⚠Faded text throughout, heavy water staining on the left and bottom right edges, large handwritten ink marks.

Hieronymus Cattanus ...? Likely the name of a previous owner, Jerome Cattani.

PORPHYRY

ON ABSTINENCE

FROM THE EATING OF ANIMALS,

IN FOUR BOOKS,

GIOVANNI BERNARDO FELICIANO

AS TRANSLATOR.

Giovanni Bernardo Feliciano (c. 1490–1552) was a noted Italian scholar who translated many Greek philosophical and theological works into Latin. K IV 45

Of the Library

With the privileges of the Supreme Pontiff and the

Venetian Senate for 10 years.

In the 16th century, a "privilege" acted as an early form of copyright, preventing other printers from publishing the same work for a set period.

By the gift of Father Paulinus of Saint Thomas ...? This inscription indicates the book was donated to a library by a monk or priest named Paulinus.