Simplicius, Hypomnemata, Venice, Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, 1526, eighteenth-century English calf

Simplicius. Simplikiou Hypomnemata eis ta octo Aristotelous Physikes acroaseos biblia meta tou ygokeimenou tou Aristotelous. Simplicii Commentarii in octo Aristotelis Physicae auscultationis libros cum ipso Aristotelis textu [Greek]. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, October 1526

Folio (309 x 210 mm). Greek type, 55 lines plus headline. collation: *⁴ a-z⁸ &⁸ aa-gg⁸ hh¹⁰ ii-pp⁸ qq¹⁰: 328 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page and verso of last leaf. (Intermittent light spotting and dampstaining, particularly to first and last leaves, with some wear to lower corner of a few leaves.)

binding: Eighteenth-century English calf (318 x 228 mm), gilt fillet frames, cornerpieces in blind. (Rebacked, endleaves renewed.)

provenance: Unidentified owner(s), inscription on title-page (partly obliterated), contemporary marginalia — Jens J. Christoffersen, Mamaroneck. acquisition: Purchased from Jens J. Christoffersen, Mamaroneck, 1978. references: UCLA 238; Renouard 102/2; Edit16 48486; USTC 856491