Plato, Operum a Marsilio Ficino tralatorum. Tomus quartus continens quaternitatem septimam, & octavam, Lyon, 1550, Parisian olive morocco gilt for Marcus Fugger
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PLATO. Divini Platonis operum a Marsilio Ficino tralatorum… Tomus quartus. Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1550
A single volume, bound for Marcus Fugger, from de Tournes' edition of the works of Plato.
16mo (123 x 70mm). Roman and italic types, 29 lines plus headline. Collation: a–z8 A–Z8 aa-rr8 ss6: 510 leaves. Printer’s device on title and last leaf, woodcut initials.
Binding: Contemporary Parisian binding by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger, olive morocco, the sides, within an outer frame of double gilt fillets, inlaid with a cutout knotwork cartouche of russet morocco enclosing an oval in centre, outlined with gilt gouges, the ovals lettered PLATO/NIS, and TOMV S/IIII on upper and lower covers respectively; smooth spine divided by 3 bands of small arabesque tools between gilt lines into 4 compartments, each containing a gilt fleuron, gilt edges, blank leaves bound at end.
Provenance: Marcus Fugger (1529-1597), bound up at end 34 ff. of blank leaves, divided into two columns by a red line, each column headed by a letter of the alphabet in Fugger's hand, by descent to — Marquard Fugger, Graf von Kirchberg und Weissenhorn (1596-1655) — Oettingen-Wallerstein, family library, Schloss Maihingen, inkstamp on title-page — Eugen Wolfgang Karl Friedrich Joseph Notger, Fürst zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein (1885-1969) — sale, Karl & Faber, Auktion 9: Bibliophile Kostbarkeiten aus der Fürstl. Oettingen-Wallerstein'schen Bibliothek in Maihingen und aus der Bibliothek des Augsburger Patriziers Marcus Fugger, Munich, 11 May 1934, lot 234 — Jean Fürstenberg (1890-1982), book label — Martin Breslauer Inc., New York, Catalogue 106: Rare books and fine bindings 1463-1845 from a famous European collection (New York [1984?]), item 51, and Catalogue 110: Fine books and manuscripts in fine bindings from the fifteenth to the present century followed by literature on bookbindings (New York 1992), item 45. Acquisition: Purchased in 1993 from Martin Breslauer Inc., New York. References: USTC 150655 (all 5 volumes); von Gültlingen IX: Tournes 181