PLATO. Omnia divini Platonis Opera tralatione Marsilii Ficin - Lot 150

PLATO. Omnia divini Platonis Opera tralatione Marsilii Ficin, emendatione et ad graecum codicem collatione Simonis Grynaei Basilae, in Officina Frobeniana, 1532. Fort in-folio, [6] f., 959 p., [1] f. contemporary brown calf, new 4-nerved spine with gilt author and title, boards decorated with a central gilt figure with triple gilt fillet and cold-stamped fillets framing it, gilt fleurons in corners, title in gilt letters "Omnia Platonis Opera" on upper board, new endpapers (corners and edges worn, qq. stains, most important on pp 461-466, 672-675, some brown spots and ff. browned, sometimes heavily (Ff3, Ff4), a few small wormholes). Froben's first edition of Plato, from the Latin translation with commentary by Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) and revised by Simon Grynaeus (1493-1541). Numerous initials, typographical marks, all woodcut. Colophon: Basileae apud Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium, Anno MDXXXII mense Augusto. Provenance: George Dunn (1864-1912), English bibliophile whose 15th and 16th century collections were sold at Sotheby's in 1914 (bookplate). (USTC 678373; Graesse, V, 320).