Aristotle, Libri Quatuordecim qui Aristotelis esse dicuntur, de Secretiore, Paris, 1571.

Aristotle. Libri Quatuordecim qui Aristotelis esse dicuntur, de Secretiore parte divinae sapientiae secundum Aegyptios, collation: a4 A-L4 M2 N-Pp4 a4 e4 i2, complete with blank leaf Pp4, title with small woodcut device, woodcut initials and decorations, water-staining towards end, mostly marginal, 17th century ink annotations to endpapers, small leather book-label of Haven O'More, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 4to (222 x 160mm.), Paris, ex officina Jacobi du Puys, 1571.

⁂ Rare work purportedly by Aristotle, "said to have been found at Damascus, and to have been translated from Greek into Arabic, and from Arabic into Latin...it is in great measure compiled from the works of Plotinus, though what is extracted from the writings of that philosopher is barbarized, as is usual with the Arabians." (Thomas Taylor, A Dissertation on the philosophy of Aristotle, 1812).

Literature: Adams A1969.

Provenance: "Ex libris Julii Caesaris Ballivi" on title - probably Sir Julius Caesar, English judge, lawyer and politician, c.1558-1636.

Saleroom notice: The provenance should be Giulio Ballino, an Italian judge (not Sir Julius Caesar as stated in the catalogue).