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4°. [8], 270, [2] p.

Annibal Caro's translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric, completed - as the original autograph ms. now in the Ambrosiana (O 120 sup.) confirms - in 1551, was not printed until 1570. The original ms. shows quite a substantial revision of the text and would…

Paper; ff. [1], [VI], [1], 107, [5]. mm. 205x290. Card binding.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. [7], 235, [1], [2]; mm. 350_235.

Though recorded as a single work, the two manuscripts Florence, BNC, II.I.20-21 are note really related: the first one contains the so-called Proloqui nella Rettorica and an incomplete Ragionamento della poesia; the second manuscript is made up of 5…

Paper; ff. [II] + [6] + 269 + [II]. Old binding in vellum; mm. 165_230.

4°; p. [12], 355, [25].

Bernardo Segni's translation of Aristotle's Poetics and Rhetoric were first printed in Florence in 1549, though the author had been working on them for several years, as confirmed by the manuscript (autograph) version of the Rhetoric now in the…

8°. a8, A-Z8. ff. 192: [8], 184. Italics. 93×152 mm.

The translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric was edited by the Sienese scholar Felice Figliucci, who refers to the work as realised by a translator who undoubtedly came from Siena, as it shall appear clear from the language employed. Figliucci, who was…

8°. A-B4, C2. ff. 10. Dedication italics; text roman. 110×160 mm.

The Trattato de' costumi, attributed to Luigi Dal Portello (who signs the preface letter to Niccolò Valier) by Risse, is in fact the translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric, book II. As one gets from the identity of the publisher, such work might be…

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…