1540 Isocrates GREEK Plutarch Halicarnassus Philostratus Demonic Paralysis RARE

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“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.”

– Isocrates

 

An exceedingly rare printing of Isocrates’ ‘Orations’. Isocrates was a 4th-century BC Greek orator and rhetorician, whose philosophical thought helped influence various Panegyrics of the Renaissance. His orations and letters were written on a variety of topics:

  • to influence various rulers on how to lead their kingdom
  • on rulers of Salamis on Cyprus
  • on importance of good education
  • on living in peace with others

 

This 1540 edition includes three separate “lives of Isocrates” by Plutarch, Philostratus, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus

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1540 Isocrates GREEK Plutarch Halicarnassus Philostratus Demonic Paralysis RARE

 

“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.”

– Isocrates

 

An exceedingly rare printing of Isocrates’ ‘Orations’. Isocrates was a 4th-century BC Greek orator and rhetorician, whose philosophical thought helped influence various Panegyrics of the Renaissance. His orations and letters were written on a variety of topics:

  • to influence various rulers on how to lead their kingdom
  • on rulers of Salamis on Cyprus
  • on importance of good education
  • on living in peace with others

 

This 1540 edition includes three separate “lives of Isocrates” by Plutarch, Philostratus, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus

 

Item number: #25873

Price: $750

 

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Clarissimi Atheniensis oratoris Isocratis Orationes recognitae, atque mendis detersae plerisque : eiusdem vita ex Plutarcho, Philostrato, et Dionysio Halicar.

 

Marpurgum [Marburg]: Egenolph, 1540.

 

Details:

  • Collation:
    • [42], 277 leaves, [60]
  • References: USTC 622728
  • Language: Latin
  • Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
  • Size: ~6in X 3.75in (15.5cm x 9.5cm)

 

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25873

Categories

Classical Greco-Roman

Philosophy

Authors

ISOCRATES

Printing Date

16th Century

Language

Latin

Binding

Vellum

Book Condition

Excellent