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PLOTINUS (c.205-270). Opera. Translated and with commentary by Marsilius Ficinus (1433-1499). Florence: Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini, 7 May 1492.
First edition. The works of Plotinus, gathered together by his disciple Porphyry, are the primary documents of Neoplatonism. As such, they played an important role in the revival of Plato in the Renaissance; Ficino considered Plotinus the summus interpres of Plato. Ficino, encouraged by Pico della Mirandola, translated the works for his patron, Lorenzo de' Medici, completing the translation in 1486 and his commentary on them in 1491; Lorenzo died one month before their publication. Ficino's dedicatory letter to Lorenzo in this edition is an important document in the history of Florentine Platonism, as it recounts how Lorenzo's father, Cosimo de' Medici, having heard Pletho's lectures on Plato, had commissioned Ficino to translate the Platonic corpus. In the midst of his labours the first works of Hermes Trismegistus came to light, and Cosimo requested that Ficino interrupt his work on Plato in order to translate Hermes. HC *13121; BMC VI, 640, XII, 46 (IB.27194a, IB.26193-4); Bod-inc P-383; BSB-Ink P-620; Polain(B) 3207; Goff P-815.
Median folio (330 x 220mm). 441 leaves (of 442, without first blank), 3- to 9-line initial spaces with printed guides, woodcut printer's device on uu10 recto, with blue silk bookmark (light marginal filled wormtracks on first 3 and last 2 leaves, a few early marginalia, minor marginal closed tear on 2i2, small dampstain in bottom gutter corner of last 2 quires). Early 19th-century navy morocco gilt, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Thorold Syston Park – the Wardington copy (bookplates, sold at Sotheby's on May 12 2006, lot 32).
First edition. The works of Plotinus, gathered together by his disciple Porphyry, are the primary documents of Neoplatonism. As such, they played an important role in the revival of Plato in the Renaissance; Ficino considered Plotinus the summus interpres of Plato. Ficino, encouraged by Pico della Mirandola, translated the works for his patron, Lorenzo de' Medici, completing the translation in 1486 and his commentary on them in 1491; Lorenzo died one month before their publication. Ficino's dedicatory letter to Lorenzo in this edition is an important document in the history of Florentine Platonism, as it recounts how Lorenzo's father, Cosimo de' Medici, having heard Pletho's lectures on Plato, had commissioned Ficino to translate the Platonic corpus. In the midst of his labours the first works of Hermes Trismegistus came to light, and Cosimo requested that Ficino interrupt his work on Plato in order to translate Hermes. HC *13121; BMC VI, 640, XII, 46 (IB.27194a, IB.26193-4); Bod-inc P-383; BSB-Ink P-620; Polain(B) 3207; Goff P-815.
Median folio (330 x 220mm). 441 leaves (of 442, without first blank), 3- to 9-line initial spaces with printed guides, woodcut printer's device on uu10 recto, with blue silk bookmark (light marginal filled wormtracks on first 3 and last 2 leaves, a few early marginalia, minor marginal closed tear on 2i2, small dampstain in bottom gutter corner of last 2 quires). Early 19th-century navy morocco gilt, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Thorold Syston Park – the Wardington copy (bookplates, sold at Sotheby's on May 12 2006, lot 32).
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