[Rarebooks] FS: Paulus Venetus' commentary of Aristotle's "Posterior Analytics" Venice: 1486

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(INCUNABULA) Paulus Venetus. EXPOSITIO IN LIBROS POSTERIORUM
ARISTOTELIS. (Venice: Guilelmus Anima Mia, Tridinensis. Aug. 11, 1486).
Folio. 117 (of 118) leaves, lacking the first blank. Double column
text. Text (particularly the first half) with numerous cont. marginal
annotations. Following the text, this copy with 3 pages of cont.
manuscript index. Original oak boards, spine re-covered with modern
white pigskin. Orig. front and rear binder's blanks cut out. Some light
text soiling. Housed in a green morocco spine over marbled boards
folding box.    $8,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Important commentary on Aristotle's "Posterior Analytics" which is a
part of Aristotle's great treatise on logic, the ORGANON. It also
includes Aristotle's Latin text (translated by Jacobus de Venetia).
This commentary was first printed in 1477, and then went through a
number of editions in the 15th century. The author, "Paul of Venice"
(1368-1428), was one of the great minds of his day and the leading
scholar on Aristotle. Goff P214; HC 12512; BMC V410; see Riley #30 (our
1486 edition).

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