Turnebe Adrian (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Adrien Turnebe, Paris 1552
- First Edition
Seller: Leaf and Stone Books, Toronto, CanadaLeaf and Stone Books
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Add to basketVellum. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. [6 blanks] 24; [4], 25, [3 ] [6 blanks] pp. A small quarto 8" x 5". Full vellum with very neatly handwritten title in brown ink on the spine. Covers have normal minor wear. The paper used for theend papers and blanks is a close match to the text paper but with slightly… wider chain lines. The first book is in Greek; the second de igne Lib. Eiusdem in Eundem Adnotatiunculae, with the date of 1553, and is the Latin translation. Except for a very slight bit of toning and very occasional foxing, the paper is clean, strong and unmarked. Inside front cover has the bookplate of Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855) , Dean of Christ Church, curator of the Bodleian and delegate of the Oxford University Press. The first separate edition of Theophrastus's treatise on fire , beautifully printed by Turnebe, a specialist in Greek textual criticism and Director of the Royal Press. Theophrastus studied under Plato and was Aristotle's successor at the Peripatetic school. He was interested in philosophy, especially in how it related to the natural world, and his works on botany are famous. Here, he looks at fire and tackles the idea of it as a "simple body" or first principle and seems to come to the conclusion -- contra Aristotle -- that fire cannot be an "element" because it relies on other principles for its existence. An important landmark of classical scholarship and printing, in the first separate edition -- in both Greek and Latin -- nicely printed, and in very good condition, with lovely provenance. OCLC 645152760 ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
Language: German
Published by Paris, Turnebe. 1554. 1554
- First Edition
Seller: Hans Kümmerle - Antiquariat, Goeppingen, GermanyHans Kümmerle - Antiquariat
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Add to basket8°. 2 Bl., 256, 12, 20 S. Mit 22 großen, und über 70 kleineren Holzschnitt-Illustrationen im Text. Prgt. d. Zeit. Gelegentlich etwas wasserfleckig, die zahlreichen Holzstiche in kräftigen Abdrucken. Erste Ausgabe dieses alten Textes über Landvermessung, von Galland u. Turnebe nach einem Manuskript hrsg., das sich jetzt in Wolfen…büttel befindet. Mortimer, French Books, 244; Adams G147. (sehr selten) Sprache: Deutsch.
