Book Description

CATHERALL, SAMUEL. Eikon Sokratike. Or, a Portraiture of Socrates, extracted out of Plato. : In blank verse. By Sam. Catherall, A.B. and fellow of Oriel College, Oxon.. Oxford, L Lichfield for A Peisley, 1717. 8vo, pp [6], 53, [3, final blank], uncut and sewn as issued, lightly waterstained throughout, a few other marginal stains, else sound,
Dealer Notes
FIRST EDITION, a very rare blank verse version of Plato by this little known Oxford divine, a cheap copy lacking the portrait of Socrates at the front, but extremely scarce nonetheless, especially in unsophisticated unbound state.
Author CATHERALL, SAMUEL. [POET].
Date 1717.
Binding UNBOUND
Publisher Oxford, L Lichfield for A Peisley,
Condition See description

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