* * * * O C T O B E R 2 0 2 4 * B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S 23 "ALMOST ALL OF THE KNOWN FACTS IN THE LIFE OF SOCRATES ARE REFERRED TO IN THESE DIALOGUES": PLATO'S ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF SOCRATES, FINELY BOUND BY RAMAGE 23. (PLATO) (SOCRATES) CHURCH, F.J. The Trial and Death of Socrates, Being the Euthyphron, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Plato, Translated into English. London, 1880. Octavo, contemporary full red morocco gilt. $1350 First edition of Church’s translation of the four dialogues in which Plato describes the life, trial and death of Socrates, finely and beautifully bound in full morocco-gilt by Ramage. “Almost all of the known facts in the life of Socrates are referred to in these dialogues. A good many stories, it is true, are told about him by late writers: but they are mostly either false on the face of them, or based on quite insufficient evidence. We are therefore thrown back almost entirely on to Xenophon’s Memorabilia and Plato” (Introduction). A beautifully bound volume in fine condition.
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