Platonis dialogi Graecae et Latine . Ex recensione Immanuelis Bekkeri.
Plato (c.428-c.348 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1816 - 1817
Materials
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3087663
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v. . 8vo.. Vol. I has a letter to George Otto Trevelyan pasted in from Henry Jackson (1839-1921), Regius professor of Greek at Cambridge, written 1 Dec. 1903 recommending 'parts of Plato which are not technically philosophical.' Also laid in a letter from Jackson's son to Pauline Dower, daughter of GOT, referring to this letter. manuscript note on flyleaf in GOT's hand refers to a later letter from Jackson (June 7 1915) which made a further recommendation for reading. With manuscript notes in ink copied by GOT from Macaulay's folio edition. Macaulay's dates of reading (1835 and 1837) are in his own hand and inked over by GOT. Marks of shaving soap indicate this was Macaulay's own copy. Macaulay notes that the Gorgias 'was my favourite dialogue at College. I do not know whether I shall like it as well now May 7 1837'. Also GOT's own notes and dates of reading, e.g. Feb 13 1907 Welcombe; Nov 10, 1909 Rome (Read in one day); June 1915 Welcombe; October 1921 Wallington. Have read the Euthyphron 6 times in 15 years.' Includes a manuscript list of 'My personal favourites in the dialogues of Plato'.. Provenance: Internal evidence reveals that this was owned by Lord Macaulay and G.O. Trevelyan.. Binding: Nineteenth-century half leather; marbled boards; titles gilt lettered direct onto spines.
Makers and roles
Plato (c.428-c.348 BC) Immanuel Bekker (1785-1871)