Engraved by Peter Forster (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Plato. Symposium. Translated by Tom Griffith; engraved by Peter Forster. Collins Harvill, London, 1989. Hardcover with jacket. Condition: fine/fine. Cover and jacket show nearly no wear. Octavo; pp. 139. Blue cloth binding; silver lettering on spine. Parallel translation: Greek text on verso, English on recto. *** A beautifully designed and crafted volume. Liberally illustrated with original engravings of Classical architectural features and evocative of an ancient Symposium, printed in blue/gray. Both Greek and English texts set in elegant typefaces.…