1864-1871 The Gorgias of Plato with English Notes, Introduction, and Appendix; and Plato's Gorgias, Literally Translated, With an Introductory Essay, Containing a Summary of the Argument

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Leather Binding, Rebound

Included in this two volume set are: 

I. Plato's Gorgias, Literally Translated, With An Introductory Essay, Containing A Summary of the Argument, by E.M. Cope and published in 1864.

II. The Gorgias of Plato, With English Notes, Introduction, and Appendix by W.H. Thompson and edited by George Long, published in 1871. 

The gorgias, or dialogues, of Plato were originally written in 380 B.C. and depicts a conversation between Socrates and other sophists at a dinner gathering. They discuss the true meaning of rhetoric and identify flaws in the sophistic oratory in Athens at the time. 

Including the bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedowns, reading: 'E. Libris, Roberti, Comitis, De Crewe'.

Including the previous owner's ink inscription to one of the front free-endpapers in both volumes: 'Robert O.A. Milues, Rev: De Butter Harrow, September 1874'.