farfel_n04_020_231

Types 146 Gk cursive text type. Accented capitals. In use in
1495 - July 1498.
114 Gk cursive text type - in use from Aug 1496 - to end
of 1499.
114R - Aldine text type with accents, semi colons and commas
in use 1495/6 - June 1499.
108R - text type, in use in 1495.
81R - small text type - found only on 1 page of the
1495 Aristotle.
556
Theophrastus. [insert] (with other tracts) [end insert] 1 June 1497 Hain 1657 (4).
519 leaves, 1-227 numbered I, I-226; 228-343 numbered I-116;
344-385 numbered I-42; 386-397 numbered 1-12; 393-518
numbered 1-121. 3u 30 lines and headlines, 218(229)x130mm
Types: 146 Gk; 114R; 114 Gk Woodcut capitals and borders
Catchwords.

Editio princeps of Aristotle's works. "Aristotle is not only one of the
great classical philosophers, the master of every branch of ancient
knowledge; his method still underlies all modern thinking...
the great Aldine ed. was the 1st major Greek prose text to
be reintroduced in the original to the western world by the
invention of the printing press" - Printing and the Mind of Man.
Unlike other classical writers, Aristotle retained his fame
through the Middle Ages, largely through the works of
Thomas Aquinas, Albertus Magnus and Averroes.
Theophrastus, c374-c286 BC Greek philospher and naturalist
Botanical science in the broadest aspects received a tremendous
stimulus in Greece under the leadership of Theophrastus and his disciples.
He was the founder of that science and one of the greatest botantists of all
time. Theophrastus is said to have written more than 200 treatises,
of which his 2 botanical works, The History of Plants and The
Causes of Plants are the most important that have
survived.