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PLATO (c. 427–347 BC). The Complete Works of the Divine Plat…
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PLATO (c. 427–347 BC). The Complete Works of the Divine Plat…
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Estimate €400 - €600
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Description
PLATO (c. 427–347 BC). The Complete Works of the Divine Plato, translated by Marsilio Ficino. Venice: Giovanni Maria Bonelli, 1556.
A wide-margined copy in a sturdy contemporary binding of this Venetian edition of the complete works of Plato, in the celebrated Latin translation by Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499), the text that played a decisive role in the revival of Platonism in Renaissance Europe.
Folio (310 × 210 mm). Printer’s marks on the title-page and at the end, illustrated woodcut initials, text in two columns (marginal staining on the final leaves). Contemporary full vellum binding over reused material, title on the lower edge, nineteenth-century title label applied to the spine (minor defects). Provenance: early ownership inscriptions on the title page and endpapers. (1)
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