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A very rare copy. Bound in contemporary vellum, with Caldidi in Platonis written on she spine. Pages are age tanned with occasional slight foxing. Handwritten marginalia in Latin and Greek. Previous owner's signature on fep. Wm Godolphin's signature on frontispiece.

"Timaeus" is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the titular character, Timaeus of Locri, on the nature of the physical world and human beings and is followed by the dialogue "Critias."