Georgij Gemisti Plethonis elegans ac breuis quatuor virtutum explicatio, graecè & latinè nunc primùm edita / Adolpho Occone physico Augustano interprete ; De moribus philosophorum locus ex Platonis Theaeteto, item graecè & latinè, eodem interprete ; adiunximus, Aristotelis De virtutibus & uitijs libellum uerè aureolum quatuor eius interpretibus ita inter se coniunctis, ut non sine fructu conferri ab utriusque linguae tyronnibus possit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gemistus Plethon, George, active 15th century.

Contributor:

Aristotle.

Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541.

Oporinus, Joannes, 1507-1568, printer.

Occo, Adolf, 1524-1606, editor.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Greek Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics.

Aristotle.

Gemistus Plethon, George, active 15th century. Peri aretōn.

Gemistus Plethon, George.

Plato. Theaetetus.

Plato.

De virtutibus et vitiis (Peripatetic school treatise : 1st century).

Ethics--Early works to 1800.

Ethics.

Virtues--Early works to 1800.

Virtues.

Knowledge, Theory of--Early works to 1800.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Penn Provenance:

Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851 (stamp) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Bibliotheca Ministerii Cellensis (stamp) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Kirchen-Ministerial-Bibliothek (Celle, Germany) (stamp) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Kirchenministerialbibliothek (Celle Germany) (stamp) (Culture Class Collection copy

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 17 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Elegans ac breuis quatuor virtutum explicatio graecè & latinè nunc primùm edita

Fingerprint:

sama oqi- aui- ui&p (3) 1552 (Q)

Place of Publication:

Basileae : Per Ioannem Oporinum, [1552]

Notes:

Date of imprint from dedicatory epistle on leaf a7.

Dedicatory epistle by Adolphus Occo to Hieronymus Fugger which reads: Ex Vindelicoru[m] Augusta [i.e. Augsburg] anno salutis MDLII calendis Ianuarij [1 Jan. 1552]

Initials.

Attribution of "De virtutibus et vitiis" to Aristotle is unclear and possibly spurious. Work may have been created by a member of the Peripatetic school..

Text in Greek and Latin. Greek text based on unidentifed unicum Cf. p. 78

Prefatory material has two poems in Greek by Occo as well as a Latin eulogy addressed to Occo by Hieronymus Wolf.

Signatures: a-i⁸.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy with ownership stamp "Ex bibliotheca Ministerii Cellensis" from Kirchenministerialbibliothek (Celle, Germany)

Culture Class Collection copy has armorial stamp (arms in center with motto "Suscipere et finire. Ex Bibliotheca Fideicomm. Ernesti Aug." beneath) from the Library of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851.

Cited in:

Hoffmann, S.F.W. Bibl. Litt. der griechen, II, p. 160 (variant)

Legrand, E.L.J. Bib. hellénique, no. 542

Shaaber, M.A. 16th cent. imprints, P420

Adams P1533

BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 337

VD16 G 1078

Contains:

De virtutibus et vitiis (Peripatetic school treatise : 1st century)

Plato. Theaetetus.

OCLC:

17223576