(Science) — (Sanctus Albertus Magnus.- Parua naturalia. Venetiis, impensa heredu[m] quonda[m] d[omi]ni Octaviani Scoti ciuis Modoetiensis ac sociorum, 10 Martij 1517). In-f° : [6]-233- [1 bl.] lvs (some lvs slightly browned, handwritten provenance...
Estimation :
500 / 600
Adjudication :
1000 €
Description
on title-page, foxing, marginal dampstains, stains on lvs 36-42, margins partly repaired, rare marginales notes, wormholes in the end -some with very small lacks of text and one repaired-). Contemporary binding : parchment, flat spine with leather label, red sprinkled edges (small wormholes, handwritten classification on upper board, stains, label stuck on the upper pastedown, slightly trimmed). First edition (?) of this very rare early postincunabulum by the Dominican Albertus Magnus (1206-1280), bishop of Regensburg and teacher of Thomas Aquinas, canonised in 1931. Work given by the Italian doctor and philosopher Marco Antonio Zimara (1460-1523) containing treatises on : memory, breathing, youth and old age, nature, plants and vegetals, astronomy, "licit and illicit" books... Text on two columns in gothic typsetting decorated with initials letters (some dotted and/or larges) and the printer's mark in the colophon. In 1517- 1519, was published in Venice, also by the heirs of Ottaviano Scotto, another work of Albertus Magnus given by Zimara, the "Naturalia and supranaturalia". # USTC 808374; # Adams A-529 ("Naturalia ac supranaturalia"); # STC Italian 12 (id.) # not in Machiels, Soltész, Bibl. Wall., Garrisson & Morton, Wellcome, A catalogue of Sixteenth Century printed books in the National Library of Medicine. fl Édition originale de ce très rare post-incunable de l'ouvrage de l'évêque de Ratisbonne, Albert le Grand, donné par Zimara. Traite de la mémoire, de la respiration, de la jeunesse et vieillesse, d'astronomie, des livres "licites et illicites"... Texte en caractères gothiques sur 2 col. Plein parchemin de l'époque (qqs pp. brunies, restaurations marg., galeries de vers à la fin -parfois avec très pet. manques de texte-).
