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Aristotelis Historia de animalibus. Ivlio Caesare Scaligero interprete, cum eiusdem commentarijs. Philippvs Jacobvs Mavssacvs ... ex bibliotheca paterna opus à multis abhinc annis expetitum primus vulgauit & restituit, additis prolegomenis & animaduersion
Toulouse
Dominique Bosc et Pierre Bosc
1619
€600 - €900

Folio, [32], 1248, [20] pp., title engraving with allegory of the city of Toulouse, text in Latin and Greek, some woodcuts in text, scribbles in pen to a few pages at the start, one page (B1) with repair in with corner, 18th c. full calf binding with some rubbing. Good copy

Edited and with commentary by Julius Caesar Scaliger, 1484-1558. First edition thus. The text is in Greek and Latin; commentary in Latin. Scaliger intended to be judged primarily as a philosopher and a man of science and regarded classical studies as a means of relaxation. His scientific writings are all in the form of commentaries. He was a great prevaricator: it was not until he was seventy that he felt that any of them were ready for publication. In 1556 he printed his dialogue on the 'De plantis' attributed to Aristotle; his commentaries on Aristotle's 'History of Animals', he left in a more or less unfinished state, and they were not printed until after his death