1522 - Neoplatonism (Pico della Mirandola) Meets The Bonfire Of The Vanities
Girolamo Benivieni (1453-1542) was an important Florentine poet and member of the Medici circle. He was a scholar of Neoplatonism and was deeply influenced by his good friend Pico della Mirandola, who provided the commentary to one of Beniviani’s Neoplatonic love poems in book three of this volume. Scholars suggest that Pico’s commentary was partially a 'corrective' to Marsilio Ficino's own Commentary on Plato's Symposium, reflecting interesting philosophical disagreements within renaissance Neoplatonist circles.
Beniviani later became a student of the teachings of Girolamo Savonarola and his apocalyptic ideas. Benivieni was an ardent participant in the infamous "Bonfire of the Vanities", where luxury items, art, and books deemed immoral were publicly burned. Benivieni remained loyal to Savonarola even after the preacher's excommunication and eventual execution by the Florentine authorities in 1498. This book is a treasure from the zenith of renaissance Neoplatonism and Hermeticism.
1522. Girolamo Benivieni with Pico della Mirandola Commentary. OPERE DI GIROLAMO BENIVIENI FIRENTINO. NOUISSIMAMENTE RIVEDUTE ET DA MOLTI ERRORI ESPURGATE CON UNA CANZONA DELLO AMOR CELESTE & DIVINO... Venice: Nicolo Zopino e Vincentio compagno. Second edition; first Venetian edition. Later quarter calf over paper boards, rebacked with old spine laid down, with label and gilt lettering and patterns on spine, speckled edges. 8vo; A-Z8 &8 (lacking &8) 2A-2B8 (2B8v blank); ff. 302 [i.e. 200], with some pagination errors (151 for 131 and p. 177ff.). Italic type with Roman; text in Italian. With Giovanni Pico della Mirandola commentary in book three, printed marginalia, and title page with title surrounded by woodcut border depicting knights and horses. Boards with edgewear, leather cracking at spine, small chips to leather and joints rubbed with a small wormhole; slight separation from textblock yet still sturdy; occasional staining and marginalia, toning, very light foxing, damp staining at hinge and lower margin beginning at Y4; small losses or tears to several pages not impacting text; small repair to inner margin of title page verso, restoration to colophon.
Girolamo Benivieni (1453-1542) was an important Florentine poet and member of the Medici circle. He was a scholar of Neoplatonism and was deeply influenced by his good friend Pico della Mirandola, who provided the commentary to one of Beniviani’s Neoplatonic love poems in book three of this volume. Scholars suggest that Pico’s commentary was partially a 'corrective' to Marsilio Ficino's own Commentary on Plato's Symposium, reflecting interesting philosophical disagreements within renaissance Neoplatonist circles.
Beniviani later became a student of the teachings of Girolamo Savonarola and his apocalyptic ideas. Benivieni was an ardent participant in the infamous "Bonfire of the Vanities", where luxury items, art, and books deemed immoral were publicly burned. Benivieni remained loyal to Savonarola even after the preacher's excommunication and eventual execution by the Florentine authorities in 1498. This book is a treasure from the zenith of renaissance Neoplatonism and Hermeticism.
1522. Girolamo Benivieni with Pico della Mirandola Commentary. OPERE DI GIROLAMO BENIVIENI FIRENTINO. NOUISSIMAMENTE RIVEDUTE ET DA MOLTI ERRORI ESPURGATE CON UNA CANZONA DELLO AMOR CELESTE & DIVINO... Venice: Nicolo Zopino e Vincentio compagno. Second edition; first Venetian edition. Later quarter calf over paper boards, rebacked with old spine laid down, with label and gilt lettering and patterns on spine, speckled edges. 8vo; A-Z8 &8 (lacking &8) 2A-2B8 (2B8v blank); ff. 302 [i.e. 200], with some pagination errors (151 for 131 and p. 177ff.). Italic type with Roman; text in Italian. With Giovanni Pico della Mirandola commentary in book three, printed marginalia, and title page with title surrounded by woodcut border depicting knights and horses. Boards with edgewear, leather cracking at spine, small chips to leather and joints rubbed with a small wormhole; slight separation from textblock yet still sturdy; occasional staining and marginalia, toning, very light foxing, damp staining at hinge and lower margin beginning at Y4; small losses or tears to several pages not impacting text; small repair to inner margin of title page verso, restoration to colophon.
Girolamo Benivieni (1453-1542) was an important Florentine poet and member of the Medici circle. He was a scholar of Neoplatonism and was deeply influenced by his good friend Pico della Mirandola, who provided the commentary to one of Beniviani’s Neoplatonic love poems in book three of this volume. Scholars suggest that Pico’s commentary was partially a 'corrective' to Marsilio Ficino's own Commentary on Plato's Symposium, reflecting interesting philosophical disagreements within renaissance Neoplatonist circles.
Beniviani later became a student of the teachings of Girolamo Savonarola and his apocalyptic ideas. Benivieni was an ardent participant in the infamous "Bonfire of the Vanities", where luxury items, art, and books deemed immoral were publicly burned. Benivieni remained loyal to Savonarola even after the preacher's excommunication and eventual execution by the Florentine authorities in 1498. This book is a treasure from the zenith of renaissance Neoplatonism and Hermeticism.
1522. Girolamo Benivieni with Pico della Mirandola Commentary. OPERE DI GIROLAMO BENIVIENI FIRENTINO. NOUISSIMAMENTE RIVEDUTE ET DA MOLTI ERRORI ESPURGATE CON UNA CANZONA DELLO AMOR CELESTE & DIVINO... Venice: Nicolo Zopino e Vincentio compagno. Second edition; first Venetian edition. Later quarter calf over paper boards, rebacked with old spine laid down, with label and gilt lettering and patterns on spine, speckled edges. 8vo; A-Z8 &8 (lacking &8) 2A-2B8 (2B8v blank); ff. 302 [i.e. 200], with some pagination errors (151 for 131 and p. 177ff.). Italic type with Roman; text in Italian. With Giovanni Pico della Mirandola commentary in book three, printed marginalia, and title page with title surrounded by woodcut border depicting knights and horses. Boards with edgewear, leather cracking at spine, small chips to leather and joints rubbed with a small wormhole; slight separation from textblock yet still sturdy; occasional staining and marginalia, toning, very light foxing, damp staining at hinge and lower margin beginning at Y4; small losses or tears to several pages not impacting text; small repair to inner margin of title page verso, restoration to colophon.