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Bessarion (Johannes) In calumnatorem Platonis libri quatuor, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-p8 q4, aa8 b-f8 g6, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and final f. (the latter trimmed to border and neatly laid down), initial spaces with guide-letters, some light foxing and small areas of staining, modern half vellum, folio (297 x 203mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [September, 1516]. ⁂ Second Aldine edition of this celebrated defence of Platonism, which was a reply to his adversary George of Trebizond's attack on Platonism in his Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis. Literature: Adams B834; Ahmanson-Murphy 148; Renouard, Alde, 77:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 5645 Provenance: 'Michael Clapham. 1933' (small bookplate).