PLATO - ‘THE WORKS’
PLATO - ‘THE WORKS’
with commentary by Proclus, published by Johan/Joan Valderus, Basel, 1534, second Greek edition, apparently first edition for the commentary, two volumes bound together in later full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with half title and ridge bands
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
Scuffed and worn to binding but internally good for age.
PLATO - ‘THE WORKS’
with commentary by Proclus, published by Johan/Joan Valderus, Basel, 1534, second Greek edition, apparently first edition for the commentary, two volumes bound together in later full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with half title and ridge bands
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
Scuffed and worn to binding but internally good for age.
