Lot 701
J. Versor, Questiones super metaphisicam Arestotelis cum textu eiusdem. (Köln, um 1489-94). - Angeb.: Questiones magistri Johannis Versoris super libros ethicorum Arestotelis. Köln 1491.
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€ 1.500
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Lot:
701
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Old prints up to 1600
Aristoteles. - Versor, Johannes: Questiones super metaphisicam Arestotelis cu(m) textu eiusdem. (Köln: Heinrich Quentel, um 1489-94). 28,2 x 20 cm. 1 folio, 114 (of 116) Roman-numbered folios, 1 folio in Gothic type in two columns. Rubricated throughout. Bound between two wooden covers without a spine.
(Cover scuffed, cracked and stained with moisture. Clips missing. Binding loose. The first two leaves have come away from the binding. Title page water-stained, with worm-eaten marks, bearing an obliterated owner’s inscription, a contemporary owner’s inscription in brown ink and a modern owner’s inscription in blue ink. Pages r³ and r⁴ are missing. Irregularly browned, with damp edges, in places with larger water stains, small tears at the edges and soiling along the edges.)
GW 50255. Hain 16051. Goff V-258 (dates the printing between 1489-1494). - An early, probably Cologne-printed edition of the commentary on the *Metaphysics* by the Parisian Dominican Johannes Versor (d. c. 1485). The writings of this Master of the University of Paris and author of numerous commentaries on Aristotle are characterised by a decidedly Thomistic interpretation of Aristotle, without being confined to a mere compilation of the teachings of Thomas Aquinas. Versor is particularly credited with presenting Aristotelian philosophy in a form suitable for university teaching, whilst incorporating the fundamental tenets of the Thomist school. His commentaries bear witness to the increasing academicisation and institutionalisation of the reception of Aristotle that characterised the 15th century. This affinity with Thomism must also be understood within the context of the contemporary rivalry between philosophical schools, which, alongside Thomist positions, represented the traditions of Albertism, Scotism and Nominalism. This Cologne incunabulum is therefore of interest not only as an early print of a commentary on Aristotle, but also as evidence of the dissemination of Thomism and late medieval university philosophy through early book printing.
Bound with: Versor, Johannes: Questiones super libros ethicorum Arestotelis et text(u) eiusdem. Cum singulari diligentia correcte. Cologne: Heinrich Quentel 1491. 1 fol., 119 (of 122) Roman numerals, 2 fol. Gothic type in two columns. Rubricated throughout. (Title page with brown stains. Edges damp throughout. Fol. r² and the last 3 fol. detached from the binding. Leaves r³, r⁴ and r⁵ are missing. Leaves IX and XII are bound together with XLV and XLVIII. With some marginal notes.) – GW 50232. Hain 16053. Goff V-255.
(Cover scuffed, cracked and stained with moisture. Clips missing. Binding loose. The first two leaves have come away from the binding. Title page water-stained, with worm-eaten marks, bearing an obliterated owner’s inscription, a contemporary owner’s inscription in brown ink and a modern owner’s inscription in blue ink. Pages r³ and r⁴ are missing. Irregularly browned, with damp edges, in places with larger water stains, small tears at the edges and soiling along the edges.)
GW 50255. Hain 16051. Goff V-258 (dates the printing between 1489-1494). - An early, probably Cologne-printed edition of the commentary on the *Metaphysics* by the Parisian Dominican Johannes Versor (d. c. 1485). The writings of this Master of the University of Paris and author of numerous commentaries on Aristotle are characterised by a decidedly Thomistic interpretation of Aristotle, without being confined to a mere compilation of the teachings of Thomas Aquinas. Versor is particularly credited with presenting Aristotelian philosophy in a form suitable for university teaching, whilst incorporating the fundamental tenets of the Thomist school. His commentaries bear witness to the increasing academicisation and institutionalisation of the reception of Aristotle that characterised the 15th century. This affinity with Thomism must also be understood within the context of the contemporary rivalry between philosophical schools, which, alongside Thomist positions, represented the traditions of Albertism, Scotism and Nominalism. This Cologne incunabulum is therefore of interest not only as an early print of a commentary on Aristotle, but also as evidence of the dissemination of Thomism and late medieval university philosophy through early book printing.
Bound with: Versor, Johannes: Questiones super libros ethicorum Arestotelis et text(u) eiusdem. Cum singulari diligentia correcte. Cologne: Heinrich Quentel 1491. 1 fol., 119 (of 122) Roman numerals, 2 fol. Gothic type in two columns. Rubricated throughout. (Title page with brown stains. Edges damp throughout. Fol. r² and the last 3 fol. detached from the binding. Leaves r³, r⁴ and r⁵ are missing. Leaves IX and XII are bound together with XLV and XLVIII. With some marginal notes.) – GW 50232. Hain 16053. Goff V-255.