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Platonis Atheniensis, philosophi summi ac penitus divini opera, quae ad nos extant omnia, / per Ianum Cornarium medicum phyiscum Latina linga conscripta.

Accession number
PML 15452
Creator
Plato.
Published
Basileae : in officina Frobeniana, per Hier. Frobenium et Nic. Episcopium, mense Augusto, anno domini M.D.LXI [August 1561].
Description
[24], 1048, [60] pages ; 33.5 cm (fol.)
Notes
Woodcut initials, printer's mark.
Binding
16th-century French brown morocco, gold tooled in early "fanfare" design, central panel with the painted arms of Jacques August De Thou on sides. Edges gilt, gauffered, and painted in elaborate foliate pattern.
Variant title
Opera
Provenance
Gibert, signature, 16th/17th century (title page); unidentified inscription: "emi anno 1704" (rear pastedown); Libraririe Damascene Morgand (Rahit et Cie), inventory no. 22718 (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Rahir (with the "Rahir Fifty
Classification
Century
Department