Das Gemälde des Kebes. Aus einer alten griechischen Handschrifft

by of Thebes Cebes

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First edition

Engraved vignette on title & one large folding engraved plate a little frayed at inner margin . xxxx, 78 pp. 8vo, cont. half-sheep & speckled boards two corners a little worn, a little worming to covers , spine gilt. Moscow: “bey der Typographischen Gesellschafft,” 1785. First edition of this translation, printed in Moscow, and edited anonymously. Cebes of Thebes ca. 430-350 B.C.E. was a member of Socrates’ inner circle. One of the speakers

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