Lot 683
Plato
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
Dialogues [translated by Floyer Sydenham]. London: W.Sandby, 1759-1767. 7 parts (of 13), with the list of subscribers and the dedication leaf to the Synopsis signed by Sydenham, 1 folding diagram at the end, contemporary calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering piece, head and tail rubbed, joints splitting, dedication leaf loose, paper of the Rivals uniformly discoloured with small paper fault or tear to the title affecting one letter of text.
Note: Contains the Synopsis, the Greater Hippias, the Lesser Hippias, the Banquet (first part), the Rivals, Io, & Meno. "He [Sydenham] was an excellent Greek scholar and devoted himself to the task of translating the works of Plato. In 1759 he published his proposals in a quarto tract, and accomplished his purpose between 1759 and 1780 in four quarto volumes. Dr. Parr ranked Sydenham first among Platonic students, and Thomas Taylor, the Platonist (1758-1836), though less fervent, held a high opinion of his merits" (DNB).
The Republic … translated from the Greek by H. Spens, with a preliminary discourse concerning the philosophy of the ancients … Glasgow: Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1763. 4to., with a list of books printed by the Foulis brothers at the end, contemporary sprinkled calf; and 9 others
Note: Gaskell 423 (12)