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DIOGENES LAERTIUS; et al. The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers: containing an Account of their Several Sects, Doctrines, Actions, and Remarkable

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. 4 (of 8?) engraved portraits, showing Thales, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. [16], xxx, [2], 564, [12] pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, hinges and top and bottom spine compartments reinforced with cloth tape; minor marginal restoration on title and 2A8. London: John Nicholson, 1702

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

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