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CONTINENTAL BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

The Property of a European Collector
Lot 121

ALEXANDER OF APHRODISIAS
εις τα τοπικα Αριστοτελους, υπομνηματα.... In topica Aristotelis, commentarii, FIRST EDITION, [colophon:] Venice, Aldus & Andrea Torresani, September 1513

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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ALEXANDER OF APHRODISIAS

εις τα τοπικα Αριστοτελους, υπομνηματα.... In topica Aristotelis, commentarii, FIRST EDITION, title and colophon in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, woodcut printer's device at end, initial spaces with guide-letters, without the usually-cancelled blank A9, traces of inscription washed from title, turn of the nineteenth century red straight-grained morocco, covers gilt with broad border formed of interlocking drawer handles, g.e., marbled slipcase [Adams A665; Renouard 62:5; not in Ahmanson-Murphy], folio (300 x 190mm.), [colophon:] Venice, Aldus & Andrea Torresani, September 1513

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Provenance: Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), gilt booklabel.

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