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PLATO - Lysis, or, Friendship; the Symposium; Phaedrus (Dialogues on Love and Friendship)

Title: Lysis, or, Friendship; the Symposium; Phaedrus (Dialogues on Love and Friendship)
Description: Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, [c.1970s-80s]. Hardcover. Three essays by the ancient Greek philosopher on the topic of love and friendship in a deluxe Heritage Press edition in slipcase. Translated from the Greek, and with introductory analyses by Benjamin Jowett, line drawing illustrations by Eugene Karlin and a preface by Whitney J. Oates. --- In full beige cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt and black to cover and in gilt on spine (both of which identify the title as simply "Symposium"). Possibly published c.1970s-80s, though 1968 date appears in book. Volume housed in tan paper-covered slipcase. Sandglass flyer laid in (Norwalk, no number). --- With three small holes in cloth on moderately-sunned and lightly soiled spine, otherwise a bright, tightly-bound and unmarked copy. Slipcase with oily staining at end, and with light soiling, else in good shape and structurally sound.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); xvii, 208 pages. Very Good- .

Keywords: >>Philosophy/Psychology/Thought >>Illustrated Classics >>Greek & Roman Classics

Price: US$ 17.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 85598