Accession number
PML 42590
Creator
Plato.
Published
Basileae : Apud Ioan. Valderum, mense Martio, anno 1534.
Description
38 leaves, 690 p., 1 leaf ; 35 cm (fol.)
Notes
Colophon: Etypōthē en Basileia analōmasi kai epimeleia Iōannou Balderou etei tō apo tēs ensarkou oikonomias tou kyriou hemōn Iēsou Christou, chiliostō pentakosiostō triakostō tetartō, thargēliōnos triskaidekatē.
Edited by Johannes Oporin
Edited by Johannes Oporin
Binding
Black morocco, gilt tooled, inlays (of red, tan, and olive morocco) with painted armorials, over wooden boards (35 x 23 cm), perhaps by Claude de Picques for Marcus Fugger, ca. 1555; Greek-style spine and endcaps. Gilt, gauffered, and painted edges.
Variant title
Platonis Omnia opera
Provenance
Marcus Fugger, armorial binding and signature: Marcus Fuggerus (front pastedown); Princes of Öttingen-Wallerstein, sale, Munich, Karl & Faber, part II, 6 Nov. 1933, lot 295; anonymous German collection; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased with the assista
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