The Life of Socrates, collected from the Memorabilia of Xenophon and the Dialogues of Plato,
XENOPHON., PLATO. & COOPER (John Gilbert).

The Life of Socrates, collected from the Memorabilia of Xenophon and the Dialogues of Plato,

The Macclesfield copy

Third edition. 8vo. xii, [13]-179 pp., engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates by Louis Philippe Boitard. Contemporary speckled calf, spine with five raised band outlined with simple double gilt rules, second panel lettered in gilt on red morocco label, covers with double gilt fillet borders, red speckled edges (partial offsetting and some faint spotting to endpapers, contents otherwise clean and crisps; only minor shelf wear to extremities, a fine copy). London, printed for R. Dodsley, 1750.

£750.00
XENOPHON., PLATO. & COOPER (John Gilbert).
The Life of Socrates, collected from the Memorabilia of Xenophon and the Dialogues of Plato,

The Macclesfield copy of this collection of writings on the life of the great Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, drawn from various sources including the writings of Xenophon, Plato, and Aristotle, amongst others.

The editor and translator, John Gilbert Cooper (1722-1769), ‘became embroiled in a literary controversy on the publication of his historical work, The Life of Socrates (1749). In it he showed little respect for established scholarship; and in particular he singled out the works of William Warburton for attack’ (ODNB).

Provenance: from the celebrated library of the Earls of Macclesfield at Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, with the North Library bookplate to front pastedown and armorial blindstamp to the frontispiece, title page, and p. v.

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The Life of Socrates, collected from the Memorabilia of Xenophon and the Dialogues of Plato,
The Life of Socrates, collected from the Memorabilia of Xenophon and the Dialogues of Plato,
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