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Introductio in dialecticam Aristotelis, / per magistrum Franciscum Toletu[m] sacerdotem Societatis Iesu, ac philosophiae in Romano Societatis Collegio professore

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Description: First published in Rome in 1561. Woodcut device with the letters IHS (Society of Jesus) on title page, woodcut diagrams in the text, ornamental initials. Colophon: Impressum Mexici, apud Antonium Ricardu[m] Pedem[n]tanu[m]. Impe[n]sis Petri Nunnesij a prado. Rogatu R.P. Vince[n]tij Nutij societatis Iesu, & Rectoris D. Petri & Pauli Collegialium. Anno a partu Virginis 1578. die vltima Septembris. Foliation errors: leaf 14 misnumbered as 16, 16 as 14, 50 as 05, 59 as 56, and 120 as 136. Signatures: A-X⁸ Y⁴, ²A⁴ ²B-G⁸. "Reuerendi Do. Francisci Maurolyci, abbatis Messanensis, atque mathematici eleberrimi. De Sphaera. Liber vnus." has separate foliation, signatures and title page.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1578
Call number: 106405
Creator: Toledo, Francisco de (1532-1596)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from H.R. Wagner, Dec. 1923. One figurative firebrand (28 x 28 mm) of the Convento de San Francisco de San Luis de Potosí on head edge. Contemporary marginal ms. annotations. Probably the Count Agreda copy.
Dimensions: 16 cm (8vo)
Associated people: Maurolico, Francesco, (1494-1575.); Ricardo, Antonio, (1540?-1606,)
Associated organization: Convento de San Francisco de San Luis Potosí,
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