Selecta circa octo libros physicorum Aristotelis subtilioris doctrinae : quae in Complutensi Academia versatur, miro quodam ordine disposita & in dilucidam methodum redacta / per licenciatum Franciscum Murcia de la Llana ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murcia de la Llana, Francisco, -1684.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Physics--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle.

Penn Provenance:

Chiesa di Sant'Angelo Magno (Ascoli Piceno, Italy) (stamp) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

[16], 632 p. ; 21 cm (4to)

Fingerprint:

a.us 1.le o-i- scEt (3) 1616 (A)

Place of Publication:

Matriti : Ex Typographia Regia, Año 1616.

Notes:

Date appears before place of printing (on either side of title vignette) on title leaf.

Signatures: [par.]-2[par.]⁴ A-2Q⁸ 2R⁴.

Text printed primarily in double columns.

Woodcut title vignette (coat of arms), initials, head- and tail-pieces.

Type ornament head-pieces.

Local Notes:

RBC copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Symonds Rare Books Ltd.

RBC copy has largely illegible early ms. ownership inscription ("Ex libris [...]. [...]igdij [...] [...] de' As[...]lo") on front free endpaper; largely illegible early ms. ownership inscription ("Ex libris A. Sch[...]j. d'A[...]") at foot of title leaf.

RBC copy has oval stamp of the Church of Sant’Angelo Magno in Ascoli Piceno (Marche, Italy) on title leaf and leaf A2r.

RBC copy bound in full early limp parchment; modern ms. title, author's name and imprint date in Roman numerals in ink and Arabic numerals in pencil on spine; portions of early printed leaves used as binder's waste.

RBC copy: leaf 2M6 bound in before leaf 2M5; leaves of gathering 2N bound in the following order: 2N1, 2N2, 2N5, 2N6, 2N3, 2N4, 2N7, 2N8.

RBC copy: binding wormed, particularly at head of spine; hinges damaged.

RBC copy heavily wormed throughout along inner and lower margins with frequent loss of letters; head margin of front free endpaper torn off; leaves A2-A7 detached from spine; tail outer corner of leaf C5 torn off; small tear in fore-edge margin of leaf 2R1.

Cited in:

Palau 185993-II

OCLC:

1039528036