Lot 679
Plato
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
[Greek title] Opera quae extant omnia ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusde[m] notis illustrata … Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpetatione iudicium, & multorum contextus gareci emendatio. [Geneva]: excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1578. First complete edition, 3 volumes, large device on the titlepage, text in two columns of Latin and Greek, decorative woodcut intials and headpieces, leaves *** IV & V in volume 1 present in duplicate,18th century mottled calf, worn and rubbed, hinges split, titlepage a little dusty and with early ownership inscriptions, occasional light spotting, some marginal waterstaining in volume 3 (3)
Footnote
Note: Adams P. 1439; Dibdin **** ;Renouard 145:1; Schreiber 201. With the dedications to Elizabeth I, James VI and the Canton of Berne.
Provenance