Philosophi Platonici quae quidem extarenovimuus [...].

8vo: [16]-593-[2] pp. (light dampstaining on first few pages, lower corners pp. 433-450 torn without loss).

18th-cent. calf, gilt orn. spine (sl. rubbed). Good copy.

Rare edition of Apuleius' writings and comments on Plato's physics and ethics. Printer's mark on final page. Ref. VD-16 A 3170. - USTC 671338. - Not in Adams. Prov. Jean-Noël Paquot (1722-1803) theologian and scholar in classical languages at Leuven University (ownership entry on front flyleaf). - 16th-cent. ownership entries on front. and endpapers. - Cont. marg. notes and underlinings. - Libr. stamp. Joined: Vergilius Polydorus - De Rerum Inventoribus libri octi [...]. Lyon, 1559, Jean Frellon, 12mo: [24]-719-[34] pp. (soiling, untrimmed edges, title page repaired). Cont. calf (worn, spine repaired at tail and head, front cover detached). One of the main works of Vergilius Polydorus (1470-1555), Italian scholar, humanist and diplomat who spent most of his time in England working at the Court. Vergilius' De Inventoribus Rerum was published in 1499, having been written in only three months. It was a history of origins and inventions, describing in three books the "first begetters" of all human activities. Ref. USTC 152644. - Baudrier V-248. - Not in Adams, Machiels. (2 vol.)