Laerce, DiogèneLivre Rare Book
LAERTIUS, DiogenesBiblio.com
Vies Des Plus Illustres Philosophes de L'Antiquité. Vols I & II
1758Best.-Nr. 115583Amsterdam: J. T. Schneider 1758. Leatherbound. Good. 2 vols. of 3: xxxv 345; 6 447 p. 17 cm. 28 full page engravings and 4 vignettes as well as various headpieces at chapter beginnings. Engravings include two frontispieces by Christian Friedrich Fritzsch. Full mottled leather with red text block edges. Gold impressing on spines. Marbled endpapers and black and red lettering on title pages. Spine ends chipped and corners and edges worn. Front free endpaper missing in vol. 1. Vol. 1 has chip in p. 13 not affecting text tears in pp. 256 & 251 ink marks rear endpaper. Other small ink marks and tiny tears in both volumes including ink notation on title page of vol. 1. Title continues: "Avec leurs Dogmes leurs Systêmes leur Morale & leurs Sentences les plus remarguables. Traduite du grec de Diogene Laërce. Auxquelles on a ajouté la Vie de l'Auteur celles d'Epictete de Confucius & leur Morale & un Abrégé historique de la Vie des Femmes Philosophes de l'Antiquité." The lives of the most famous philosophers of antiquity by the epicurean philosopher Diogenes Laertius fl. c. AD 222-235 of whom very little is known. Portrait plates are not signed but may also be the work of Christian Friedrich Fritzsch c. 1719-1774 who often illustrated the work of Amsterdam publishers. Probably translated into French by Jacques-Georges de Chauffepié 1702-1786. French text. J. T. Schneider hardcover
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