Crito, A Socratic Dialogue.

£325 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd · No longer available

Socratic dialogue on the nature of justice, part of Plato’s tetralogy on the trial of Socrates, consisting of Euthyphro , the Apology of Socrates , Crito , and Phaedo. The first use of Frederic Warde’s Arrighi typeface, the Arrighi-Vicenza italic, printed in Officina Bodoni’s final year in Switzerland before it was moved to Verona. This was the second book involving a collaboration between Warde and Mardersteig, the first being The Calligraphic Models of Ludovico Vicentino . Mardersteig’s admiration for Warde was obvious. He described him as an “outstanding American typographer” and said that “only rarely in later years did I similarly enjoy working with a colleague”. A little rubbed at extremities, otherwise very good. Schmoller, The Officina Bodoni, no. 16.

• Year: 1926

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