[INCUNABULA]. PAULUS VENETUS (1369-1429). Expositio in libros posteriorum Aristotelis. Venice: Guliermu[s] de Mo[n]teferrato [i.e. Gulielmo 'Anima Mea'], 11 August, 1486.

Folio (327 x 216 mm). Collation: a-o8 p6. 116 leaves (of 118), lacking a1 and p6, both blank. Gothic type. (Small marginal chip or paper flaw on first leaf, a few short martial tears, some minor browning.) Contemporary oak boards, modern white pigskin rebacking (ca 5-in. split to lower board, lacking ties); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Neat marginal notes in an early hand; John W. Puricelle [Duricelle?] (annotations on first and last leaf translating, with error, the colophon, and recording his purchase of this work in Paris on Quai des Augustins on 9 October 1869).

Third incurable edition of Paulus Venetus's commentary on Aristotle's "Posterior Analytics" (first printed in 1477), the first work independently printed by Anima Mia. Paulus Venetus, an Augustinian hermit and a foremost authority on Aristotle, produced seven expositions on the philosopher's works. The printer, William of Trino, referred to himself as Anima Mia, and is identified as such by Goff and BMC. He was active from 1485-1499, and first worked as the partner of Antonello di Barasconi. He appears under his own imprint for the first time in the present work, and produced over 30 works mostly on his own, including works of theology, grammar, logic, scholasticism, the classics and science. BMC V:410; Goff P-214; iSTC ip00214000.

[INCUNABULA]. PAULUS VENETUS (1369-1429). Expositio in libros posteriorum Aristotelis. Venice: Guliermu[s] de Mo[n]teferrato [i.e. Gulielmo 'Anima Mea'], 11 August, 1486.

[INCUNABULA]. PAULUS VENETUS (1369-1429). Expositio in libros posteriorum Aristotelis. Venice: Guliermu[s] de Mo[n]teferrato [i.e. Gulielmo 'Anima Mea'], 11 August, 1486.