Aristotle Julius Caesar Scaliger (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Aristotelis Historia de Animalibus, Iulio Caesare Scaligero. Interprete, cum eiusdem Commentarijs. Philippus Jacobus Maussacus, in Senatu Tolosano Consiliarius Regius, ex Bibliotheca paterna opus à multis abinc annis expetitum primus vulgauit & restituit, additis Prolegomenis & Animaduersionibus. Accedit Fragmentum Quod Decimus Historiarum inscribitur, multò quàm antea emendatius & auctius. Additi Praeterea Indices, Unus Auctorum Qui in Opere citantur & emendantur, alter rerum & verborum notabilium. Tolosae, Apud Dominicum & Petrum Bosc. 1619. First Edition. 1248 p., modern leather bindings measuring 13.5 x 9.25 , fo. In good condition. Contemporary leather boards normally scuffed at edges and worn at corners. Spine is restored with what appears to be 18th-19th C leather title label & some deco. Edges of text-block painted red. Pasted-in typed ownership name found on front paste-down s top edge: J.M. Costello. Old-hand ink marginalia found on front end-page. Title page exhibits many instances of old-hand ink marginalia & ownership signatures, some dated 1745 & 1759. Normal toning throughout text-block with some instances of age-staining or finger-soiling. Contemporary binding tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484 1558), or Giulio Cesare della Scala, was an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France. He employed the techniques and discoveries of Renaissance humanism to defend Aristotelianism against the New Learning. In spite of his contentious disposition, his contemporary reputation was high. Jacques Auguste de Thou claimed that none of the ancients could be placed above him and that he had no equal in his own time. Aristotle (384 322 BC) studied at Plato's Academy in Athens, remaining there for some 17 years. Like Plato, he sought universals in his philosophy, but unlike Plato he backed up his views with detailed observation, notably of the natural history of the island of Lesbos and the marine life in the island's lagoon at Pyrrha. This study made him the earliest natural historian whose written work survives. No similarly detailed work on zoology was attempted until the sixteenth century; accordingly Aristotle remained highly influential for some two thousand years. His writings on zoology form about a quarter of his surviving work. Aristotle's pupil Theophrastus later wrote a similar book on botany, Enquiry into Plants. First Edition. First Scaliger edition of Aristotle s pioneering work on zoology which had a powerful influence on zoology for over two thousand years. RAREE1619QZZA - 04/18 RAREE1619QZZB - 01/25 - HKERV398.

First Scaliger edition of Aristotleâs pioneering work on zoology which had a powerful influence on zoology for over two thousand years. Folio, bound in full contemporary vellum-covered boards, engraved vignette title page, in-text woodcut illustrations, and numerous woodcut initials throughout. Julius Caesar ScaligerÂwas an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France. He employed the techniques and discoveries of Renaissance humanism to defend Aristotelianism against the New Learning. In spite of his contentious disposition, his contemporary reputation was high. Jacques Auguste de Thou claimed that none of the ancients could be placed above him and that he had no equal in his own time. In very good condition. Repair and ownership name to the title page. Written in the fourth century B.C.E., Aristotle's History of Animals had a powerful influence on zoology for some two thousand years. Generally seen as a pioneering work of zoology, Aristotle frames his text by explaining that he is investigating the what (the existing facts about animals) prior to establishing the why (the causes of these characteristics). The book is thus an attempt to apply philosophy to part of the natural world. Throughout the work, Aristotle seeks to identify differences, both between individuals and between groups. The work contains many accurate eye-witness observations, in particular of the marine biology around the island of Lesbos, such as that the octopus had color-changing abilities and a sperm-transferring tentacle, that the young of a dogfish grow inside their mother's body, and that the male river catfish guards the eggs after the female has left. Some of these were long considered fanciful before being rediscovered in the nineteenth century. It continued to be a primary source of knowledge until in the sixteenth century zoologists including Conrad Gessner, all influenced by Aristotle, wrote their own studies of the subject.