Simplikiou Hypomnēmata eis tessara biblia Aristotelous peri ouranou, meta tou hypokeimenou tou autou = Simplicii Commentarii in quatuor Aristotelis libros De coelo, cum textu eiusdem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simplicius, of Cilicia

Contributor:

William, of Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286.

Torresanus, Andreas, de Asula, 1451-1529, printer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Greek Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Early Venetian Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Aristotelis De caelo commentaria

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. De caelo--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle.

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Penn Provenance:

Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861-1944 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Alleanza nazionale del libro (Agrigento, Italy : Province) (stamp) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered leaves, 178, that is, 172 leaves ; 33 cm (folio)

Other Title:

Simplicii Commentarii in quatuor Aristotelis libros De coelo, cum textu eiusdem

Simplicii Commentarii in qvatvor Aristotelis libros De coelo, cvm textv eivsdem

Commentarii in quatuor Aristotelis libros De coelo, cum textu eiusdem

Hypomnēmata eis tessara biblia Aristotelous peri ouranou, meta tou hypokeimenou tou autou

Fingerprint:

iner ++++ ++++ ++++ (3) 1526 (R)

Place of Publication:

Venetiis : In Aedibus Aldi Romani, & Andreae Asulani Soceri, MDXXVI mense Ianuario [Jan. 1526]

Notes:

Imprint from colophon.

At foot of title page: Ne quis alius impune, aut Venetiis, aut usquam locor[um] hos Simplicii Commentarios imprimat, & Clementis VII ... & Senatus Veneti decreto cautu[s?] est.

Editio princeps, but probably not a tru Simplicius text but rather from a Greek version based on the Latin translation of William of Moerbeke, from the original Greek text by Simplicius. Cf. see Kallendorf & Wells, Aldine Press books at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center and Renouard.

Imprint date of 1526 possibly using the Venetian calendar; actual date possibly 1527; see Ahmanson-Murphy (no. 241)

Woodcut Aldine device on title page and on verso of last leaf identifed as Zappella 40 in EDIT16.

Leaves 85-88 and 135-136 omitted in foliation; other foliation errors not affecting foliation.

Preface by Andreas Asulanus.

Initial spaces with printed guide letters.

Text in Greek.

First thirteen words of title transliterated from Greek characters.

Signatures: *⁴ A-K⁸ L⁴ M-Q⁸ R⁶ S-X⁸ Y¹⁰ (leaf *4 blank)

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy gift of Dr. Charles W. Burr.

Culture Class Collection copy has stamp ('Alleanza Nazionale del Libro, Delegazione Provinciale, Agrigento") on front and back pastedowns.

Cited in:

Houzeau & Lancaster. Astronomie (1964 ed.), 936

Adams A1785

BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 44

Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3e ed.) p. 102, no. 3

EDIT16 (WWW) CNCE 47829

Hoffmann, S.F.W. Bibl. Litt. der griechen, III, p. 405

Shaaber, M.A. 16th cent. imprints, A501

Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire, V, p. 398

Kallendorf & Wells. Aldine Press books, Harry Ransom Research Center, no. 218

Riley, L. Aristotle texts and commentaries in Univ. of Pennsylvania Libraries, no. 64

Cat. of Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine Collection, UCLA, 241

Contains:

Aristotle. De caelo. 1526.

OCLC:

38690593