PLOTINUS (ca 205-270). Opera . Translated and with commentary by Marsilio Ficino (1433-99). Florence: Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini, 7th May 1492. Median 2 o (355 x 236 mm). Collation : a 1 0 b 8 c-n 1 0 o 1 2 p-z 1 0 & 1 0 aa-uu 1 0 λ 2 (a1 blank, a2r Ficino's dedication to Lorenzo de' Medici, Life of Plotinus by Porphyry, list of Plotinus' works, testimonials on Plotinus, b2r Ficino's Exhortatio and Argument, b7v Plotinus text, uu10r colophon and printer's device [Kristeller 47], uu10v blank, λ1r addenda, λ2v blank). 442 leaves, complete (quires gg and hh bound before dd). 45 lines. Roman type 3:112, quire r-end printed with a new casting. 3- to 8-line initial-spaces with guide-letters. Rubricated: Lombard initials in red and blue. (A few occasional pale stains and very occasional light spotting, mostly marginal, heaviest on final leaf and bifolia qq2.9, ss2.9 and tt1.10, some light bleed-through from rubrication, last three leaves with some light dampstaining at lower margin extreme.) 19th-century cream leather, "Plotinus" lettered in manuscript on front cover and spine, a few deckle edges preserved; quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : Alejandro Volpi (signature on final leaf verso) -- Jorge Beristayn (bookplate) -- purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 16 April 1985. VERY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF PLOTINUS' WORKS, gathered by his disciple Porphyry. Together they form the primary documents of Neoplatonism. As such, they played an important role in the revival of Plato in the Renaissance; Ficino considered Plotinus the summus interpres of Plato. Ficino, encouraged by Pico della Mirandola, translated the works for his patron, Lorenzo de' Medici, completing the translation in 1486 and his commentary on them in 1491; Lorenzo died one month before their publication. Ficino's dedicatory letter to Lorenzo in this edition is an important document in the history of Florentine Platonism, as it recounts how Lorenzo's father, Cosimo de' Medici, having heard Pletho's lectures on Plato, had commissioned Ficino to translate the Platonic corpus. In the midst of his labours the first works of Hermes Trismegistus came to light, and Cosimo requested that Ficino interrupt his work on Plato in order to translate Hermes. HC * 13121; BMC VI, 640, XII, 46 (IB.27194a, IB.26193-4); Goff P-815; Polain(B) 3207.
PLOTINUS (ca 205-270). Opera . Translated and with commentary by Marsilio Ficino (1433-99). Florence: Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini, 7th May 1492. Median 2 o (355 x 236 mm). Collation : a 1 0 b 8 c-n 1 0 o 1 2 p-z 1 0 & 1 0 aa-uu 1 0 λ 2 (a1 blank, a2r Ficino's dedication to Lorenzo de' Medici, Life of Plotinus by Porphyry, list of Plotinus' works, testimonials on Plotinus, b2r Ficino's Exhortatio and Argument, b7v Plotinus text, uu10r colophon and printer's device [Kristeller 47], uu10v blank, λ1r addenda, λ2v blank). 442 leaves, complete (quires gg and hh bound before dd). 45 lines. Roman type 3:112, quire r-end printed with a new casting. 3- to 8-line initial-spaces with guide-letters. Rubricated: Lombard initials in red and blue. (A few occasional pale stains and very occasional light spotting, mostly marginal, heaviest on final leaf and bifolia qq2.9, ss2.9 and tt1.10, some light bleed-through from rubrication, last three leaves with some light dampstaining at lower margin extreme.) 19th-century cream leather, "Plotinus" lettered in manuscript on front cover and spine, a few deckle edges preserved; quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : Alejandro Volpi (signature on final leaf verso) -- Jorge Beristayn (bookplate) -- purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 16 April 1985. VERY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF PLOTINUS' WORKS, gathered by his disciple Porphyry. Together they form the primary documents of Neoplatonism. As such, they played an important role in the revival of Plato in the Renaissance; Ficino considered Plotinus the summus interpres of Plato. Ficino, encouraged by Pico della Mirandola, translated the works for his patron, Lorenzo de' Medici, completing the translation in 1486 and his commentary on them in 1491; Lorenzo died one month before their publication. Ficino's dedicatory letter to Lorenzo in this edition is an important document in the history of Florentine Platonism, as it recounts how Lorenzo's father, Cosimo de' Medici, having heard Pletho's lectures on Plato, had commissioned Ficino to translate the Platonic corpus. In the midst of his labours the first works of Hermes Trismegistus came to light, and Cosimo requested that Ficino interrupt his work on Plato in order to translate Hermes. HC * 13121; BMC VI, 640, XII, 46 (IB.27194a, IB.26193-4); Goff P-815; Polain(B) 3207.
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