May 05, 2022 - Sale 2603

Sale 2603 - Lot 64

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[Medicine & Science] Pseudo-Aristotle.
Aristotle's Last Legacy: Unfolding the Mysteries of Nature in the Generation of Man.

London: Printed for R.G., 1704.

12mo, early, unrecorded edition not in ESTC, and earlier than the earliest recorded copy of this title (1707); frontispiece woodcut portrait of "The Famous Aristotle," seated in his chamber with book and globe, the grim reaper framed on the wall; front blank present, bound in full contemporary sheepskin, somewhat worn, generally good contemporary condition, leaf A9 (page 7/8) top corner torn away with some loss, 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.

ESTC notes that the same content was published beginning in 1690 under the title, Aristotle's Master-Piece. The authorship is a spurious attribution. Although the text was printed in many editions under both titles, all are rare.