Simplikiou Hypomnēmata eis ta oktō Aristotelous Physikēs akroasēos biblia meta tou hypokeimenou tou Aristotelous = Simplicii commentarii in octo Aristotelis Physicae auscultationis libros cum ipso Aristotelis textu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simplicius, of Cilicia

Contributor:

Asulanus, Franciscus, -1546.

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:

Commentarii in octo Aristotelis Physicae auscultationis libros

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Physics--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle.

Physics--Early works to 1800.

Physics.

Penn Provenance:

Cromer, Evelyn Baring, Earl of, 1841-1917 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy 1)

Mayor, John E. B. (John Eyton Bickersteth), 1825-1910 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy 2)

Auret, Franciscus Danielus (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered leaves, 322, that is, 324 leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 32 cm (folio)

Other Title:

Hypomnēmata eis ta oktō Aristotelous Physikēs akroasēos biblia meta tou hypokeimenou tou Aristotelous

Simplicii commentarii in octo Aristotelis Physicae auscultationis libros cum ipso Aristotelis textu

Simplicii commentarii in octo Aristotelis Physicae avscvltationis libros cvm ipso Aristotelis textu

Commentarii in octo Aristotelis Physicae auscultationis libros cum ipso Aristotelis textu

Fingerprint:

act. **** ***- **** (3) 1526 (R)

Place of Publication:

Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, & Andreae Asulani soceri, mensae Octobri MDXXVI [Oct. 1526]

Language Note:

Text in Greek; dedicatory preface in Latin.

Notes:

Imprint from colophon.

First fourteen words in title transliterated from Greek characters.

Leaf 254 triplicated in foliation; numerous other foliation errors.

Signatures: *⁴ a-z⁸ &⁸ 2a-2g⁸ 2h¹⁰ 2i-2p⁸ 2q¹⁰.

Woodcuts: vignette on title page and again on verso of last leaf; woodcut diagrams.

Vignettes are Aldine printer's device identified as Zappella 40 in EDIT16.

Bottom of title page: "Ne quis alius impune, aut Venetiis, aut usquam locorum hos Simplicii Co[m]mentarios imprimat, & Clementis VII Pont Max & Senatus Veneti decreto cautum est."

Includes preface by Franciscus Asulanus, son of Andreas Torresanus, addressed to Ercole Gonzaga (1505-1563).

Printing privilege issued by Pope Clement VII, dated in St. Peter's in Rome, Aug. 22, 1526 (recto of leaf *₄).

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy 1 uncut; in full morocco binding (rebacked); marbled endpapers.

Culture Class Collection copy 1 with contemporary ms. annotations in Latin and Greek.

Culture Class Collection copy 1 with armorial bookplate ("Earl of Cromer" bearing motto "Probitate et labore"), of Evelyn Baring, Earl of Cromer (1841-1917).

Culture Class Collection copy 2 with armorial bookplate ("J.E.B. Mayer" with motto "Mea anchora") of John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1825-1910)

Culture Class Collection copy 2 inscribed ("Sum Francisci Danielis Auret") on title page.

Cited in:

Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3rd ed.), p. 102, no. 2

Cat. of Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine Collection, UCLA no. 238

Adams S1207

BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 44

Wellcome cat. of printed books, no. 438

EDIT16 CNCE 48486

Palau, A. Gian Francesco d'Asola e la tipografia Aldina, 101

Kallendorf & Wells. Aldine Press books, Harry Ransom Research Center, 217

Shaaber, M.A. 16th cent. imprints, A664-665

Riley, L. Aristotle texts and commentaries in Univ. of Pennsylvania Libraries, 162

Contains:

Aristotle. Physics.

OCLC:

13827103