Crito Sold at Auction Prices

[OFFICINA BODONI] – PLATO. Crito. A Socratic Dialogue [..]. Translated by Henry Cary.

Paris, [The Officina Bodoni for] The Pleiad, 1926, XXXVI,[2] pp. Large 8vo, orig. marbled boards with vellum spine-ends, spine with paper letterpiece, uncut. – ADDED: 2 others, resp. by SEXTUS PROPERTIUS (“Propertius in love [..]. [English transl. by J. Lindsay]”. London, The Fanfrolico Press, 1927. With ills. after Norman Lindsay. Printed in 60 numb. copies for subscribers only. Signed by Jack Lindsay. Disbound) & AESCHYLUS (“The Oresteia. [English transl. by E.D.A. Morshead]”, 1961. With ills. after Michael Ayrton). (3x) ¶ Ad 1: Printed by the “Officina Bodoni” (Montagnola, Switzerland) under supervision of Frederic Warde in 475 numb. copies on handmade paper. First application of the very rare typeface “Vicenza”, a modernized version of Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi’s chancery cursive designed by Frederic Warde (1894-1939). – Occ. sl. foxed/ browned, but else in good condition (printed with wide margins).