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Paper; misc.; ff. III, 389; mm. 282_212. Autograph. Relevant unit (n°14): ff. 7.

8°; e7, A-Z8, Aa-Cc4; ff. [7], pp. 403, [1], ff. 4; mm. 105×158. Dedication and text in italics, preamble in roman.

The Ragionamento is an outstanding example of a general introduction to philosophy aiming to outline the whole structure of philosophical disciplines: a preliminary section on the definition of philosophy is followed by chapters devoted to a…

Paper; ff. [I] + [7 n.n.] + 520 [i.e. 272 pp. + 338 ff.] + [I]; mm. 205_283. Autograph copy with corrections and additions. Title on spine: 'Trattato / dei Governi / di Aristotile / tradotto dal / Greco in Fior(enti)no / da Bernardo Segni'.

4°; A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Iii 4; ff. 220: [1], p. 420, [10]. Type: text in roman; commentary and titles in italics. 216×135 mm.

8°. a-z8, A-H8. ff. 248: [1], 230, [18]. Type: text in italics; commentary in roman. 152x100 mm.

Bernardo Segni's Trattato dei governi is a translation of (and commentary on) Aristotle's Politics. The work, published in 1549 and later reprinted (1551, 1559), was ready in 1548 - as confirmed by the dedicatory epistle to the Duke of Florence,…

Paper; ff. 124; mm. 190_260.

The treatise, divided into 6 books, does not refer explicitly to its sources, but plainly reveals an Aristotelian frame.

Paper; misc., comp.; mm. 330_240; ff. 175 (1r-51r, 81r-126v: autogr. Filippo Sassetti; 62r-77v: other hand; 132r onwards: other hand). Binding in parchment.

The lecture is very based on Aristotelian sources (Aristotle's works are often quoted). The author was a member of the Accademia degli Alterati. The lecture was given in 1564, under the leadership of Baccio Valori (cf. the later 1717 printed…

Paper; ff. II, 328, 33 blank; mm. 130_200.

The anonymous treatise, which might date from the second half of the 17th c., fits in with the wide tradition of works dealing with the notions of politics and ragion di stato. The text opens with a sort of preamble which explicitly draws from…

Paper; mm. 220_310; ff. II + 125 + III. Autogr.

Breventano's treatise is mainly based on Aristotle's Ethics and Rhetoric, but other classical — as well as christian — authors are often quoted. A general introduction on the notion of virtue, very based on Cicero and Aristotle, is followed by…

Paper; ff. 75 + I; mm. 220_320.

After a section devoted to the notion of virtue in general, the treatise is made up of several chapters concerning vices, virtues and other moral categories. It apparently follows the order of Aristotle's Ethics, but it also focuses on Christian…

Parchment; ff. 330; mm. 270_190; illuminated initials with animals and vegetal decorations.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. 289; modern binding; measures variable: 1. ff. 2r-121r, mm. 340_243; 2. ff. 122r-289v, mm. 298_220. Whereas ms. Florence, BNC, Ginori Conti App. 3 is a beautiful copy of the text, ms. Ricc. 2431 is a sketchy version of the…