UKRAINE - Philosophiae aristotelica. Kiev, Academy of Kiev-M - Lot 165

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UKRAINE - Philosophiae aristotelica. Kiev, Academy of Kiev-M - Lot 165
UKRAINE - Philosophiae aristotelica. Kiev, Academy of Kiev-Mohyla, 1746. Small in-folio, boards with contemporary embossed fancy paper. Antique Cyrillic printing on watermarked rag laid paper; the typography is neat and each page is framed with an ornamental border. This academic textbook of Aristotelian philosophy by the hieromonk Mikhäel Kozatchinski, prefect and professor of philosophy at Kiev, consists of a title, 56 ff and illustrated with an engraved folding plate. The dedication to Elisabeth Petrovna, Empress of all the Russias, indicates imperial protection, legitimizes the return to strict orthodoxy and encourages education. The official textbook consisted of courses for higher education, aimed at the scholarly elite, students and clerics. They were also used for public examinations. This limited edition work, often destroyed, is a philosophical and historical testimony to 18th-century Imperial Russia. Mottling and soiling.
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