Florence, Ex officina Iunctarum, 1584. In 2°. Printer's mark on the title page, portrait of the author on the reverse of the title page within an oval, woodcut initials, vignette with a view of Florence at the beginning of each chapter, some foxing and reddening, slight water stains on the last pages, small defects on the lower corner of the last two leaves, contemporary binding in full parchment, handwritten title on the spine, slight defects.
Specialist Notes
Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics by the humanist and philologist Pietro Vettori (Florence, 1499-1585). Vettori was a public reader of Greek and Latin eloquence from 1538 to 1583. An opponent of the Medici, he wrote commentaries on classical authors including: Plato, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Euripides, Xenophon, Terence, Cicero, Sallust, Demetrius Phalereus.
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