Opera Dionysii, veteris et noue translationis, etiam nouissime ip[s]ius Marsilij Ficini cum commentarijs Hugonis, Alberti, Thome, Ambrosij oratoris Linconiensis & Vercellensis.

Folio: [8]-cccxxix (= 329)-[4]-cxvii (= 117)-lxvii (= 67)-[1 bl.] ff. (lacking 2 blanks; sl. toned, a few single wormholes throughout (esp. in blank outer margin), paper flaws in blank bottom margin of quire Gg).

Cont. blind-stamped pigskin over wood (chain binding), spine on 3 raised bands, metal clasp and catches, front cover titled at top (soiled, sl. rubbed and wormed, lower cover split inside, def. at top of lower cover, 1 clasp gone). Nice wide-margined copy.

The most complete of the early Latin editions of the collected works of the Christian Neo-Platonic theologian and philosopher (ps.-) Dionysius the Areopagite (5th-6th c.), an important link between late Antiquity and early Middle Ages. Pt. 3 contains his major work “De mystica theologia” in the Renaissance version of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499). 2nd title within elaborate woodcut border. A number of woodcut diagrams. Gothic type. Capital spaces with guide-letters. Ref. VD-16 D-1848. - Adams D-521. - Muller (Husner) 6. - Ritter 655. - STC German (BL) 245. Prov. A few old annotations in 2nd part. - “Pro Bibliotheca Rubeacensi f(rat)rum Minoru(m) Strict(ae) Obseru(ant)iae”, Rufach, Alsace (cont. ownership entry on title).