Simplicius, Hypomnemata, Venice, Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, 1527, modern half calf over late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century red boards

Simplicius. Simplikiou Hypomnemata eis ta tria biblia tou Aristotelous Peri psyches. Alexandrou Aphrodisieos Hypomnemata eis ta Peri aistheseos, kai aisthetou. Michaelou tou Ephesiou Scholia eis ta Peri mnemes, kai anamneseos … Simplicii Commentaria in tres Libros Aristotelis De anima. Alexandri Aphrodisiei Commentaria in librum De sensu, & sensibili. Michaelis Ephesii annotationes in librum De memoria, & reminiscentia … [Greek]. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, June 1527

Folio (308 x 207 mm). Greek type, 54 lines plus headline. collation: **⁴ aa-ll⁸ mm⁴ nn-pp⁸ qq¹⁰ rr-zz⁸ &&⁶: 264 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title and verso of last leaf, guide letters in initial spaces. (Occasional marginal tears, first and last leaves very lightly toned, a few edges untrimmed.)

binding: Modern quarter calf over late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century red boards (318 x 222 mm), marbled endpapers. (Corners bumped, covers scratched.)

provenance: Samuel Butler (1774–1839), Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry, inscription referring to Renouard (1825 edition) — Christie's London, 1–10 June 1840, lot 2091. acquisition: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1971. references: UCLA 246; Renouard 104/5; Edit16 37745; USTC 856494