Aristotelis Historia de Animalibus

Touslouse: Raymond Colomerium, 1619. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Full ca. 18th century leather with marbled endpapers, raised bands. Some surface marks and discoloration to boards, hinges a little rubbed, but attractive and intact overall. Pen scribbles on end papers and margins of first few pages, paper repair to the blank lower corner of B1, otherwise unmarked. Finely printed with head and tail pieces and initial letters; a few illustrations in the text. The text printed in Greek and the commentary in Latin. (32), 248pp, (23)pp with colophon and privilege at rear.

The first Scaliger edition of Aristotle's Book of animals. Scaliger had worked on it for years but left it unfinished on his death in 1558 and this was the first time it was published. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Biology; Science & Technology. Inventory No: 048786. (Inventory #: 048786)