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The Trattato is a summary of Aristotelian mistakes in the field of natural philosophy, with a special focus on cosmography and heavens. The author, Giovanni Maria Benedetti, refers to several Aristotelian passages as well as to more recent authors…

4°. A-C4, D2. ff. 14. Preface italics, text roman, marginalia italics. mm. 140×200.

The work is a compendium of meteorology very focused on the knowledge of winds and their nature. Aristotle's Meteorology undoubtedly plays a main role among Breventano's sources, which are nonetheless extremely heterogeneous (Hippocrates, Seneca,…

4°. A-P4. ff. 53, [7]. Italics. mm. 130x180.

The Trattato is conceived as a development of some remarks given in the Trattato degli elementi. The work is introduced by a preface to the readers which summarises what the author had written in the preface to the previous work. NEED TO CHECK AN…

Paper; ff. 4, 2, 57, 5; mm. 218_164; autograph by Francesco de Vieri (cf. mss. Magl. XII.12, XXI.29). Beautiful dedicatory copy.

8°. *8, A-L8; ff. [8], pp. 166, ff. [5]. Roman. mm. 105×158.

8°. a8, A-Z8, Aa-Dd8, Ee4. ff. [8], pp. 424, ff. [8]. Dedication and text roman, preface to book 1-3 and preface to book 4 italics. mm. 104×160.

Francesco de Vieri's commentary on Aristotle's Meteorology, first published in 1573 (3 books) was later completed and republished (4 books) in 1582. The commentary on book 4 is witnessed by a dedicatory manuscript copy addressed to Francesco I de…