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Bessarion (Johannes) In calumnatorem Platonis libri quatuor, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-p8 q4, aa8 b-f8 g6, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and final f. (the latter trimmed to border and neatly laid down), initial spaces with guide-letters, some light foxing and small areas of staining, modern half vellum, folio (297 x 203mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [September, 1516].
*** Second Aldine edition of this celebrated defence of Platonism, which was a reply to his adversary George of Trebizond's attack on Platonism in his Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis.
Literature: Adams B834; Ahmanson-Murphy 148; Renouard, Alde, 77:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 5645
Provenance: 'Michael Clapham. 1933' (small bookplate).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/d838ccca-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/a5f038c5-4591-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "26
Bessarion (Johannes) In calumnatorem Platonis libri quatuor, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-p8 q4, aa8 b-f8 g6, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and final f. (the latter trimmed to border and neatly laid down), initial spaces with guide-letters, some light foxing and small areas of staining, modern half vellum, folio (297 x 203mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [September, 1516].
*** Second Aldine edition of this celebrated defence of Platonism, which was a reply to his adversary George of Trebizond's attack on Platonism in his Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis.
Literature: Adams B834; Ahmanson-Murphy 148; Renouard, Alde, 77:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 5645
Provenance: 'Michael Clapham. 1933' (small bookplate).")
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Bessarion (Johannes) In calumnatorem Platonis libri quatuor, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-p8 q4, aa8 b-f8 g6, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and final f. (the latter trimmed to border and neatly laid down), initial spaces with guide-letters, some light foxing and small areas of staining, modern half vellum, folio (297 x 203mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [September, 1516].
⁂ Second Aldine edition of this celebrated defence of Platonism, which was a reply to his adversary George of Trebizond's attack on Platonism in his Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis.
Literature: Adams B834; Ahmanson-Murphy 148; Renouard, Alde, 77:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 5645
Provenance: 'Michael Clapham. 1933' (small bookplate).
Lot 26
Bessarion (Johannes) In calumnatorem Platonis libri quatuor, 1516.
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Bessarion (Johannes) In calumnatorem Platonis libri quatuor, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-p8 q4, aa8 b-f8 g6, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and final f. (the latter trimmed to border and neatly laid down), initial spaces with guide-letters, some light foxing and small areas of staining, modern half vellum, folio (297 x 203mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [September, 1516].
⁂ Second Aldine edition of this celebrated defence of Platonism, which was a reply to his adversary George of Trebizond's attack on Platonism in his Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis.
Literature: Adams B834; Ahmanson-Murphy 148; Renouard, Alde, 77:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 5645
Provenance: 'Michael Clapham. 1933' (small bookplate).
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