Diogenous Laertiou peri biōn, dogmatōn kai apophthegmatikōn tōn en philosophia eudokimēsantōn, biblia dexka : Diogenis Laertii de vitis, dogmatis & apophthegmatis eorum qui in philosophia claruerunt, libri X Laertius Diogenes

This 1570 Geneva edition of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Philosophers was printed by Henri Estienne, one of the foremost scholarly publishers of the Renaissance. The text presents ten books of biographical sketches and sayings of philosophers, written in the third century, preserved here in both Greek and Latin. The set includes two sextodecimo volumes: Volume I with [8], 494, [40] pages and Volume II with 432 pages. Subjects range from early Ionian thinkers and Socrates to Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Epicurus, and Pyrrho. Condition: Very Good, full leather binding with tight and secure text blocks, some rubbing at hinges, and leather loss at the hinge of Volume I. Edges remain clean and the volumes are complete. Format: Sextodecimo (16mo), 2 volumes, measuring 6.5 by 4 inches (16.5 by 10 cm). No illustrations noted. Edition: 1570 printing. #29351 PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.