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
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
ISOCRATES
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