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Author

Bēssariōn, Cardinal, 1403-1472

Uniform title

In calumniatorem Platonis libri quatuor

Title

Quae hoc in volumine tractantur· Bessarionis Cardinalis Niceni & Patriarchae Consta[n]tinopolitani In calumniatore[m] Platonis libri quatuor: : opus uarium ac doctiss. in quo praeclarissima quaeq[ue] & digna lectu, quae a Platone scripta sunt ad homines tam moribus q[uam] disciplinis instruendos breuiter, clareq[ue] & placido stilo narrantur. Eiusdem correctio librorum Platonis De legibus Georgio Trapezuntio interprete: ubi passim uerba graeca ipsius Platonis recitantur & emendata, & cum suis accentibus: nam in libris Romae olim impressis desunt. Deinde a Bessarione saepe argumento praemisso in latinum uertuntur. Postremo Trapezuntii tralatio subiungitur: quod est perq[uam] utile iis: qui graecis literis i[n]stituuntur: atq[ue] ex graecis bonis bona latina facere uolu[n]t. Eiusdem De natura & arte aduersus eundem Trapezuntiu[m] tractatus admodumq[ue] acutus, ac doctus. Index eorum omnium, quae singulis libris pertractantur..

Varying form of title

Bessarionis Cardinalis Niceni & Patriarchae Consta[n]tinopolitani In calumniatore[m] Platonis libri quatuor

Varying form of title

In calumniatore[m] Platonis libri quatuor

Imprint

Venetiis : in aedib. Aldi Romani,, Iulio mense. M.DIII. [1503]

Physical description

[8], 112 leaves ; 33 cm (fol.)

Note

Imprint from colophon on folio 112 recto.

Note

Printer's device on title page.

Note

Spaces with guide letters left for capitals.

Note

Folio 90 misnumbered 89.

Note

Edited by Aldo Manuzio.

Citation/references note

CLC, B921

Citation/references note

Adams, B833

Provenance

Probably owned by Edmund Guest, his distinctive shelfmark is written in ink on the fore-ege: M36[?]. Not listed in David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017).

Binding

Bound in Cambridge in the early 16th century by the "Lattice Binder"; reddish stained calf over wooden boards; sewn on four supports; blind fillets and small stamps forming rectangular frame on boards, with the central panel filled with diaper framework, "pineapple" or "lattice" stamps, and small floral stamps; spine with four raised bands, and later gilt horizontal fillets; "Bassar: A Polo: Platon:" in gilt on spine; parchment manuscript waste used as pastedowns (now free); remains of two clasps at fore-edge; rebacked and repaired with new endleaves (20th-century).

Copy-specific note

Infrequent manuscript marginal annotations; lines containing Greek type are marked with three dots in the margins.

Copy-specific note

Bound with: Avicenna, Metaphysica (Venice, 1495; ISTC ia01431000)

Copy-specific note

Loose inside: a manuscript note about the binding, citing E.G. Duff. Now in Loose Inserts Box.

Subject

Plato

Added entry--name

Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515 printer.

Added entry--name

Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515 editor.

Added entry--name

George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486

Added entry--name

Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 former owner.

Added entry--place

Italy Venice.

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0410#$alat

1001#$aBēssariōn, Cardinal, 1403-1472.

24010$aIn calumniatorem Platonis libri quatuor

24510$aQuae hoc in volumine tractantur· Bessarionis Cardinalis Niceni & Patriarchae Consta[n]tinopolitani In calumniatore[m] Platonis libri quatuor: :$bopus uarium ac doctiss. in quo praeclarissima quaeq[ue] & digna lectu, quae a Platone scripta sunt ad homines tam moribus q[uam] disciplinis instruendos breuiter, clareq[ue] & placido stilo narrantur. Eiusdem correctio librorum Platonis De legibus Georgio Trapezuntio interprete: ubi passim uerba graeca ipsius Platonis recitantur & emendata, & cum suis accentibus: nam in libris Romae olim impressis desunt. Deinde a Bessarione saepe argumento praemisso in latinum uertuntur. Postremo Trapezuntii tralatio subiungitur: quod est perq[uam] utile iis: qui graecis literis i[n]stituuntur: atq[ue] ex graecis bonis bona latina facere uolu[n]t. Eiusdem De natura & arte aduersus eundem Trapezuntiu[m] tractatus admodumq[ue] acutus, ac doctus. Index eorum omnium, quae singulis libris pertractantur..

2463#$aBessarionis Cardinalis Niceni & Patriarchae Consta[n]tinopolitani In calumniatore[m] Platonis libri quatuor

2463#$aIn calumniatore[m] Platonis libri quatuor

260##$aVenetiis :$bin aedib. Aldi Romani,,$cIulio mense. M.DIII. [1503]

300##$a[8], 112 leaves ;$b33 cm (fol.)

500##$aImprint from colophon on folio 112 recto.

500##$aPrinter's device on title page.

500##$aSpaces with guide letters left for capitals.

500##$aFolio 90 misnumbered 89.

500##$aEdited by Aldo Manuzio.

5104#$aCLC,$cB921

5104#$aAdams,$cB833

561##$aProbably owned by Edmund Guest, his distinctive shelfmark is written in ink on the fore-ege: M36[?]. Not listed in David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017).

563##$aBound in Cambridge in the early 16th century by the "Lattice Binder"; reddish stained calf over wooden boards; sewn on four supports; blind fillets and small stamps forming rectangular frame on boards, with the central panel filled with diaper framework, "pineapple" or "lattice" stamps, and small floral stamps; spine with four raised bands, and later gilt horizontal fillets; "Bassar: A Polo: Platon:" in gilt on spine; parchment manuscript waste used as pastedowns (now free); remains of two clasps at fore-edge; rebacked and repaired with new endleaves (20th-century).

590##$aInfrequent manuscript marginal annotations; lines containing Greek type are marked with three dots in the margins.

590##$aBound with: Avicenna, Metaphysica (Venice, 1495; ISTC ia01431000)

590##$aLoose inside: a manuscript note about the binding, citing E.G. Duff. Now in Loose Inserts Box.

60010$aPlato$vEarly works to 1800.

7001#$aManuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515,$eprinter.

7001#$aManuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515,$eeditor.

7000#$aGeorge, of Trebizond, 1396-1486.

7001#$aGuest, Edmund,$d1514?-1577$eformer owner.

752##$aItaly$dVenice.