CONTINENTAL BOOKS CATALOGUE 1448 - Maggs Bros. Ltd.

5 ARISTOTLE Ethicorum, sive ad moribus, ad Nichomachum filium, libri
decem, a Joachimo Perionio primum conversi... compendium, per Hermolaum
Barbarum... compendium ac synopsis, a Cuthberto Tonstallo editum.
Heidelberg, Lodovicus Lucius, April 1562. [With] De moribus ad Nichomachum
libri decem. Strassburg, Josias Rihel, 1563.
Printer’s woodcut device, ornamental initials
and greek letter in second work.
Two works in one vol. 8vo (168 x 104mm).
Contemporary German roll-tooled pigskin, central
panel with the arms of Wurttemberg, signed ‘HC’ [Hans
Cantzler]; outer border of medallion heads and foliage
(worn, remains of vellum ties). £1,800
i perionius’ highly regArded lAtin trAnslAtion
of the Nicomachean Ethics, edited by Daniello
Barbaro. It is followed by the epitome of the
work by Ermolao Barbaro (pp325-384) and by
the Compendium on Aristotle’s text by Cuthbert
Tunstall (pp385-562), first published in Paris in
1556. Tunstall was a renowned scholar and one
of the most important English diplomats of the
16th century; he was one of Erasmus’ patrons
who assisted in the production of the second
edition of his Greek New Testament, and also
cast his eye over More’s Moriae Encomium.
II Third edition of the Greek text of the
Nicomachean Ethics, to be edited by Joannes
Sturm, the German educationalist, with prefaces by
Sturm and the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives.
Bound in a contemporary pigskin binding
signed by Hans Cantzler (Haebler I, 74, XIX).
Provenance: Franciscan ownership inscriptions
on fly-leaf and title-page dated 1657.
I Adams A1831. VD16 A3424. Hoffmann I,
p338/9/ II Adams A1808. Ritter 80. Hoffmann
I, p291. This edition not in VD 16.
6 BENCI (FRANCISCO), SJ Orationes & carmina. Quae partim nunquam
antehac, partim in Germania nunc primum in lucem prodierunt. Ingolstadt,
David Sartorius, 1592. [With:] Carminum libri quatuor eiusdem Ergastus et
Philotimus, dramata. Ingolstadt, David Sartorius, 1592.
Woodcut Jesuit device on title-page, ornamental
woodcut head-pieces and initials.
2 parts in one vol. 8vo (165 x 102mm) [4]ff 383pp [4]ff
325pp. Contemporary blind-panelled pigskin with
roll-tooled borders of medallion heads and foliage,
both original clasps intact, spine backed with marbled
paper and label in the 18th century. £950
First edition. The first part of the book includes
several discourses on Latin poetry, while the
four books of Carmina in the second part are
followed by the texts of the religious dramas (in
verse) Ergastus and Philotimus which were
performed before the distribution of prizes in
the gymnasium of the Jesuit College in Rome in
November 1587 and January 1590 respectively.
The author Benci (1542-94) studied in Rome
for seven years during which time he was a
pupil of Marc Antoine Muret, and the first part
of the work includes Benci’s oration delivered
at Muret’s funeral. Bayle devoted an article to
Benci in his Dictionnaire calling him ‘un des
plus excellents orateurs de ce temps-là, et un
poète latin’.
Provenance: Jesuit ownership inscription at
head of title-page, later armorial stamp at foot.
VD16 B1666. Adams B626. Sommervogel I, 1288.
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