Enquiry into Plants

P. Codex Parisiensis: at Paris. Considered by Wimmer somewhat inferior to M and V, and more on a level with the Aldine edition.

mP. Margin of the above. A note in the manuscript states that the marginal notes are not scholia explanatory notes, but variae lectiones aut emendationes various readings or emendations.

V. Codex Vindobonensis: at Vienna. Contains the first five books and two chapters of the sixth; closely resembles M in style and readings.

Third Class:

Ald. Editio Aldina Aldine edition: the editio princeps first printed edition, printed at Venice 1495-8. Believed by Wimmer to be founded on a single manuscript, and that an inferior one to those enumerated above, and also to that used by Gaza. Its readings seem often to show signs of a deliberate attempt to produce a smooth text: hence the value of this edition as witness to an independent manuscript authority is much impaired.

(Bas. Editio Basiliensis Basel edition: printed at Bâle, 1541. A careful copy of the Aldine, in which a number of printer's errors are corrected and a few new ones introduced (Wimmer).

Cam. Editio Camotiana (or Aldina minor, altera): printed at Venice, 1552. Also copied from the Aldine, but less carefully corrected than the Basel edition; the editor Camotius, in a few passages,