Plato. Opera quae extant omnia,
3 vol. in 2 (vol.1 & 3 bound in 1), first complete edition, text in Greek and Latin, double-column, title with large woodcut device depicting St. Paul knneling beneath an olive tree and with early and 20th century ink ownership inscriptions, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, occasional marginal water-staining, a few ff. very lighty browned, but generally a clean copy with good wide margins, bookplate of J.Wahlen, contemporary vellum over wooden boards, yapp edges, soiled, [Renouard, Estienne I, p.145; Adams 61764], folio, Geneva, Henri Estienne, 1578.***A very good copy of the editio princeps, edited by one of the great scholars of the Renaissance..
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Bloomsbury Auctions 25th Anniversary Sale
3:00 AM PT - May 15th, 2008
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Mayfair, London W1 S1PP
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