Fine Books & Manuscripts, including The Ronald K. Siegel Collection
Thu, Jun 1, 2023 12:00PM EDT
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Lot 466
PLATO (?427-347 B.C.E.). The Works of…, viz. His Fifty-Five...
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
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PLATO (?427-347 B.C.E.). The Works of?, viz. His Fifty-Five Dialogues, and Twelve Epistles. Translated from the Greek by Floyer Sydenham and Thomas Taylor. London: for Thomas Taylor by R. Wilks and sold by E. Jeffery and R.H. Evans, 1804. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION OF PLATO?S WORK IN ENGLISH. The work was begun by Floyer Sydenham, who translated nine of the dialogues, and finished by Thomas Taylor after Sydenham?s death. Taylor also added a commentary and notes on the existing manuscript and on Plato?s philosophy. Taylor?s edition was immediately important and remains in print today. This edition is uncommon complete in any condition, but especially so uncut in boards. Lowndes 1877.
