Philes, M. De animalium proprietate,

ex prima editione Arsenii et libro Oxoniensi restitutes a Joanne Cornelio de Pauw, cum ejusdem animadversionibus et versione Latina Gregorii Bersmanni. Accedunt et eodem libro Oconiensi non pauca hactenus inedita. Utr., printed by P. Muntendam for Willem Stouw, 1730. (16),347,(4) p., Greek and Latin text, modern antique style hmor, 4to. Library (cancel) stamps verso title-p. Large paper copy, in good condition.

Rare. Best edition of a poem on the characteristics of animals, based on Aelian and Oppian, by the Byzantine writer Manuel Philes (ca. 1275-1340). The original Greek text is accompanied by the Latin translation by Bersman (first published in 1596) and commentary of De Pauw. The work is dedicated to the later Leyden University librarian Abr. Gronovius.