![MAIOLI, Lorenzo (d. 1501). Epiphyllides in dialecticis - De Conversione propositionum cuiuscumque generis secundum peripateticos. – AVERROES (1126-98). Quaestio in librum priorum [Aristotelis] de propositione, quae vocatur inventa in actu, & absoluta. Translated from Hebrew by Elia da Creta (1460-97). Venice: Aldus Manutius, July 1497.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10455_0056_001(maioli_lorenzo_epiphyllides_in_dialecticis_-_de_conversione_propositio075121).jpg?w=1)
![MAIOLI, Lorenzo (d. 1501). Epiphyllides in dialecticis - De Conversione propositionum cuiuscumque generis secundum peripateticos. – AVERROES (1126-98). Quaestio in librum priorum [Aristotelis] de propositione, quae vocatur inventa in actu, & absoluta. Translated from Hebrew by Elia da Creta (1460-97). Venice: Aldus Manutius, July 1497.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10455_0056_002(maioli_lorenzo_epiphyllides_in_dialecticis_-_de_conversione_propositio075223).jpg?w=1)
![MAIOLI, Lorenzo (d. 1501). Epiphyllides in dialecticis - De Conversione propositionum cuiuscumque generis secundum peripateticos. – AVERROES (1126-98). Quaestio in librum priorum [Aristotelis] de propositione, quae vocatur inventa in actu, & absoluta. Translated from Hebrew by Elia da Creta (1460-97). Venice: Aldus Manutius, July 1497.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10455_0056_000(maioli_lorenzo_epiphyllides_in_dialecticis_-_de_conversione_propositio060654).jpg?w=1)
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MAIOLI, Lorenzo (d. 1501). Epiphyllides in dialecticis - De Conversione propositionum cuiuscumque generis secundum peripateticos. – AVERROES (1126-98). Quaestio in librum priorum [Aristotelis] de propositione, quae vocatur inventa in actu, & absoluta. Translated from Hebrew by Elia da Creta (1460-97). Venice: Aldus Manutius, July 1497.
Super-chancery 4°(205 x 140mm). Collation: a4 (title, Aldus's preface, author's letter to the printer, author's dedication to Ippolito d'Este il Vecchio, Cardinal-deacon of Santa Lucia, table of contents); b-f8 g10 (Epiphyllides, g10 blank); a-i8 (De Conversione, i8r colophon); A-D8 (Averroes, D8r register). 158 leaves. Type 8:87R, 2:114(87)Gk. 33 lines. Initial spaces with guide-letters. (Title neatly restored, marginal notes washed in part III.) 19th-century black morocco gilt, knotwork decoration on sides, gilt spine (lightly rubbed). Provenance: [Property of a Gentleman, sold Christie's, 3 May 1995, lot 12] – Livio Ambrogio (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Maioli's two works (Averroes' tract had appeared in several earlier editions as part of his commentaries on Aristotle). From the preface it is clear that Aldus had been reluctant to publish the book under his imprint and that his editorial assistant on the Greek Aristotle – then under production – had applied heavy pressure. RARE: only two other copies recorded on ABPC and RBH. HC 2191; BMC V, 557; IGI 6034; Flodr 44:267 (Averroes); Dionisotti & Orlandi X; Lowry p. 116; Ahmanson-Murphy 15; Laurenziana 14; Renouard Alde 14:8, 14:9 and 14:10; Goff M-83.
Super-chancery 4°(205 x 140mm). Collation: a4 (title, Aldus's preface, author's letter to the printer, author's dedication to Ippolito d'Este il Vecchio, Cardinal-deacon of Santa Lucia, table of contents); b-f8 g10 (Epiphyllides, g10 blank); a-i8 (De Conversione, i8r colophon); A-D8 (Averroes, D8r register). 158 leaves. Type 8:87R, 2:114(87)Gk. 33 lines. Initial spaces with guide-letters. (Title neatly restored, marginal notes washed in part III.) 19th-century black morocco gilt, knotwork decoration on sides, gilt spine (lightly rubbed). Provenance: [Property of a Gentleman, sold Christie's, 3 May 1995, lot 12] – Livio Ambrogio (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Maioli's two works (Averroes' tract had appeared in several earlier editions as part of his commentaries on Aristotle). From the preface it is clear that Aldus had been reluctant to publish the book under his imprint and that his editorial assistant on the Greek Aristotle – then under production – had applied heavy pressure. RARE: only two other copies recorded on ABPC and RBH. HC 2191; BMC V, 557; IGI 6034; Flodr 44:267 (Averroes); Dionisotti & Orlandi X; Lowry p. 116; Ahmanson-Murphy 15; Laurenziana 14; Renouard Alde 14:8, 14:9 and 14:10; Goff M-83.
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