ABRIL, Pedro Simón (1530-1595). Primera parte de la filosofia llamada la logica o parte racional. Alcala de Henares: Juan Gracia, 1587. 4° (187 x 138mm). Large woodcut device on title and woodcut initials. (Without blank 2C5, repairs with loss to title and last leaf, smaller repairs to some other leaves, browning and soiling.) Red morocco by Brugalla, 1945, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from José Porter, 1941.
RARE FIRST EDITION. Abril was a Renaissance humanist who taught Greek and Latin at Zaragoza University for over 25 years. He wrote 'a prodigious number' of translations in addition to publishing his own works in both Latin and Castilian. Palau I, 1071: 'Este libro es un caudal de doctrina profunda y un modelo de claridad'.
ABRIL, Pedro Simón (1530-1595). Primera parte de la filosofia llamada la logica o parte racional. Alcala de Henares: Juan Gracia, 1587. 4° (187 x 138mm). Large woodcut device on title and woodcut initials. (Without blank 2C5, repairs with loss to title and last leaf, smaller repairs to some other leaves, browning and soiling.) Red morocco by Brugalla, 1945, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from José Porter, 1941.
RARE FIRST EDITION. Abril was a Renaissance humanist who taught Greek and Latin at Zaragoza University for over 25 years. He wrote 'a prodigious number' of translations in addition to publishing his own works in both Latin and Castilian. Palau I, 1071: 'Este libro es un caudal de doctrina profunda y un modelo de claridad'.
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