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ALEXANDER of Aphrodisias. In topica Aristotelis, commentarii. Greek text, edited by Marcus Musurus. [4], 3-281 [i. e., 285] pages, including the uncancelled blank A9 but lacking the final leaf with Aldine device on verso. Folio, 297x195, early 19th-century 1/2 russia gilt (bound uniformly with lots 52 and 114), front joint starting, one raised band off; light dampstaining in lower margins. Carpentras Jesuit College ownership inscription on title dated 1612. wide-margined copy. (Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, September 1513)
first edition in the original greek of a commentary on Aristotle's Topics, dealing with dialectical argumentation, one of the 6 treatises on logic forming his Organon (see lot 13). Alexander was a 2nd-3rd century Peripatetic philosopher and preeminent Aristotelian commentator. Renouard, page 62(5); New UCLA 118; DSB I, 117-18; Hoffmann I, 115.
