1567 ASTRONOMY Woodcuts JAVELLI Crisostomo ARISTOTLE INTEREST Renaissance
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Epitome Chrysostomi Iavelli Canapitii, Ord. Prâedicatorum, In Uniuersam Aristotelis Philosophiam, tam Naturalem, quàm Transnuturalem. A Mendis Quamplurimis Ab eiusdem ordinis Philosopho repugata, ac iuxta Arist. libros in ordinem restituta. Horum omnium Indicem versa pagina videbis.
Javelli (Giovanni Crisostomo, father)
...1567
SCARCE ASTRONOMY & METEROLOGY
With approx 15 Woodcuts throughout and woodcut initials.
Biographical note : (Canavese 1470 - Bologna 1538), in Latin Chrysostomus Javellus, Chrysostomus Casalensis or Cavanacius (from his place of birth). Dominican philosopher and theologian of the Italian Renaissance. He taught for a long time at Studium in Bologna (1507-1519), and he composed commentaries on most of Aristotle's works, and defended the Thomist reading of these works. In ethics, he seemed to prefer Plato to Aristotle as being closer to Christian values. The main controversy of his career was against the Averroese Paduan Pietro Pomponazzi and the refutation of De immortalitate animae of the latter. His commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics had a great influence on later Spanish scholasticism.
Javelli (Giovanni Crisostomo, father)Epitome…in Universam Aristotelis philosophiam, tam naturalem, quam transnaturalem, part one only, lacking A1 (title), repair to last text leaf, woodcut diagrams, light water staining, bookplate of Cavalier Perrachino di Cigliano and other ex libris, early annotation to free endpaper, half reverse calf, scuffed and worn with loss to spine, hinges cracked, boards exposed, 8vo, Girolamo Scoto, Venice, 1567.--------------------------------------------------Aristotle believes that the objects in the heavens are perfect and unchanging. Since he believes that the only eternal motion is circular with a constant speed, the motions of the planets must be circular. This comes to be called "The Principle of Uniform Circular Motion" and even Copernicus believes in it.--------------------------------------------------Author: Javelli (Giovanni Crisostomo, father)
Publisher: Venetiis Hieronymum scotum
Edition: 1567 (Colophon) with Registro A-ZZ &&.
Attributes: Scarce woodcuts, Astronomy, Meteorology. Only copy for sale.
Condition: Lacking Title leaf. Worn binding. See photos, half calf, paper chipped to boards with loose, leather corner pieces all but worn away. leather heavily chipped to spine.with smatterings of insect damage. binding is still firm though and pages tightly bound. apart from there title leaf all other pages present. bookplate to the front pastedown. Manuscript annotation to FFEP. pages clean with just the occasional mark (pages 296/327 stained) (our copy compared to National Central Library of Rome copy.
Information: A2 (2) 375pp - Italian 15.5cm x 11cm
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