Ammonius Hermiae, In quinque voces Porphyrii commentarius, Venice, Aldus, 1546, later red morocco

Ammonius Hermiae

Εις τας πεντε φωνας του Πορφυριου υπομνημα. In quinque voces Porphyrii commentarius. Venice: Aldus (sons of Aldus), 1546

8vo (154 x 98mm.), text in Greek, woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut diagrams, without final blank, eighteenth-century red morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, lacking final leaf containing device only, title-page neatly laid down, binding slightly rubbed

Ammonius was a late antique Alexandrian Neoplatonic philosopher renowned for his commentaries on Aristotle; this one covers Porphyrius's Introduction and was plausibly prepared for publication by Ammonius himself, though with later interpolations.

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