1745 – First Oxford edition of Plato’s Dialogues | Platonis Dialogi

A rare 18th-century printing of the works of Plato, edited by Nathaniel Forster of Oxford. This collection of Greek philosophical works includes Plato’s famous Dialogues, his Trials of Socrates, conversations with Socrates and Alcibiades, and other treatises. Other works include “Erastai”, ‘Euthyphro’, ‘Apology’, ‘Crito’, and the famous Dialogues with Phaedrus.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Platonis dialogi V. Recensuit, notisque
• Author(s): Plato
• Contributor(s): Nathaniel Forster (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano
• Edition: First Oxford edition. 1745.
• Format: (8vo), single volume
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  8 in x 5 in (20.3 cm x 12.7 cm)
• Collation: [4], 403, [20], [6] p
• Illustrations: engraved title vignette
• Contents Include:
  • Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedrus, Erastai, Trial of Socrates
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Mr. Hall; motto “Coelum Quid Quaerimus Ultra”

Condition:

Very Good. Full leather binding with light wear and mild separation at hinges. Loss of gilt on spine. Text block tight and secure. Clean interior with minor age toning.

Why Collect This?

• Earliest Oxford edition of Plato’s Dialogues, edited by Froster
• Printed in Greek with Latin notes

Item Number: # 29514