Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 137

Price Realized: $ 4,655
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA, GIOVANNI. Opera. [12], 216 leaves. Folio, contemporary 1/4 blind-tooled deerskin(?), wooden boards, brass catches, lacks clasps, spine imperfect, covers and endleaves wormed; contents browned and dampstained with traces of mold at end, scattered early marginalia, title soiled, with repair in blank upper inner corner, hole in A6 affecting several words, crudely repaired clean tear in l6. [Strassburg]: (Johann Prüss the Elder, 15 March 1504)
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Fourth collected edition of the writings of the Renaissance philosopher Pico della Mirandola (1463-94), "famous . . . for his brilliant attempt to synthesize a vast amount of eclectic material, and for his pioneer work on incorporating cabbalistic learning into Western philosophy" (OCIL).