The first edition of Nonius was printed at Rome in 1470 by Lauer; the
second, in 1471, was without place or name. Jenson's edition, which is
the third, borrowed from both of these but added also something of
value. The correct title, _De compendiosa doctrina_, first appears here.
The usual title, _De proprietate sermonum_, belongs strictly to the
first chapter. As in all the early editions, the third chapter is
lacking, having been discovered later and first included in the 1513
edition of Aldus. Jenson's Greek type long remained in favor for
incidental use in Latin books after it had been displaced in Greek books
by Aldine types.
The Wodhull copy, "Payne's sale, £5.5s., January, 1792." Bound by Roger
Payne in red morocco, gilt edges. Leaf 11 × 8 in.
13. DULLAERT, JOHANNES, de Janduno or Gandavo. Quaestiones super tres
libros Aristotelis de anima. Venetiis, Franciscus de Hailbrun et
Nicolaus de Franckfordia socii, 1473.
_Fol. 1^a, blank._ _1^b_: Tabula q_ue_stio_n_u_m_ d_omi_ni Joh_ann_is de
Janduno sup_er_ tres libros de anima Aristotelis. _Fol. 2^a_: [I]Nest
enim me_n_tib_us_ hominu_m_ Veri boni naturalis inserta cupiditas. _Fol.
92^b_, COLOPHON: Expliciunt questiones d_omi_ni Joh_ann_is de Janduno
sup_er_ tres libros de a_n_i_m_a Ar_istotelis_ i_m_presse Venetijs p_er_
Franciscu_m_ de Hailbrun _et_ Nicolau_m_ de Franckfordia socios.
M.CCCCLXXiii.
Folio. Quires [1-8^{10}, 9^{12}], 92 leaves, 2 columns, 71 lines to
the column, gothic letter, without signatures, catchwords or
pagination. Six- to twelve-line spaces left for capitals. Two
pinholes. Arabic figures used to the exclusion of roman numerals
not only in table of contents, but throughout the text to mark
subdivisions of the argument or individual books of a treatise.
Hain 7458. Burger pl. 99.
On first page of text a twenty-four line initial illuminated in gold and
colors, with border ornament. Book and chapter initials in alternate red
and blue. Arabic numerals, which made their first appearance in printed
books in 1470, were very sparingly used even at a considerably later
date than 1473.
The author, commonly known as Johannes de Gandavo (Ghent), of the early
part of the 14th century, wrote commentaries also on other works of
Aristotle. Of the present work five editions, of which this is the
first, were printed at Venice in the 15th century.
Franz Renner of Heilbronn conducted a press at Venice from 1471 to 1483,
having as partner from 1473 to 1477 Nicolas of Frankfort. The present
volume is printed in a small round-faced gothic type, the second of the
nine fonts which he used.
The Wodhull copy, bought at the Maffei Pinelli sale, London, 1789, for
£1.13s. Bound in hf. vellum. Leaf 16-3/4 × 11-1/2 in.
14. ARISTOTELES. Libri de animalibus interprete Theodoro Gaza. Venetiis,
Johannes de Colonia sociusque Johannes Manthen, 1476.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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