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<dl><dd>Title and imprint from colophon (2f4 verso): "Finiunt libri de animalibus Aristotelis interprete Theodoro Gaze ... quos Ludouicus Podocatharus Cyprius ex archetypo ipsius Theodori fideliter &amp;amp, dilige[n]ter auscultauit: &amp;amp, formulis imprimi curauit Venetiis per Iohannem de Colonia sociu[m]q[ue] eius Iohanne[m] Ma[n]then de Gherretze[m]. Anno domini M. CCCC. LXXVI."</dd>
<dd>Translated by Theodorus Gaza; edited by Ludovicus Podocatharus</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-b¹⁰ c-e⁸ f¹⁰ g⁸ h¹⁰ i⁸ k-t¹⁰ u⁸ x¹⁰ 2a-2d¹⁰ 2e⁸ 2f⁶ (a1 and 2f6=blank; a3 signed a2, r2 signed with an upside down "r").</dd>
<dd>Chancery folio; a3 recto: 35 lines, 191 x 112 mm; type: 109R(1); initial spaces with guide letters.</dd>
<dd>De animalibus historia -- De animalium partibus -- De animalium generatione</dd>
<dd>Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, 232</dd>
<dd>Goff, F.R Incunabula in American libraries, A973</dd>
<dd>Incunabula short title catalogue, ia00973000</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.81 FOLIO imperfect: a1 and 2f6 (both blank) wanting. Early/contemporary foliation in upper right margin. Leaf dimensions: 306 x 209 mm.</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.81 FOLIO with bookplate of Lewis S. Conant on front pastedown and ink stamp on front flyleaf recto. Early/contemporary marginalia in Latin and Greek (multiple hands) throughout. Purchased in January, 1940.</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.81 FOLIO bound in ca. 19th-century speckled calf, rebacked. Spine ruled and tooled in gilt with red leather label.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Zoology; Animals; Reproduction</div>
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<dl><dd>Aristotle</dd>
<dd>Gazes, Theodoros, approximately 1400-approximately 1475, translator</dd>
<dd>Podocatharus, Ludovicus, -1504, editor</dd>
<dd>Johann, von Koln, active 1471-1491, printer</dd>
<dd>Manthen, Johann, active 1471-1481, printer</dd>
<dd>Aristotle. Historia animalium</dd>
<dd>Aristotle. De partibus animalium</dd>
<dd>Aristotle. On the generation of animals</dd>
<dd>Conant, Lewis S., former owner. MB</dd></dl></div>
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