Aristotelis de Rhetorica seu Arte Dicendi Libri Tres, Graecolat.

Aristotle.; Theodore Goulston

Typis Eduardi Griffini, M.DC.XIX (Edward Griffin), 1619

[First edition printed in England of  Aristotle's Rhetoric.]   Quarto, 22 x 17.5 cm.  Bound in modern calf.  [8], 239, [9] p.  Large woodcut title engraving, coat of arms verso of title.  Printed in three columns, with parallel Greek and Latin texts, with commentary, shoulder notes on third column.  Early Oxford provenance: Charles Frayer (sp?), 1717; Thomas Bland, Exeter College, Oxford.  Signature on title and front blank. Refs: STC 766; Brunet I, 476.  

  The translator, Goulston (1572-1632) dedicated this volume to Prince Charles.  After graduating from Oxford he worked as a physician in London and became a fellow of the College of Physicians.  According to Dibdin, Goulston's version of Aristotle's Rhetoric was the most popular 17th century version.