THE LETTERS OF MARSILIO FICINO - KRISTELLER 1st/1st 3 Vol Set 1985, RENAISSANCE

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THE LETTERS OF MARSILIO FICINO: Translated From the Latin by Members of The Language Department of the School of Economic Science, London — Preface By Paul Oskar Kristeller — 1st US Edition / 1st Printing, HC/DJ 1985 — 3 Volume Set — Renaissance Cabalistic Magic Philosophy Hermetic

Publisher: Gingko Press, New York (1985)

In overall excellent condition. All three books are in near mint condition with solid, tight boards, and crisp clean pages and overall minimal wear. The dust jackets on the second and third volumes are in near mint condition with minimal visible shelfwear. The first volume dust jacket has only a small professionally repaired tear on the lower spine corner. "Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) made a vital contribution to the change in European Society that took place in the Renaissance. Men of influence throughout Europe drew intellectual and spiritual inspiration from him and his Academy. He conducted an extensive correspondence and during his life. With the exception of a few individual letters, these have not been translated into English before. The ongoing translations are the work of a group of scholars at the School of Economic Science in London. This series contains the first English translation of the letters of the philosopher priest, Marsilio Ficino, who helped to shape the Renaissance worldview. This body of work constitutes a crucial attempt at intellectual and emotional synthesis. Ficino strives to combine in a system at once harmonious and formally coherent three great strands of doctrine or speculation: Platonism, Christianity and that exceedingly rich current of hermetic, 'magical' or cabalistic lore which underlies much of Renaissance culture. 'His principal correspondent in England was the Oxford Reformer John Colet, friend and colleague of More and Erasmus, and the most distinguished theologian of his day, and through Colet Ficino’s thought reached Spenser and Sidney, Marlowe, Donne, Milton, Shakespeare, and the English literary renaissance as a whole.'" -Shepherd-Wallin Publishers, 1997