Description
Bessarion (Johannes) In calumniatorem Platonis, 2 parts in 1 vol., text in Greek and Latin, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letter, title little soiled and with 2 marginal repairs, lower corners water-stained, some light marginal foxing, modern calf, [Adams B834; Ahmanson-Murphy 148; Renouard, Alde, 77:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 5645], folio, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], September, 1516.
⁂ The second Aldine edition, which adds a second section containing corrected translations of Aristotle and Theophrastus.
Provenance: 'Ex libris Dionysii Remensis anno 1664' (ink inscription to head of title).
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Bessarion (Johannes) In calumniatorem Platonis, 1516.
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Bessarion (Johannes) In calumniatorem Platonis, 2 parts in 1 vol., text in Greek and Latin, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letter, title little soiled and with 2 marginal repairs, lower corners water-stained, some light marginal foxing, modern calf, [Adams B834; Ahmanson-Murphy 148; Renouard, Alde, 77:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 5645], folio, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], September, 1516.
⁂ The second Aldine edition, which adds a second section containing corrected translations of Aristotle and Theophrastus.
Provenance: 'Ex libris Dionysii Remensis anno 1664' (ink inscription to head of title).