Translated into English with analyses and introductions.
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1892
The foundations of Western philosophy. Plato's Dialogues in English, translated with notes and introductory essays by the Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford, Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893).
The third and last edition of the Socratic Dialogues published by Jowett prior to his death the following year, comprising 29 works including the Republic, Phaedo, Apology, Crito, Symposium, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Charmides, Lysis, Laches, Protagoras, Euthydemus, Cratylus, Phaedrus, Ion, Meno, Hippias Minor, Alcibiades I & II, Menexenus, Eryxias, Timaeus, Critias, Parmenides, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman, Philebus, and Laws.
Third edition; 5 vols; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); bookplate to front pastedown of vol. I, errata slip bound-in to vol. I; contemporary red calf gilt by Relfe Brothers, Malvin School crest in gilt to upper panels, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces to spines, marbled edges, minor wear to extremities, the odd scuff to panels, slight spotting and running to endpapers and first and last ff of text, otherwise internally clean, very good; xxxvii, [3], 594; [6], 576; [7], ccxxxi, [1], 543, [1]; [6], 645, [1]; ccxxxviii, [2], 541, [1]pp.
The third and last edition of the Socratic Dialogues published by Jowett prior to his death the following year, comprising 29 works including the Republic, Phaedo, Apology, Crito, Symposium, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Charmides, Lysis, Laches, Protagoras, Euthydemus, Cratylus, Phaedrus, Ion, Meno, Hippias Minor, Alcibiades I & II, Menexenus, Eryxias, Timaeus, Critias, Parmenides, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman, Philebus, and Laws.
Third edition; 5 vols; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); bookplate to front pastedown of vol. I, errata slip bound-in to vol. I; contemporary red calf gilt by Relfe Brothers, Malvin School crest in gilt to upper panels, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces to spines, marbled edges, minor wear to extremities, the odd scuff to panels, slight spotting and running to endpapers and first and last ff of text, otherwise internally clean, very good; xxxvii, [3], 594; [6], 576; [7], ccxxxi, [1], 543, [1]; [6], 645, [1]; ccxxxviii, [2], 541, [1]pp.
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