Mar 09, 2017 - Sale 2438

Sale 2438 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 531
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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
DIOGENES LAERTIUS; et al. The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers: containing an Account of their Several Sects, Doctrines, Actions, and Remarkable Sayings; extracted from Diogenes Laertius, Casaubon, Menagius, Stanley, Gassendus, Charleton, and others. 8 engraved portraits of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, et al. [16], xxx, [2], 564, [12] pages. 8vo, 193x120 mm, contemporary panelled calf, top of spine chipped joints bonded but cracked, cords intact; occasional toning, scattered minor foxing or spotting. London: John Nicholson, 1702

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first edition, including as an appendix the first edition in english of Gilles Menage's 1690 Historia mulierum philosopharum, on women philosophers in antiquity.