1931 Nf

Copies examined

British Library: 08459.c.13
Curwen Press: G44

Title page

[A]2r

PLATO'S BANQUET | Translated from the Greek | A DISCOURSE ON | THE MANNERS OF THE ANTIENT GREEKS | RELATIVE TO THE SUBJECT OF LOVE | Also | A PREFACE TO THE BANQUET | by | PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY | Revised and Enlarged by | ROGER INGPEN | From MSS. in the possession of | SIR JOHN C.E. SHELLEY-ROLLS, BART. | [double rule] | Printed for private circulation | MCMXXXI | [double rule]

Imprint and limitation

[A]2v

(100)

Collation

[A]8 B-H8; 4-leaf blank sewn endleaves.

Pagination

[i-vii] viii-ix [x,1-3] 4-18 [19-25] 26-7 [28-31] 32-107 [108-11] 112-6 [+2].

Technical description

Demy 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, white wove, Ganymede; 12(+2)pt. Bembo; casing, black buckram, spine gold-blocked: ‘Shelley | * | Plato's | Banquet | * | Discourse | etc.’.

Note

The text translated is often called 'The Symposium'.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963