With an account of his life, philosophy, morals, and politicks. Together with a translation of his choicest dialogues, viz. 1. Of human nature, 2. Prayer. 3. Wisdom. 4. Holiness. 5. What one ought to do. 6. Immortality of the soul. 7. Valour. 8. Philosophy. In two volumes, illustrated with notes. By M. Dacier. Translated from the French, by several Hands. The Third Edition, Corrected.
Two volumes. 12mo. [4], 336; 344 pp., woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary calf, spines with five single raised bands outlined in gilt, second panels lettered in gilt on red morocco labels, fourth panels numbered in gilt on red morocco roundels, the rest with small gilt sunburst devices, covers with single gilt fillet borders, yellow edges (early ownership inscriptions ‘J Jodrell’ to front pastedowns of both volumes, internally clean and fresh; only minor shelf-wear to extremities, corners gently bumped, small area of surface wear to front cover of Vol. 2, a fine copy). London: Printed for J. Rivington; W. Strahan; W. Johnston; T. Longman; Mess. Hawes, Clarke and Collins; R. Horsfield; G. Keith; J. Wilkie; and B. Collins, 1772.
A lovely copy of the most substantial collection of Platonic dialogues in English available during the eighteenth century. Erroneously labelled the third edition, the text first appeared in 1701 and reached a fourth edition in 1749, with this ‘third’ (actually fifth) following three decades later. This is the scarcest of the editions of this version.
