BOETHIUS, Severinus (465-524 a.C.). De Arithmetica... Lot n° 24

libri duo. Venice: Joannes & Gregorius de Forlivio, 1497. Second part, self-contained, containing the works on arithmetic, music and geometry of Boethius's opera omnia printed by Gregoris; In the buttonhole is a curious sarcastic and slightly misogynistic ancient note: What moved Phidia illustrious painter to paint Venus standing over a tortoise? To give the females to understand that they stood in their homes nor all about . Folio, (300 x 205mm). Title in buttonhole, numerous illustrations in text, woodcut initial (restoration to upper margin of first few papers and colophon affecting a few letters, some staining). Early 20th-century full vellum binding with title stamped on spine. Provenance: By Mark Anthony Ruggi (ownership signature to title page); Antique note to title page. BOETHIUS, Severinus (465-524 BC). De Arithmetica libri duo. De Musica libri quinque. De Geometria libri duo. Venice: Joannes & Gregorius de Forlivio, 1497.