Giulio Cesare Scaligero [Julius Caesar Scaliger 1484 ? 1558 ]

Iulii Caesaris Scaligeri, Viri Clarissimi, Poetices Libri Septem: I. Historicus. II. Hyle. III. Idea. IIII. Parasceue. V. Criticus. VI. Hypercriticus. VII. Epinomis, Ad Syluium Filium

      Ed. quinta, in Bibliopolio Commeliano 1617. 900pp, text ornaments, extensive index. Original lettered limp vellum, yapp edges. Fine. * Physician and scholar, born in Riva del Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige, N Italy. After graduating in medicine at Bologna, he moved to France (1525) as personal doctor to the Bishop of Agen. His fame rests on the Poetices libri septem (1561) which give a rationalistic reading of Aristotle's Aesthetics.