Cooper John Gilbert Jun Editor (1 results)
More imagesPublished by London Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1771
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Add to basketFourth 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 repaire…d, a little rubbed, very good; xii, [1], 14-179, [1]pp. 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.
