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BESSARION, Johannes, Cardinal (d.1472). In calumniatorem Platonis. Venice: Aldine Press, September 1516. 2 parts in one volume, 2º (308 x 209mm). Woodcut title device. (Lacks the final leaf with device, lower blank margin of title defective and skilfully repaired, lower fore-corners waterstained throughout). Modern green calf, spine faded. Provenance: Bibliotheca V.E. (duplicate stamps).
First augmented Aldine edition of BESSARION'S CELEBRATED DEFENCE OF PLATONISM. Bessarion was the leading proponent of Platonism in the major European Renaissance courts, and his polemic against George Trebizond's anti-Platonic attack enabled the publication of Plato's works. The first part of In calumniatorem Platonis is based on the 1503 edition, while the second part is new. The work focuses on Plato as a mathematician, adducing Archimedes in support of the defence. Adams V-834; Graesse I, 353; Panzer VIII, 434; Renouard 77,6.
First augmented Aldine edition of BESSARION'S CELEBRATED DEFENCE OF PLATONISM. Bessarion was the leading proponent of Platonism in the major European Renaissance courts, and his polemic against George Trebizond's anti-Platonic attack enabled the publication of Plato's works. The first part of In calumniatorem Platonis is based on the 1503 edition, while the second part is new. The work focuses on Plato as a mathematician, adducing Archimedes in support of the defence. Adams V-834; Graesse I, 353; Panzer VIII, 434; Renouard 77,6.
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