[Opervm Aristotelis. Tomvs Tertivs. Moralem philosophiam continens, vna cum Rhetoricisac Poética [...] Metaphysica lib. XIIII adiecta in super est de hoc ipso autore Commentatio doctissima Philippi Melanchthonis [...]. Basileæ, [Hieronymus Gemusæus], 1542. In-folio, sowskin over ais, broad fillet and scroll decoration with medallion portraits and cold-stamped allegorical figures adorning the boards, ribbed spine, traces of clasps, title in ink on the edge (period binding). †4, A-S6, T8, V-Z6, a-z6, aAA-eEE6, A-G6, H4, a*-c*6, A6 & B4. Historiated lettering; several woodcut geometric figures ("Qvastiones mechanicae", ff. z2 to aAA3). Handwritten table of contents verso title & a few contemporary marginal annotations & passages underlined in brown ink ("Vita Aristotelis", ff. †3 & †4); small alphabetical leather bookmarks to mark Index pages. Some light marginal dampening. THIRD PART OF THE WORKS OF ARISTOTLE COMMENTATED BY MELANCHTON IN HUMANIST PERIOD CHARACTER DECORATED BINDINGS adorned with medallion portraits of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon, allegorical figures of the three theological virtues "spes", "fides", "charitas" & cardinal "ivsticia".