Prooemium in Logicam Aristotelis MANUSCRIPT: 17th-CENTURY ARISTOTELIAN SCHOOL CURRICULUM WITH ELABORATE CALLIGRAPHIC INITIALS

by Petrus Maes

$9,500 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

Louvain: P. Maes, 1632. Hardcover. Twelve parts, quarto 20.5 by 15 cm . Dated manuscript on paper, 571 leaves; ca. 30 lines per page. Manuscript title in red on blank oval within engraved leaf with historiated borders. Neat cursive text in dark brown or black ink; red ink and elaborate calligraphic initials employed for the main sectional titles and further subdivisions. Contemporary calf expertly rebacked , lettered in gilt, with stamped vignettes dated

• Binding: Hardcover

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