The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, Volume 2: Being a Translation of Liber III by Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) - 1978

xxii+121 with beehive motif show on the title page, end papers of the volume show two pages in Ficino's own had from a manuscript of his letters, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Marsilio Ficino (Italian: [marˈsiːljo fiˈtʃiːno]; Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; 19 October 1433 – 1 October 1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. He was an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism in touch with the major academics of his day and the first translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin.[1] His Florentine Academy, an attempt to revive Plato's Academy, influenced the direction and tenor of the Italian Renaissance and the development of European philosophy. Condition: Previous owner's name to contents page else very good in a near fine jacket.