ARISTOTELE (384 a.C. - 322 a.C.) - Ethicorum ad Nicomachum libri decem. Venice: Girolamo Scoto, 1542.   A richly annotated 16th century edition of Aristotle's work, very difficult to find on the market: the annotations are written in Latin, and on the final leaf there is the signature of a "napolitano". The translation from the Greek is by Giovan Bernardo Regazzola known as Feliciano (ca. 1490-1550), humanist, translator and doctor from Cremona, while the commentator was the humanist and curial Raffaele Maffei known as il Volterrano (1451-1522).   8vo (158 x 105mm). Printer's device on title and at the end, woodcut initials (title browned with marginal wormholes, browning, occasional ink stains, marginal wormtrack from gathering t not touching text). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (without laces, tiny stains and a few wormholes, spine ends chipped). Provenance: many contemporary annotations - erased ownership inscription on title.

Estimate € 300 - 500

Sold € 330