Phisicorum siue De phisico auditu libri octo / Aureus liber Methaphisice & Diuisus in libros / De Anima libri tres. De Intellectu et Intelligibili libri duo / Liber methaurorum / Liber de generatione et corruptione / De mineralibus liber / De cel de ALBERTUS MAGNUS - 1494

Venice: Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1494. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Sammelband of 7 Editions, all printed in Venice: Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis: (1) [Physica:] Phisicorum siue De phisico auditu libri octo. 31 January 1494/95. - (2) [Metaphysica:] Aureus liber Methaphisice & Diuisus in libros. xiij. 18 December 1494. - (3) De Anima libri tres. De Intellectu et Intelligibili libri duo. 7 November 1494. - (4) [De meteoris] Liber methaurorum. 25 February 1494/95. - (5) Liber de generatione et corruptione. 10 June 1495. -(6) De mineralibus liber. 22 June 1495. - (7) De celo et mundo. 6 July 1495. ---- Chancery folio (311x213 mm). Double column, 65 lines; the Gregoriis' printer's devices in all but the seventh item; all with quire registers. COLLATIONS: (1) Physica: po4; a-v6 x4: 128 leaves, a1-x4 foliated 1-124. - (2) Metaphysica: po4; a-z6 &8: 150 leaves, a1-&8 foliated 1-146; red-printed heading, a1r. - (3) De anima: po2; a-k6 l8: 70 leaves, a2-l8 foliated 2-68. - (4) De meteoris: a-l6 m8: 76 leaves, a1-m5 foliated 1-73; 8 schematic woodcuts. - (5) De generatione: A-D6: 24 leaves, A1-D5 foliated 1-23. - (6) De mineralibus: aa-cc6 dd4: 22 leaves, aa1-dd3 foliated 1-21. (7) De celo et mundo: a-l6 m8: 74 leaves, a1-m7 foliated 1-73; 4 schematic woodcuts. Unrubricated, a few neat early annotations and markings, some pages printed in red and black. Slight worming at front, somewhat more extensive at end; but a large, fresh copy (virtually unspotted and unstained) with a number of deckle edges preserved. Contemporary unbevelled beechen boards, later half-sheep (scratched and worn at extremities), two clasps, edges plain; later endleaves. Provenance: Two deleted inscriptions, one dated 1501 - Melchior Mulhauser (later 16th-century inscription, with pie lector ora pro me; probably his gift to a religious house); Joseph A. Freilich, bookplate to front inner board (see his sale 7585, Sotheby's January 2001, lot 18). A rare Sammelband in excellent state of preservation. ---- A fine and well preserved, almost complete collection of Albertus Magnus's major scholastic writings on natural philosophy and metaphysics, including the FIRST EDITIONS of the Metaphysica and De generatione et corruptione. The first two items in the volume have title-pages that assert the ten-year Venetian privilege granted to the Gregorii on 28 June 1494. As part of the same program, and similarly protected, they also printed editions of the Logica (Goff A-270, 27 September 1494) and De animalibus (A-225, 21 May 1495). Another copy of these same seven editions bound together is in Herbert Hoover's library at Claremont College. ---- References: (1) Physica: Goff A-300, Hain-Copinger 519, GW 717; BMC V 346 (IB.21052), Polain 71; BSB-Ink. A163, CIBN A128; Klebs 24.2, Hoover 34. - (2) Metaphysica: Goff A-276, Hain-Copinger 501; GW 683; BMC V 345 (IB.21073), Polain 78; BSB-Ink. A161; Klebs 19.1, Hoover 41. - (3) De anima: Goff A-222, Hain-Copinger 494*, GW 586; BMC V 345 (IB.21071), Polain 67; BSB-Ink. A142, CIBN A114; Klebs 13.2, Hoover 35. - (4) De meteoris: Goff A-278, Hain-Copinger 514*=515, GW 685; BMC V 346 (IB.21053); BSB-Ink. A160, CIBN A121; Klebs 20.2, Hoover 42. - 5. De generatione: Goff A-245, Hain-Copinger 517*, GW 613; BMC V 346 (IB.21081), Polain 72; Klebs 16.1, Hoover 37. - 6. De mineralibus: PMM 17 (for 1st edition), Goff A-281, Hain 522bis*, GW 688; BMC V 346 (IB.21084); BSB-Ink. A151; Klebs 21.3, Hoover 38. - 7. De celo et mundo: Goff A-228, Hain-Copinger 512*, GW 595; BMC V 347 (IB.21087); BSB-Ink. A146, CIBN A119; Klebs 15.2, Hoover 36.