristotelous, Venice, Editio princeps, 1499.
Hammer Price: £7,500
Description
Simplicius. Ypomnema eis tas deka kategorias tou Aristotelous, 168 ff., 37 lines, Greek type, title printed in red and with large woodcut device of Nikolaos Blastos, A2r woodcut head-piece in red, chapter headings and woodcut decorative initials in red, woodcut diagrams within text, woodcut printer's device in black to foot of final recto, some foxing, green endpapers and pastedowns, handsome 19th century French red morocco, richly gilt, rubbed, g.e., [BMC V, 580; Goff S-535; HC 14757; Proctor pp.119-126; Sander 6998], folio, Venice, Zacharia Kallierges for Nikolaos Blastos, 27 October, 1499.
⁂ The handsomely printed editio princeps of this important commentary on Aristotle by the neoplatonist Simplicius. In September 1498 the Cretan Blastos obtained a ten year privilege in Venice to print Greek books and invited his fellow Cretan Zacharias Kallierges to join him in the project.
Provenance: Comte D. Boutourlin (engraved armorial bookplate); A. Pascalis (bookplate).
Description
Simplicius. Ypomnema eis tas deka kategorias tou Aristotelous, 168 ff., 37 lines, Greek type, title printed in red and with large woodcut device of Nikolaos Blastos, A2r woodcut head-piece in red, chapter headings and woodcut decorative initials in red, woodcut diagrams within text, woodcut printer's device in black to foot of final recto, some foxing, green endpapers and pastedowns, handsome 19th century French red morocco, richly gilt, rubbed, g.e., [BMC V, 580; Goff S-535; HC 14757; Proctor pp.119-126; Sander 6998], folio, Venice, Zacharia Kallierges for Nikolaos Blastos, 27 October, 1499.
⁂ The handsomely printed editio princeps of this important commentary on Aristotle by the neoplatonist Simplicius. In September 1498 the Cretan Blastos obtained a ten year privilege in Venice to print Greek books and invited his fellow Cretan Zacharias Kallierges to join him in the project.
Provenance: Comte D. Boutourlin (engraved armorial bookplate); A. Pascalis (bookplate).
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