Phædon: or, A Dialogue on the Immortality of the Soul. Translated from the original Greek by Madam Dacier. With notes and emendations. To which is prefixed the Life of the Author, by Fénélon, Archbishop of Cambray. First American, from the Rare London Edition.
New-York: W. Gowan, 1833. First edition of the first printing of Plato in the United States. This has the later state of the spine label (with the one-dollar value as opposed to seventy-five cents). Spine label chipped and boards somewhat rubbed at extremities. Light foxing. Contemporary ink signature to upper.....