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[12], 350, [2] pp. Woodcut portrait of Aristotle on title-page; printer's device on final leaf; historiated initials; a few diagrams in the text. (folio) 12½x8¼, later vellum-backed marbled boards, hand-lettered spine title, page edges speckled.

Translations and commentary on Aristotle by the 5th-6th century Roman statesman and philosopher, the last great Roman writer who understood Greek. Edited by Julianus Martianus Rota; the earliest publication may have been the 1559 edition. Possibly a re-issue of Joannes Gryphius' Venice 1566 edition; the final leaf recto has the Gryphius printer's device and the texts included are the same. The RLG Union Catalogue locates only the copy in the Library of Congress.