ARISTOTLE PARAPHRASE

[Aristotle] Riccoboni, Antonio: Poetica Antonii Riccoboni I.C. humanitatis in Patavino gymnasio exploratoris, Poeticam Aristotelis per paraphrasim explicans, & nonnullas Ludovici Castelvetrii captiones refellens. Vicetiae [Vicenza], apud Perinum bibliopolam, & Georgium Grecum socios 1585.

First edition. Paraphrase of Aristotle’s ‘On poetry’ (1-137) followed by a study of Aristotle on comedy (139-171). Antonio Riccoboni (1541-1599) was a professor of humanities at Padua university. He writes here in opposition to the important work on the ‘On Poetry’ by the distinguished and controversial scholar Lodovico Castelvetro (c.1505-1571). A dedication is written to Hieronymus Philippovius, of the Polish royal household.

Details

8vo., pp. [8] 171 [5]. With final blank. Fine woodcut initials. Title-page dusty and with bottom outer corner (blank) chipped away, otherwise very good, bound in modern quarter calf and marbled boards, with label of red morocco gilt, possibly taken from a sammelband (inscription to top left, “No. 5209” and “No. 10”), title-page also with earlier inscription (”Laelii [???]”).

CNCE 47597. OCLC (10/16) shows copies outside Italy at Oxford, Aberdeen, Berlin, BNF.