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Platonis opera quae extant omnia

Plato, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL), Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598, ed, Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598, tr, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner, Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, former owner · 1578 · [Genevae?] : Excudebat Henr. Stephanus · 92 pictures

Platonis opera quae extant omnia is a 1578 folio edition of Plato's collected works, edited by Henri Estienne and translated by Jean de Serres, printed by Henri Estienne in Geneva for scholars and readers of classical Greek philosophy. Its pictures are four decorative initial letters, E, I, O and R, set in square frames of scrolling foliage, grotesque masks, rosettes and acanthus, a model for Renaissance ornamental capitals and frame borders.

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