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<dl><dd>Title from caption at beginning of the table of contents on [1]₂ recto.</dd>
<dd>Place of printing and printers' names from colophon on [24]₆ verso.</dd>
<dd>"Dated from mention in a letter of Georgius Trapezuntius to Bessarion (J. Monfasani, Collectanea Trapezuntiana (Binghamton 1984), p. 165, sect. 14)"--ISTC</dd>
<dd>"For Nicolaus Perottus as the translator see John Monfasani, 'Bessarion Latinus', Rinascimento, 2nd ser., 21 (1981), 165-209. Book V is known elsewhere as 'De erroribus interpretis Legum Plantonis', book VI as 'De natura et arte'; see Monfasani 184; on the manuscript used for this edition, Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, Marc. lat. Z 228, see G. Lombardi, 'Dal manoscritto alla stampa', in Gutenberg e Roma: Le origine della stampa nella citta dei papi (1467-1477), ed. M. Miglio and O. Rossini (Naples, 1997), 29-47, at 33-5."--Bod-inc</dd>
<dd>Signatures: [1⁸ 2⁶ 3-17¹⁰ 18¹² 19-20¹⁰ 21¹² 22¹⁰ 23⁸ 24⁸] ([1]₁, [24]₇, and [24]₈=blank; all leaves unsigned).</dd>
<dd>Median folio; [3]₃ recto: 38 lines, 219 x 132 mm; types 115R, 115Gk; initial spaces without guide letters</dd>
<dd>Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00518000</dd>
<dd>Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B518</dd>
<dd>Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IV, 7 (IB. 17126)</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.76 FOLIO imperfect: all three blank leaves wanting. Early manuscript foliation in both arabic and roman numerals. Large initial spaces with illuminated initials over fields of blue, green, and red with white vine borders. Three-quarter illuminated white vine border with arms of the Boncompagni family on [3]₂ recto. Lower margin of [24]₆ verso torn away and repaired with no losses to text. Leaf dimensions: 323 x 232 mm.</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.76 FOLIO with arms of the Boncompagni family on [3]₂ recto. Ink stamp of Walter Ashburner on all illuminated pages. Early/contemporary marginalia throughout. Purchased from Albi Rosenthal in March, 1939</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.76 FOLIO bound in modern black goatskin. Spine title stamped in gilt.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Plato; George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486</div>
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<dl><dd>Bessarion, Cardinal, 1403-1472, author</dd>
<dd>Perotti, Niccolo, 1430-1480, translator</dd>
<dd>Bessarion, Cardinal, 1403-1472. De erroribus interpretis Legum Platonis. Latin</dd>
<dd>Bessarion, Cardinal, 1403-1472. An natura et ars consilio agant. Latin</dd>
<dd>Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477, printer</dd>
<dd>Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478, printer</dd>
<dd>Ashburner, Walter, 1864-1936, former owner. MB</dd></dl></div>
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