ARISTOTLE (Organon [Greek] Venice, B. Zanetti 1536.
Sm.-8vo. (282) lvs. Repeated printer's device in woodcut. Contemporary vellum (browned, soiled, edges rubbed, spine renewed [18th century], title on spine. Early edition in the original Greek; very rare. During late Greco-Roman times it was usual to combine the logical writings of Aristotle ("Categoriae", "De interpretatione", the two analytic writings as well as the works concerning dialectical conclusions ["Topica"] and deception ["Sophistici elenchi"]) together under one heading "Organon" ( = "Tool"); this term was derived from Aristotle's ideas that Logic was an aid to science, but not a discipline in its own right. "...during the later period of antiquity and the middle ages ... one studied Aristotelian Logic in what had become a standard arrangement " (DNP 1, Sp. 1138). Newer free end-papers. First gatherings damp-stained or water-marked, otherwise slightly browned throughout and minor spotting. A good copy. IA 107.954 (coll. incompl.); Hoffmann I, 277; Schweiger I, 53; PCCBI 6.5547 (2 copies, coll. incompl.); NUC 20 / 663.
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