This set once belonged to the scholar and collector Louis-Emery Bigot of Rouen (1626-89) but more recently it was in the Haskell F. Norman library and in March 1998, at Christie’s New York, it was sold for $330,000. In January of this year, as a Frelich lot (Sotheby's New York, January), it was sold for $525,000 (£351,750)
Aldine editio princeps of the works of Aristotle
US: BOUND in late 17th century French red morocco gilt, this is the five-volume Aldine editio princeps of the works of Aristotle, the 1497-98 first edition in Greek and, in the amount of research and editing that went into its creation, let alone the fine typography, the greatest printing project of the 15th century.
