Theophrasti De historia, et causis plantaru[m], libri quindecim / Theodoro Gaza interprete ; eiusde[m], tabulas duas capita libroru[m] co[m]plectentes, quaru[m] unam libris de historia, alteram de causis plantaru[m] ; unàcu[m] uocabulis quibusdam Graecoru[m] & Latinorum nominum praefixas inuenies lector, Theodoro Gaza interprete.
1529
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Title
Theophrasti De historia, et causis plantaru[m], libri quindecim / Theodoro Gaza interprete ; eiusde[m], tabulas duas capita libroru[m] co[m]plectentes, quaru[m] unam libris de historia, alteram de causis plantaru[m] ; unàcu[m] uocabulis quibusdam Graecoru[m] & Latinorum nominum praefixas inuenies lector, Theodoro Gaza interprete.
Uniform title
Inquiry into plants. Latin
Created/published
Vaenit Parisiis : Apud Christianum VVechel, uia ad diuum Iacobum sub scuto Basil[ei]ensi, 1529.
Description
[36], 343, [25], [18], 354, [24] p. ; 17 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Theophrastus. author.
Gazēs, Theodōros, approximately 1400-approximately 1475.
Wechel, Chrestien, 1495-1554, printer.
Massey, Mary P., former owner.
Gazēs, Theodōros, approximately 1400-approximately 1475.
Wechel, Chrestien, 1495-1554, printer.
Massey, Mary P., former owner.
Note
De causis plantarum with special title page: Theophrasti De causis plantarum libri VI. Theodoro Gaza interprete. Luteciae, : Ex officina Christiani VVechel., 1529.
Colophon (Et6r): "Excussum Luteciae, in aedibus Christiani VVechel, sub scuto basil[ei]ensi, in uia Iacobaea Idibus Noue[m]bris anno salutis nostrae. M.D.XXIX." The "ei" in "basileiensis" is here represented by a Greek contraction; on the general title page it is an epsilon-iota digraph.
Signatures: *⁸ 2a¹⁰ a-y⁸ &⁸ (2a10 blank); 2*⁸ A-Z⁸ Et⁶. Register (Et6r): "Omnes sunt quaterniones, praeter aa quinternionem, atq[ue] Et ternionem."
Title within woodcut border with cherubs, along with Wechel's tree device at the foot (Renouard 1124); initials.
Errors in pagination (De historia ...): 12 and 16 not printing.
Colophon (Et6r): "Excussum Luteciae, in aedibus Christiani VVechel, sub scuto basil[ei]ensi, in uia Iacobaea Idibus Noue[m]bris anno salutis nostrae. M.D.XXIX." The "ei" in "basileiensis" is here represented by a Greek contraction; on the general title page it is an epsilon-iota digraph.
Signatures: *⁸ 2a¹⁰ a-y⁸ &⁸ (2a10 blank); 2*⁸ A-Z⁸ Et⁶. Register (Et6r): "Omnes sunt quaterniones, praeter aa quinternionem, atq[ue] Et ternionem."
Title within woodcut border with cherubs, along with Wechel's tree device at the foot (Renouard 1124); initials.
Errors in pagination (De historia ...): 12 and 16 not printing.
Cited/described in
BM STC French, 1470-1600, 419
Mortimer, R. French 16th cent., 513
Mortimer, R. French 16th cent., 513
Includes
Theophrastus. De causis plantarum. Latin.
De causis plantarum
De causis plantarum
Genre/form
Borders (Type evidence)
Manuscript waste.
Manuscript waste.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.
Item Details
Call number
245- 230q
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: imperfect: pt. 2 (De causis plantarum) lacking. Folger copy: in modern vellum in a modern case; manuscript waste used to reinforce boards; edges stained black; manuscript title on tail edge. Bookplate: Mary P. Massey.