Aristotle. [Opera], Rhetorica from the Latin translation of William of Moerbeke, the Magna moralia in the Latin translation of Bartholomeus de Messina incorporating De Bona fortuna and Ethica, and a Latin translation of Politica, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, double column, 37 lines, in black ink, in a university hand, 22 leaves only, recovered from bindings, 2-line initials in red or blue with long penwork decoration in margins, signatures at head in red or blue, prick holes in margins, all leaves with loss of some text, many with large loss, yellowed, some staining, some surface wear, some creasing, all expertly conserved, all leaves tipped-in on modern stubs, new endpapers, bound in modern calf, leaves 240 x 165mm., housed in a modern cloth box, [Northern France], [c. 1200].

⁂ A most attractive compendium of Aristotle's works in Latin translation, perhaps produced in the University of Paris for a master or a student. These leaves were recovered from use as bindings in later books before being conserved and rebound.