Dialogues of Plato: ...
Plato (c.428-c.348 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1767 - 1779
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 3008933
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v., plate (folding) . 4to.. Imperfect: two vols. 1 and 2 only. Penrhyn copy made up of: Vol. 1: 'A synopsis ... of the works of Plato' (1759); 'The banquet ... first part' (1761); 'Io' (1768); 'The greater Hippias' (1771); 'The lesser Hippias' (1761); 'The rivals' (1769). Vol. 2: 'The first Alcibiades' (1773); 'Meno' (1769).. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: G.H.D. Pennant [i.e.: George Hay Dawkins-Pennant (1764-1840)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf.
Makers and roles
Plato (c.428-c.348 BC) Floyer Sydenham (1710-1787)