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Five Titles by Classical Authors, in English
Sold
$275
Timed Auction
Discovery Sale: Online - Only - Closing Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
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Description
All fine press editions published by Arthur Humphreys, London, comprising: 1) EPICTETUS (1897) 2 vols, 4to, full boarded calf with stamp of Hatchard's, London, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; 2) THE ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE (1902) 2 vols., 4to, full dark blue calf, top edge gilt, the rest untrimmed; Vol. II rebacked, spine labels missing; 3) THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO (1898) 2 vols., 4to, publisher's cloth, the pages untrimmed, covers with light silverfish damage, spines faded; 4) Robert Allison, trans., LUCRETIUS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS (1919) Small 4to, cloth spine, boards, top edge gilt, pages untrimmed, the binding with some wear; and 5) PLATO AND SOCRATES (1907) 12mo, 3/4 morocco, cloth, with stamp of Hatchard's, London, top edge gilt, pages untrimmed, the upper joint just starting to crack.
Provenance
Estate of Linda McRae Noe Laine, heiress and philanthropist, Lake Tahoe, Nevada and Washington, DC.