S. THOMAS OF AQUIN - Commentary on the eight books... Lot 34

S. THOMAS OF AQUIN - Commentary on the eight books of Aristotle's Physics. Science, Physics, Philosophy. Text in Latin. Cardinal Tommaso de Vio, called Cajetan, 1439-1534. Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln from 1235 to his death. (1175?-1253) Ioannis Argyropoulos; (1415 - 26 June 1487) S. THOMAE AQUINATIS IN OCTO PHYSICORUM ARISTOTELIS LIBROS COMMENTARIA, Venetiis : apud Hæredem Hieronymi Scoti, 1586. 1st edition. Large In-4, bound in soft vellum with ext. seams, smooth spine with handwritten title, spotted edges, marbled boards (16th century binding), 16]-335 pp. Illustrated with a few engravings in the text (diagrams), initials. Engraved title-frontispiece. Text printed on 2 columns. Full title "S. THOMAE AQUINATIS IN OCTO PHYSICORUM ARISTOTELIS LIBROS COMMENTARIA, ex vetustissimo ac fidelissimo manu scripto exemplari, diligentissimè castigata, & locis quamplurimis integritati restituta, Cum duplici textus tralatione, antiqua, & Argyropoli recognitis. Ad haec accessit Roberti Linconiensis in eosdem summa". Contains: De principiis naturae. De natura materiae, De loco, De Tempore libri duo. De Aeternitate mundi ; Ac Thomae de Vic Caietani quaestio ea quae est, De subiecto naturalis scientiae, Duo item Indices, alter Librorum Lectionum, ac Capitum summas continens, alter totius libri scitu digna demostrans. Thomas Aquinas' "Commentary on the Eight Books of Aristotle's Physics" is the quintessence of what has been called "Aristotelianism". The work constitutes the summit that dominates the entire ancient and medieval philosophical tradition.