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114
THEMISTIUS.
Omnia . . . opera, hoc est paraphrases et orationes
[
with
ALEXANDER of Aphrodisias,
Libri duo de anima, et de fato unus
].
Greek text,
edited by Vittorio Trincavelli. [4], 172, [2] leaves, including colophon leaf and final leaf
with Aldine device on verso. Folio, 297x202, early 19th-century
1
/
2
russia gilt (bound uni-
formly with lots 6 and 52); light dampstain in upper inner corner of opening leaves.
(
Venice: Heirs of Aldus and of Andrea of Asola, May 1534)
[3,000/5,000]
FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL GREEK
of paraphrases of Aristotle and orations by a 4th-
century statesman and philosopher; a partial Latin translation had appeared in 1481.
Renouard, page 111(3); New UCLA 270; Hoffmann III, 469.