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[HISTORY] - Defining Reality: Piccolomini’s Aristotelian Legacy in First Edition (1600) - PICCOLOMINI Francesco (1523 - 1607) - PICCOLOMINI, FRANCESCO - De Rerum Definitionibus. Venice, Francesco de Franceschi ‘s heirs, 1600. Folio (320x210 mm), contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine, a genuine and well-preserved, clean copy (a few spots on leaf n. 140). Large woodcut device of Franceschi on title-page, woodcut initials, ff. nn. 12, numb. 202. First edition, not common, of this primary work by the Sienese philosopher (1520-1604), a known commentator on Aristotle. Not in Adams (but the Frankfurt edition of the same year), nor in BMC STC It.(1)