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PLATO. Opera. Latin translation by Marsilio Ficino. [4], 444 leaves. Gothic type. Folio, 311x211 mm, early 20th-century 1/4 speckled calf with red morocco lettering piece, front joint cracked, rear joint starting, cords intact; contents generally quite clean, with only some tiny wormholes through beginning and end not impairing legibility, scattered early marginalia, title lightly soiled with short repaired clean tear, few rust stains in blank outer margin of last few leaves. Early ownership inscription of the Ecclesiastical College of Strassburg on title. (Venice: Bernardinus de Choris and Simon de Luere for Andreas Torresanus, 13 August 1491)
handsome copy of the second edition of Plato's works, following the first circa 1484-85. The Greek original text first was first published in 1513. Hain-Copinger 13063; BMC V, 465; Goff P772; ISTC ip00772000.
