first edition
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
History of Western Philosophy and its connection with political and social circumstances from the earliest times to the present day.
London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1946.
A classic survey of intellectual thought, charting over 2000-years of history from the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales (fl.585 BC) to the American educationalist John Dewey (AD 1859-1952), who was in his 87th year at the time of publication.
First UK edition, first impression; 8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); offsetting to endpapers; publisher's grey cloth, lettered on spine in yellow on a burgundy ground, with the unclipped dust-jacket printed on military map as issued, cloth and top-edge a little spotted, jacket slightly frayed at edges with slight loss to upper spine end very good; 916pp.
Stock code 120073
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History of Western Philosophy
XENOPHON; FIELDING, Sarah (translator).
Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
1762.
A handsomely bound first edition of Sarah Fielding's translation of Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
£1,250.00
WOTTON, William; BENTLEY, Richard.
Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning...
1697.
The second edition, much expanded of William Wotton's Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, bound with Richard Bentley's Dissertation for the first time
£750.00
TYRTAEUS; MOOR, James (editor).
Spartan Lessons;
1759.
The first Foulis Press edition of Tyrtaeus' panegyric on martial spirit, Spartan Lessons, edited by the classicist James Moor
£1,500.00
CICERO; [DAVID, Henry (translator)].
Thoughts of Cicero,
1750.
The first trilingual edition in English, French, and Latin of this collection of Cicero's thoughts on religion, law and philosophy
£450.00
