Commentarii in universam Aristoteliae philosophiam

Alternate Title:

Logica.

Contributor:

Rabel, Daniel, approximately 1578-1637 (engraver)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1600

Description:

Commentary on Aristotle, in two parts.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly part of Librairie Jean Clavreuil (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Purchased, 1993.

Subject:

Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800; Aristotle. Organon Early works to 1800; Aristotle; Logic -- Early works to 1800; Logic; Philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Philosophy; Criticism and interpretation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Commentaries; Engravings (prints); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

470 leaves : paper, illustrations; 227 x 161 (160 x 113) mm bound to 232 x 172 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Table of contents: 1. f.1r-109v: Commentarii in universam Aristoteliae philosophiam. -- 2. f.119r-438v: Commentarius in universam Aristotelicae logicam.; Title from caption title (f. 8r).; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 453 + i (contemporary paper); [vii, 1-446]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Contemporary numeration in ink, 16-70, every eighth folio (in a few cases, every sixth), upper outer corner.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Illustrated with three engraved plates: a frontispiece depicting 10 philosophers, Plato, Thomas [Aquinas], Aristotle, Pythagoras, Seneca, Epicurus, Socrates, Diogenes, Porphyrus, Erasmus, the signature on this plate is difficult to read, "Chez...a la Ville d'Anders"; engraved title page with architectural cartouche [left blank], signed Rabel, avec priuilege du Roy; and a framed allegorical female figure, "La Logique," plate unsigned. The plate of "La Logique" has an almost identical match in Ms. Codex 883.; Binding: Contemporary calf.; Origin: Written in France[?] in the 17th century.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 237