(Platon. Opera quae extant omnia. Ex nova J. Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusdem notis illustrata. Mr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpretatione iudicium, & multorum contextus Graeci emendatio). Parts II and III (of 3). 4 Bl., 992 pp.; 4 Bl., 416, 139 S. With some woodcut initials and headpieces. 38.5 x 24.5 cm. Parchment d. Z. (somewhat more flaky, rubbed and light-edge, upper capital of Volume II with deeper tearing, back of Volume III more heavily loaded, Vdeckel of Volume IV large cut track). (Geneva), H. Estienne, 1578. Adam's P 1439. Renouard 145-146. Moeckli 93. – First complete complete edition of the famous Stephanus edition with Greek-Latin parallel text, but here without the volume I and the main title, the present volumes II and III respectively with intermediate titles. "Henri Estienne's monumental edition of Plato, the first complete edition, which for two centuries remains retained the indispensable instrument of Platonic studies; to this day its pagination is universally accepted as the standard system of reference to the text of Plato. Of all Henri Estienne's publications the 'Plato' is perhaps the most liberally decorated ... it is the only publication in which Estienne used his entire series of decorative headpieces. Although this sumptuous 'Plato' further contributed to Estienne's financial ruin, it is also (after the 'Thesaurus') the work which most contributed to his fame" (Schreiber 201). – A little tanned and patchy, in places with narrow moisture margins. Both intermediate titles old stamped. With a few underscores.