Aristotle; Bernardo Segni, trans. RETTORICA ET POETICA D'ARISTOTILE. Venice: per Bartholomeo detto l'Imperador, & Francesco suo genero, 1551. 2nd ed. translated into Italian by Segni. Limp vellum, manuscript on spine. 8vo; a-s8 u8 t8 x-z8 A-E8 F2 (signatures u and t mis-bound); 209, [17 table] (many pages mis-numbered). Italic type with Roman; text in Italian. With dedication, full woodcut title page, woodcut initials, publisher information on colophon. Edit16 2934.

6 x 4 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Some discoloration to vellum, small losses to corners; occasional small wormhole or trail on vellum and leaves; small losses to endpapers and occasional edge or corner loss; separation from textblock and at hinges; toning with occasional damp staining, staining and grime, most noticeable at end table, color pencil marks on z1.