Crito. A Socratic Dialogue by Plato. Paris: The Pleiad, 1926.
First edition thus, one of 475 copies printed under the supervision of Frederic Warde at Giovanni Mardersteig’s Officina Bodoni press in Montagnola, Switzerland. This book was printed using a brand new type. This is copy number 365.
Octavo. [2, blank], [xxxvii], [6, blank] pp. Publisher’s full marbled paper over parchment tips, printed paper label on spine. One small chip to headcap, one short tear to bottom of front free endpaper, some glue markings on two of the final blanks, else fine. Housed in publisher’s slipcase (some wear and chipping to slipcase.) Dale Maurice Riepe’s copy with a gift inscription to him on the front free endpaper, and his bookplate on the front blank. A lovely book, created with the utmost skill and devotion.
Crito is a dialogue between the jailed Socrates and his friend Crito. It takes place the night before Socrates is to be executed, and Crito visits him and tries to convince him to escape. Socrates refuses, arguing that reliance on the laws of the state is the only way civilized society is to succeed, no matter how painful those laws may be in the short term.
Professor Dale Maurice Riepe (1918-2006), was a major American philosopher and scholar, and was the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buffalo from 1963-1986, and taught at many other schools. His main area of expertise was Eastern Philosophy, and he traveled extensively. He wrote extensively, publishing over seventy articles and several books.
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