Shelfmark
Cd.2.1.10 - Cd.2.1.11
Additional shelfmark
Gm.6.11(01)
Author
Collective uniform title
Selections. English
Title
Dialogues of Plato: Volume I. [- III.].
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for W. Sandby, in Fleet-Street, 1767-1779.
Physical description
3 v. ; 4to.
Language
English translation by Floyer Sydenham of Greek originals.
Note
Vol. II dated 1773, Vol. III 1779, both with imprint "Printed for the author".
Note
This eccentric three-volume set comprises publications which were separately published at various periods and not always present in the set nor even in the "correct" volume: "A synopsis or general view of the works of Plato", 1759; "Io, a dialogue of Plato, concerning poetry" either 1759, or second edition, 1768; "The greater Hippias", either 1759 or 1771, doubtfully attributed to Plato; "The lesser Hippias", 1761; "The banquet ... first part", 1761; "The banquet, ... second part", 1767; "A dissertation on the doctrine of Heraclitus", 1775; "The first Alcibiades", 1773 and "The second Alcibiades", 1776, these two not in fact by Plato; "Philebus, ... first part", 1779, and "Philebus, ... second part", 1780 (the last two have continuous pagination and register); "Meno", 1769; and "The rivals", 1769.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T132440
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Media, 1999. 1 reel ; 35 mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 10043, no. 01).
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Media, 1999. 1 reel ; 35mm. u132440. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 10044, no. 01).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
[Cd.2.1.10 - Cd.2.1.11]: Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
[Cd.2.1.10 - Cd.2.1.11]: Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
[I TBS(01)]: Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
[Cd.2.1.10 - Cd.2.1.11]: 18th century calf.
Binding
[Gm.6.11(01)]: Bound in two volumes; 20th century half cloth; boards covered in olive green paper; spine covered in cream buckram; title written in ink on spine.
Copy-specific note
[Cd.2.1.10 - Cd.2.1.11]: Previously Ca 9.12-13.
Copy-specific note
[Cd.2.1.10 - Cd.2.1.11]: This set bound as follows: vol. 1: "A synopsis or general view of the works of Plato" (1759); "Io, a dialogue of Plato, concerning poetry" (1759); "The greater Hippias" (1759); "The lesser Hippias" (1761); "The banquet... first part" (1761). Vol. 2: Philebus (lacking title-page). Lacking: "The banquet, ... second part", 1767; "A dissertation on the doctrine of Heraclitus", 1775; "The first Alcibiades", 1773 and "The second Alcibiades", 1776.
Copy-specific note
[Gm.6.11(01)]: This set bound as follows: vol. 1: "The banquet... first part (1761); t.p. for vol. 1; "The banquet... second part (1767), advertisement only; t.p. for vol. 2; "The first Alcibiades", 1773; "The second Alcibiades", 1776; "The rivals, a dialogue concerning philosophy", 1779; "Io, a dialogue of Plato", 1759; "The lesser Hippias", 1761; "A dissertation on the doctrine of Heraclitus", 1775. Vol. 2: "Onomasticon theologicum" by Floyer Sydenham, 1784; "Meno, a dialogue concerning virtue", 1769.
Copy-specific note
[Gm.6.11(01)]: "Onomasticon theologicum" is a separate bibliographic entity, and has its own catalogue record, under shelfmark Gm.6.11(02).
Copy-specific note
[Gm.6.11(01)]: Previous shelfmark: Gk.2.10.
Subject
Philosophy, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Sandby, William, ? - d. 1799 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng grc
Identifier
B13817