Commentarii Collegii Conimbricensis – Jesuit – 1600 | Aristotle Generation Commentary

Commentarii Collegii Conimbricensis Societatis Jesu is a 1600 printing of commentary on Aristotle’s De Generatione et Corruptione. Written and collected by Jesuit scholars of Coimbra, this first edition stands as the most important work of the Conimbricenses. This book is a line-by-line study of Aristotle’s views on matter, the elements, birth, and death written through the lens of Christian theology.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Commentarii Collegii Conimbricensis Societatis Jesu, in duos libros De generatione et corruptione, Aristotelis Stagiritae
• Author(s): Collegium Conimbricense Societatis Jesu
• Publisher: Lugduni, sumptibus Johannis Baptistae Buysson
• Edition: First edition, 1600
• Format: (8vo), single volume
• Binding: Contemporary vellum
• Size:  9 in x 6.5 in (22.9 in x 16.5 cm)
• Collation: [12], 537, [27] pp
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Commentary on De Generatione et Corruptione
• Provenance: provenance
• Reference(s): references

Condition:

Bound in original vellum with natural warping, the text block secure and strong. The handwritten title on the spine remains clear. Internally complete, with pages clean and legible throughout. Very Good.

Why Collect This?

• Early Jesuit commentary on Aristotle
• First edition printed in 1600

Item Number: # 29235