Beschreibung:

[Aristotle] Theophrastus. Habentur hoc volumine haec Theodoro Gaza interprete. Theophrasti de historia plantarum lib. ix. Et decimi principium duntaxat. Eiusdem de causis plantarum lib. v. [Lyon: Baldazare de Gabiano? 1506?]
A second copy, in a contemporary Italian binding attesting to its export to Italy.
8vo (166 x 99 mm). Italic type, 32 lines plus headline. collation: *-**8 A-Z8 AA-LL8 MM12: 300 leaves. (Occasional light browning.)
binding: Contemporary Italian gilt-tooled russet morocco (170 x 106 mm), outer border composed of a repeated round leafy tool, central panel with a diamond-shaped inner section with four small leaf tools, lettered ARISTO DE PLATIS at head of upper cover, spine with blind fillet decoration, stubs from four pairs of ties, edges gilt and gauffered to a knotwork design. (Binding somewhat worn with areas of damage at head of spine and corners, gilding mostly rubbed, textblock starting to split, a few wormholes in binding.)
provenance: Mario Cermeno, purple ink stamp on flyleaf. acquisition: Purchased from Martin Breslauer Inc., New York, 1989. references: UCLA 1128 (all volumes); Renouard 308/19 (all volumes); USTC 154947; D.J. Shaw, "The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus's italic type," in The Italian Book 1465-1800 (1993), appendix, no.22