Beyond philosophy I am also interested in the history of books. I am a member of The Bibliographical Society and a collector of early printed books and incunabula leaves. I have written about my book collecting at LibraryThing.
The Ancient Commentators at Wolfson
A while ago I published a short note on Aldus Manutius and the Aristotelian Commentators (in P. Adamson, H. Baltussen, M. Stone, eds, Philosophy, Science, and Exegesis in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Commentaries, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Suppl. 83.1 (2004), 263-8). On the same topic I organized a small exhibition of early printed books at Wolfson College, Oxford, in conjunction with a conference devoted to the ancient commentators on Aristotle in December 2012 (news item here). The books were all sixteenth century editions of ancient philosophical works, including books printed by Aldus (some images here). I prepared a short text about the books on display, which will appear in the Bodleian Library Record in 2013 (preprint here). In March 2013 exhibition was repeated and I gave a short talk about the collection (news item here).
Stoicism at the Bodleian
I have also organized a second exhibition in Oxford, devoted to Stoicism and its legacy. This is at the Proscholium of the Bodleian Library, May-June 2013 (details here). I shall also give a lunchtime public talk about the exhibition (details here).
You can find further information from the exhibition and a list of the books here.
I am currently writing something about the transmission of Stoic texts from antiquity to the present for a volume I am editing on the reception of Stoicism. For pictures of Stoic-related books, including copies of some of the books included in the exhibition, look here.
You can find further information from the exhibition and a list of the books here.
I am currently writing something about the transmission of Stoic texts from antiquity to the present for a volume I am editing on the reception of Stoicism. For pictures of Stoic-related books, including copies of some of the books included in the exhibition, look here.
Other interests that may lead to publications in the future include the philosophy publishing of Octavianus Scotus in fifteenth century Venice (and his successors in the sixteenth century) and the first ever book printed in London, a commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics by Antonius Andreae.
