Symposium. Translated (and with an Introduction) by Tom Griffith. Engraved by Peter Forster.

Published by Libanus Press, 1986

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ONE OF 300 COPIES (from an edition of 355 copies) on Velin d'Arches rag paper, this copy unnumbered, 53 ornaments and illustrations by Peter Forster printed in grey, ff. [72], folio, original quarter dark blue morocco, backstrip gilt lettered with a small scattering of faint paint(?) flecks, patterned pale blue boards, tail edges untrimmed, pale grey boards slipcase, this with a small streak to one side, the book itself near fine. The translator also set the type. Forster's illustrations use sculptural forms in a playful, and occasionally suggestive, way. The quarter bound morocco and full cloth versions both fall within the same limitation, but one would presume the former to be smaller in number.

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Title
Symposium. Translated (and with an Introduction) by Tom Griffith. Engraved by Peter Forster.
Author
(Libanus Press.) PLATO.
Publisher
Libanus Press
Publication year
1986
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Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA

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