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Rettorica, et Poetica d'Aristotle
by Aristotle (Bernardo Segni)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
FIRST EDITION of this translation, the FIRST ITALIAN TRANSLATION OF THE POETICS, a little minor spotting in places, tiny worm track to blank area of first two leaves, early ownership inscription (Jacobi Peruli Vabmatis') to title page, pp. xii, 355, 25, 4to, eighteenth-century Italian vellum, spine lettered in ink, all edges blue, a few tiny wormholes to backstrip, a very good copy house in a maroon clamshell case with a black morocco label. A nice clean copy of the first edition of this translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric and poetics into Italian by Bernardo Segni (1504-1558), the first translation of the Poetics and the second of the Rhetoric to be printed. there was enough demand that a second edition was printed two years later.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047
- Title
- Rettorica, et Poetica d'Aristotle
- Author
- Aristotle (Bernardo Segni)
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Appresso Lorenzo Torrentino
- Place of Publication
- Florence
- Date Published
- 1549
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greek Classics, Philosophy
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About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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