Opus Aristotelis de moribus a Iohanne Argyropylo traductum

Item Information

Title:
Opus Aristotelis de moribus a Iohanne Argyropylo traductum
Title (alt.):
Opus Aristotelis de moribvs a Iohanne Argyropylo tradvctvm
Title (uniform):
Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics
Creator:
Aristotle
Translator:
Argyropoulos, Iōannēs, -1486
Printer:
Higman, Johann, -1500
Bookseller:
Marnef, Enguilbert de, active 1491-1535
Bookseller:
Marnef, Geoffroy de, active 1489-1518
Bookseller:
Marnef, Jean de, active 1485-1510
Former owner:
Münzer, Hieronymus, -1508
Former owner:
Holzschuher, Hieronymus, 1469-1529
Former owner:
Hoffmann, Ferdinand, Freiherr zu Grünbüchl und Strechau, 1540-1607
Former owner:
Dietrichstein, Ferdinand von, 1636-1698
Former owner:
Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
[March 26, 1488–1489]
Format:
Books
Genre:
Incunabula
Inscriptions
Autographs
Marginalia
Manicules
Printed waste
Chancery quartos
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
France > Paris
Extent:
[124] leaves ; 22 cm (4to)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/0z709f767
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Paris] : [Johannes Higman, for E., J. & G. de Marnef]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Imprint from ISTC; colophon (q4 recto): Finitur per Egidium delfum sociu[m] Sorbonicum atq[ue] impressu[m] per Ioh[ann]em higma[n] in intersignio leonu[m], prope scholas decretor[um]. Anno d[omi]ni millesimo cccc[o]. lxxxviii. die. xxvi. mensis martii.
Notes (ownership):
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.84 with ownership inscription of Hieronymus Münzer of Nuremberg, dated 1494, on front pastedown: "1494 Hic Libell[us] est mei Ieronimi Monetarii de felkirchen artiu[m] ast[?] Vtrius[que?] medicinae doctoris que[m] mihi co[m]paraui du[m] essem Parisi[us] in peregrinatione Hispanica a[n]no [...]97 in dieb[us] martii." Annotated in Münzer's hand throughout. Passed by descent in 1508 to Hieronymus Holzschuher (1469-1529). Later to Ferdinand Freiherr von Hoffmann of Grünbüchel and Strechau (1540-1607), and then gifted, ca. 1669, to Prince Ferdinand von Dietrichstein (1628-1698). Dealer's notes (Gilhofer & Ranschburg?) on front pastedown, including pencilled code "SLB2532," and in red crayon "Incunabeln 141." "I, III, 30" in blue crayon on both front pastedown and title page. Bookplate of the BPL J.L. Whitney Fund on rear pastedown. Described by E.P. Goldschmidt in Hieronymus Münzer und seine Bibliothek (London: Warburg Institute, 1938), no. 23. Acquired in March, 1937.
Notes (date):
[26 Mar. 1488/89]
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 1755
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American Libraries, A982
Incunabula short title catalogue, ia00982000
Notes (object):
Signatures: a-p⁸ q⁴.
Chancery quarto; a2 recto: 37 lines plus headline, 146 (150) x 88 mm; b1: 29 lines plus headline, 144 (149) x 88 mm; type: 80R; title page vignette (publishers' device); initial spaces with guide letters.
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.84 imperfect: p8 wanting and replaced by a blank leaf. Two- and three-line initials rubricated in red and blue. Foliated in an early hand, beginning with a2, as follows: 1-74, 79, 86, 75-78, 80-85, 87-124 (fol. 124 is pastedown; blank leaf replacing p8 numbered 119). Leaf dimensions: 206 x 143 mm.
BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.84 bound in contemporary leather. Covers deteriorated, revealing sewing structure and pasteboards of printed waste. Housed in a tan cloth box with a black leather label.
Identifier:
06_01_016820
Call #:
RARE BKS Q.405.84
Barcode:
39999086126214