ETHICI seu morales philosophorum.

Paris, Jodocus Badius & Bernardus Aubrius 1517. In-8o (16,1 X 10,5 cm), signatures 1 bl., xvi, A(1-8)- Z(1-8), a(1-8) - m(1-8), 1 bl., total 288 leaves. Woodcut printer device on title page (s. Renouard 16), engraved initials. Moisture on top corner of beginning and ending leaves. Old marginalia from 2 diff. hands, one of the owner's insciption Bertolodus 1545. Contemprorary blindstamp calf binding, back with 3 raised bands and small upper part missing, one of the binding leather ties missing. First edition of A. Sylvestro. Johannnes Argyropoulos (Constantinople c. 1410 - Rome 1486) was a greek lecturer and philosopher who contributed greatly to the revival of classical learning and was condidered the successor of Chrysoloras. Besides his own works he translated mainly Aristoteles and S. Basile in Latin. Rare edition unknown to Brunet, Papadopoulos 655, Legrand B, III 191, CRAN 16-7.

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