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Title

Opera

Description

This book is part of the editio princeps of the Aristotelian corpus, which Aldus Manutius (1449/1450-1515) published himself in five folio volumes at Venice in 1495. Manutius was famous for his devotion to ancient Greek literature; he wished to save the Greek corpus from further loss by committing as many works as possible to type. He also developed the typeface style known as italic. Manutius’ edition of Aristotle was the first major Greek prose corpus to be printed in its original language and set the standard for the development of Greek type in the fifteenth century. The pages displayed include a passage from De Caelo in which Aristotle mentions the receptacle described in Plato’s Timaeus as the receiver of all things. This passage, De Caelo 306b15-22, begins in line 10 on the left page shown with the words
Ἀλλ’ ἔοικεν ἡ φύσις.

Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)

Incunabula Q. 881 A81495

Authors

Aristotle.

Full Title

Opera.

Date

1495-1498

Publisher

Aldus Manutius, Romanus

Location

Venice

Language

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Rights

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Type

Text

Medium

Book

Bibliographic Citation

Aristotle., Galen., Philo, Theophrastus., Alexander, Aldo Manuzio, Charles-François Capé, Michael Tomkinson, and Albert May Todd. Opera. Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, 1495.