ANDREAE, Antonius (d.1320). Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis . Vicenza: Hermannus Liechtenstein, for Nicolas Petri, 12 May 1477. Chancery 2° (296 x 200mm). Collation: A-C 8 D-E 6 a 1 0 b-i 8 k 6 (A1r text, k6r colophon, k6v blank). 116 leaves. 42 lines, double column. Type: 1:102R. 4- to 6-line initials alternating in red or blue, with magenta penwork decoration, the first with Maiblumen infill and extensions, paragraph marks alternating in red or blue. (Some spotting, occasional faint stain, minor repairs in last few corners, several letters strengthened in ink on B1v.) Modern half calf over wooden boards, retaining early front board and fragments of early leather. Provenance : marginal annotations in a neat contemporary hand -- Joseph Grassus, Augustinian monk (inscription on E2r dated 28 May 1613). Third edition of Andreae's commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics . In grappling with the essence of being, Aristotle considers its physical as well as philosophical significance. Andreae's commentary was a text required by various university curricula, and contemporary annotations show close study of the text. H *975; GW 1658; Klebs 64.2; CIBN A-318; Goff A-580.
ANDREAE, Antonius (d.1320). Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis . Vicenza: Hermannus Liechtenstein, for Nicolas Petri, 12 May 1477. Chancery 2° (296 x 200mm). Collation: A-C 8 D-E 6 a 1 0 b-i 8 k 6 (A1r text, k6r colophon, k6v blank). 116 leaves. 42 lines, double column. Type: 1:102R. 4- to 6-line initials alternating in red or blue, with magenta penwork decoration, the first with Maiblumen infill and extensions, paragraph marks alternating in red or blue. (Some spotting, occasional faint stain, minor repairs in last few corners, several letters strengthened in ink on B1v.) Modern half calf over wooden boards, retaining early front board and fragments of early leather. Provenance : marginal annotations in a neat contemporary hand -- Joseph Grassus, Augustinian monk (inscription on E2r dated 28 May 1613). Third edition of Andreae's commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics . In grappling with the essence of being, Aristotle considers its physical as well as philosophical significance. Andreae's commentary was a text required by various university curricula, and contemporary annotations show close study of the text. H *975; GW 1658; Klebs 64.2; CIBN A-318; Goff A-580.
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