Pedro da Fonseca, Institutionum Dialecticarum
Libri Octo. 

Lyon, Pillehotte 1598. 

One of the rarest editions of
the "Institutiones" of the so-called "Lusitan Aristotle", the Jesuit theologian
and philosopher Pedro da Fonseca (1528-1599) is this Lyonnesian
print. 

 357 p., 22 ll. 

Limp vellum. Missing ties. 

Very
good condition

Size 4 1/2 by 6
3/4"

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Pedro da Fonseca (1528 – 1599) was a
Portuguese Jesuit philosopher and theologian. 

His work on logic and
metaphysics made him known in his time as the Portuguese Aristotle; he projected
the 'Cursus Conimbricenses' realized by Manuel Góis and
others.
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Text in Latin