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13. August 1491. Folio (298 x 202 mm). [4], 444 ff. Collation: kp\Ka4 a-o8 p-q10 r-z8, A-D8, E-F10 G-Z8 Aa-FF8 GG-HH10 (\kp\Ka1r title with verses by Naldus Nandius in praise of the work, \kp\Ka1v Ficino's address to Lorenzo de' Medici, \kp\K2r life of Plato, \kp\K4v address to the reader, tabula, a1r text and commentary, HH8v colophon, register, HH9r index to Ficino's Platonica theologia, HH10v blank). 17th century calf (rebacked preserving original spine leather). Attractive printing in double columns, Gothic and Roman types with Greek insertions. Internally generally crisp and clean, brown stainings to top corner and margin towards end, first 5 and final 4 leaves with small wormholes, a few marginal ink annotations in contemporary hand (mostly cropped), few leaves with small dampstains in blank margins. Very good, clean and fresh copy with good impression on strong paper. Hain/Cop. 13063; GW M33918; Goff P 772; BMC V, 465; BSB 569; Polain 3190; Klebs 785.2. Second, and realistically the first obtainable Edition of the works of Plato. This edition also contains the second edition of Ficino's chief philosophical work, the Platonica theologia. Ficino began work on his translation of the Platonic corpus at the request of Cosimo de' Medici in 1463. He completed it in 1468, and it circulated in manuscript until it was printed, along with Ficino's commentary on the text, in 1484. Two years earlier, in 1482, Ficino had published the Platonica theologia, in which he set out to prove the harmony between Christian theology and Platonism. This edition thus brings together the most important Renaissance interpretation of Platonism with the fundamental texts. The importance Ficino attached to the Platonic works even extended to the printing process, and Ficino was pleased with the typographical correctness of the present edition. In contrast, the 1482 edition of his Platonic Theology contained 7 pages of corrigenda.- Visit our website to see more images!.

Opera, in the context of Plato, refers to the collected works of the classical Greek philosopher. This collection includes various philosophical texts that have been central to Western philosophy.