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Accession number: 
PML 34896
Author: 
Theophrastus.
Published: 
Venetiis : in domo Aldi, Cale[n]dis Iunii. M.III D [1 June 1497].
Description: 
1, [1], 226, 116, 42, 12, 121, [1] leaves ; 31 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1938.
Notes: 

Imprint from colophon (leaf 3P[omicron]10r): "Excriptum Venetiis in domo Aldi Manutii Cale[n]dis Iunii. M.III D."
Printed in Manutius's types 1:146Gr, 2:114R, and 7:114Gk.
Collation: [1]² 3a[alpha]-3z[psi]⁸ 3&[omega]⁸ 3[Alpha]-3[Beta]⁸ 3C[Gamma]⁸ 3D[Delta]¹⁰; 3[Alpha]a-3[Mu]m⁸ 3[Nu]n-3[Xi]o¹⁰; [alpha]a-[delta]d⁸ [epsilon]e¹⁰; a[alpha]-b[beta]⁸ 3A[alpha]-3O[xi]⁸ 3P[omicron]¹⁰: 520 leaves, leaf [1]/2 blank.
Paper format: Super-chancery folio.
Edited, with prefatory letter, by Aldo Manuzio.
Chronologically the fourth of the five volumes of Aristotle issued by Aldo Manuzio, but considered by him to form the third.
Errors in foliation.
Woodcut headpieces and initials.
PML 34896 is quires [1]-3D[Delta] only.
PML 34896 leaf dimensions: 30.5 x 20.7 cm.

Binding: 
16th-century French gold and silver tooled olive-brown morocco over wooden boards (31 x 21 cm.), with Greek-style extended endcaps, sewn on 5 supports for Henri II, attributed to Claude de Picques (ca. 1501-1574/78; reliure du roi, 1555-74/78), Paris, ca. 1550. Plain paper pastedowns; decorative endbands; gilt and gauffered edges. 4 plaited leather clasps. Two stamped monograms of Henri II--crowned H--and adorsed Ds with an H for Henri and Diane de Poitiers.
Variant Title: 

Aristotelis Opera Graece.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: Former shelfmarks: CCLVI (crossed out), 584 (crossed out), and +10 (leaf [cross]1r).

Provenance: 
Henri II, (1519-1559), King of France and Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566), binding, the Bibliothèque Nationale currently holds Pt. 1 (paper) and a complete vellum set both bound for Henri II, see CIBN A-504, Res. R.29 and Velins 464-468; Robert Hoe (1839-1909), booklabel (front pastedown); his sale, Anderson, 8 Jan. 1912, pt. 2, lot 287, to Bernard Quaritch; Mortimer L. Schiff (1877-1931), booklabel (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby's, 23 March 1938, pt. 1, lot 550, to Maggs; Pierpont Morgan Library, booklabel (front pastedown), purchased through Maggs, 1938.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Incunabula
Department: 
Printed Books