XENOPHON; PLATO; COOPER, John Gilbert Jun. (editor).
The Life of Socrates, collected from the Memorabilia of Xenophon and the Dialogues of Plato, and illustrated farther by Aristotle, Diodorus, Siculus, Cicero, Proclus, Apuleius, Maximus Tyrius, Boethius, Diogenes Laertius, Aulus Gellus, and others.
London, Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1771.
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An early edition of this life of Socrates in English by John Gilbert Cooper. The source material is derived principally from Xenophon's Memorabilia and Plato's dialogues, but also draws upon the writings of Aristotle, Cicero, Boethius and other classical authors.
Fourth edition; 8vo (22 x 14 cm); engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved vignette divisional titles, MS annotations in pen and synopsis of plates to rear endpaper, a little toned, the odd tear without loss to text; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, joints expertly repaired, a little rubbed, very good; xii, [1], 14-179, [1]pp.
Fourth edition; 8vo (22 x 14 cm); engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved vignette divisional titles, MS annotations in pen and synopsis of plates to rear endpaper, a little toned, the odd tear without loss to text; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, joints expertly repaired, a little rubbed, very good; xii, [1], 14-179, [1]pp.
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The Life of Socrates,
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