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Nov 12, 2020
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BUONAMICI, Francesco (1533-1603). Discorsi Poetici Nella Accademia Fiorentina In Difesa d’ Aristotile. Florence: Giorgio Marescotti, 1597.
4to (197 x 134 mm). Title-page printed within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials. (Title trimmed short, a few quires browned.) Contemporary vellum (endpapers renewed). Provenance: Sticker with shelfmark on title verso.
FIRST EDITION of Buonamici's response to Ludovico Castelvetro's 1570 commentary on Aristotle, which was widely known for its inaccuracy. Adams B-3278.