Omnia diuini Platonis opera

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Title
Omnia diuini Platonis opera
Description
This volume contains an edition of Marsilio Ficino’s Platonis Opera Omnia that was emended and collated with a Greek text by Simon Grynaeus (1493-1541). Grynaeus was a renowned Protestant humanist who shared friendships with Erasmus and Budé. He is the first major revisor of Ficino’s work. Grynaeus’ edition of Ficino’s text was first published in 1532. In his preface, Grynaeus proclaims his admiration of Ficino and his desire to make Platonic doctrine more available to all. He justifies the new edition by stating that he had collated Ficino’s work with a Greek exemplar (the Aldine Greek edition). However, Grynaeus probably also disliked Ficino’s style; he actively attempts to revise Ficino’s Latin in accordance with classical usage. The volume shown here is a reprint of the 1532 edition with the addition of a new index, printed by Giovanni Maria Bonelli at Venice in 1556. The pages displayed translate the Timaeus passage 18a-24d– the beginning of Critias’ account of Solon’s visit to Egypt. A fine Italic hand has written topical captions in the margins.
Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
Q. 881 P5.Lf1556
Authors
Plato.
Full Title
Works. Latin. 1556
Date
1556
Publisher
Apud Ioannem Mariam Bonellum
Location
Venetiis
Language
Latin
Rights
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Type
Text
Edition
Quae omnia recenti hac nostra editione quàm potuit diligentissimè expolita sunt, atque elaborata.
Medium
Book
Bibliographic Citation
Plato., Simon Grynäus, and Giovanni Maria Bonelli. Omnia diuini Platonis opera. Translated by Marsilio Ficino. Quae omnia recenti hac nostra editione quàm potuit diligentissimè expolita sunt, Atque elaborata. Venetiis: Apud Ioannem Mariam Bonellum, 1556.