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[MEISSNER, AUGUST GOTTLIEB], Alcibiades. Erster [Zweiter - Dritter - Vierter] Theil.
Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1781; 1783; 1785; 1788. First edition. 4 vols., 8vo. Engraved vignette title-pages to each volume, 8 full-page engraved plates. [12], 336; [12], 336; 12], 336; [12], 336; [4], 360; [18], 431 pp. Contemporary calf, contrasting spine labels, marbled boards, red edges. Boards a bit scuffed, corners bumped, spines dry but firm; some dampstaining to text, mostly in volume II). ¶ The life of the infamous and brilliant Athenian general and bad-boy, Alicibiades, famous for his beauty, and immortalized in Plato's Symposium for his praise of Socrates. Meissner portrays his entire life in the form of a series of dialogues, interspersed with fine engravings by Krüger and others. Meissner is also remembered as one of the founders of the genre of crime fiction
Offered for US$ 400.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 232019