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Livres anciens et modernes

Plato

LYSIS; or, Friendship, THE SYMPOSIUM, PHAEDRUS, Translated from the Greek, With Introductory Analyses, by Benjamin Jowett, With a Preface by Whitney J. Oates and Illustrations by Eugene Karlin

The Easton Press, 1970

82,50 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, États-Unis d'Amérique)

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Année
1970
Lieu d'édition
Norwalk
Auteur
Plato
Éditeurs
The Easton Press

Description

First Easton Press Edition, illustrated by Eugene Karlin. With numerous lovely full page plates from pen and ink drawings by Eugene Karlin printed in soft gray. Royal 8vo, bound in the publisher's red-brown leather, the covers fully gilt in an all-over design, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. [xviii], 208 pp. A pristine copy, as mint.

Edizione: first easton press limited edition, and one of only a few of the true ?classics? to be tackled by the press. plato?s dialogues on love and friendship are beautifully accompanied by karlin?s evocative drawings. the text is from jowett?s famed translation. eugene karlin?s fine art has been exhibited in the art institute of chicago, the corcoran gallery in washington dc, the metropolitan museum of art in new york, the los angeles museum. san francisco, oakland, philadelphia, pennsylvania, the list goes on and on. japan hosted him on a lecture tour of seven cities, where his trademark flowing pen and ink drawings were already acclaimed.