1537. AUCTORITATES ARISTOTELIS SENECE BOETII, PLATO[N]IS, Apulei affricani, Empedocles Porphirii & Guilberti porritani.

7. AUCTORITATES ARISTOTELIS SENECE BOETII, PLATO[N]IS, Apulei affricani, Empedocles Porphirii & Guilberti porritani.

Paris [1537], Jean Petit, LXVIII pp.
A unique Parisian edition from Jean Petit's outhouse, theso-called Auctoritates Aristoelis. This was a collection of the most important, representative passages of Aristotle. This collection of Aristotle's sentences comes from a compilation bythe Franciscan scholar Johannes de Fonte, active in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. In the prologue, he presents the above collection as a good introduction to the study of philosophy, or as a good tool for the composition of sermons based on Aristotelianism. On the title page is a unique allegorical woodcut with an outhouse symbol. This edition is missing from the BNF. Rare!

Binding contemporary, full bright parchment in db condition, with minimal rubbing to edges on front and back covers; spine embossed with "Auctoritates" inscription; on front pastedown ex-libris of noble with motto; internal condition db, only reparation of hole in colophon section with Japanese paper; overall condition db.