The lives, opinions, and remarkable sayings of the most famous ancient philosophers. Written in Greek, by Diogenes Laertius. Made English by several hands

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The lives, opinions, and remarkable sayings of the most famous ancient philosophers. Written in Greek, by Diogenes Laertius. Made English by several hands

Diogenes Laërtius , Eunapius of Sardis , T. (trans.) Fetherstone, Samuel (trans.) White, E. (trans.) Smith, J. (trans.) Philips, R. (trans.) Kippax, W. (trans.) Baxter, R.M. (trans.)

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The lives, opinions, and remarkable sayings of the most famous...Diogenes Laërtius , Eunapius of Sardis , T. (trans.) Fetherstone, Samuel (trans.) White, E. (trans.) Smith, J. (trans.) Philips, R. (trans.) Kippax, W. (trans.) Baxter, R.M. (trans.)

Diogenes Laërtius , Eunapius of Sardis , T. (trans.) Fetherstone, Samuel (trans.) White, E. (trans.) Smith, J. (trans.) Philips, R. (trans.) Kippax, W. (trans.) Baxter, R.M. (trans.)Published 1688 [vol. 1] / 1696 [vol. 2]

2 vols. in 8vo. v. 1: pp. [16], 589, [5] (blank); v. 2: pp. [2] (blank), [4], 460, [2] (blank). Contemporary panelled calf; Jolliffe bookplates. Full-page engraved portrait of Diogenes Laertius facing title page of vol. 1. In vol. 2, separate title page (p. [297]): "A Continuation of Diogenes Laertius: wherein is contain'd the lives of several others of the ancient philosophers; written in Greek by Eunapius of Sardis; translated from the Greek, by E. Smith, M. A." with imprint: "London, printed in the year 1696." First edition in English of this source for many traditional forgeries. First book translated by T. Fetherstone, D.D.; 2d book by Samuel White, M.D.; 3d by E. Smith, M.A.; 4th by J. Philips, gent.; 5th by R. Kippax, M.A.; 6th by William Baxter, gent.; 7th by R.M., gent. See Bib# 4348052/Fr# 13 in this collection; D. Wing (ed.), Short-title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641–1700. 4 vols. New York, 1982-98 (2nd ed.), D 1516-17 (the latter incorrectly designated by Wing as ‘another edition’ of D 1516); A. Freeman, “Hoax and Forgery, Whimsy and Fraud: Taxonomic Reflections on the Bibliotheca Fictiva,” in W. Stephens & E. Havens (eds.), Literary forgery in early modern Europe, 1450-1800, Baltimore, 2018, p. 18, 25. <a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4102578" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a>

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Publisher	Printed for E. Brewster vol. 1 / Printed for R. Bentley, W. Hensman, J. Taylor, and T. Chapman vol. 2
Pages	474
Search language	english

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