Karlin eugene illustrator (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good condition with light wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine -. First edition thus. Quarto. xv, (1), 208, (2)pp. Plus 20 unnumbered leaves of plates. Goatskin vellum with brown calf spine label, over brown boards, front cover with a gilt vignette. Housed in publisher's matching brown cardboard slipcase with gold paper spine label. Illustrated with 20 plates of line drawings. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), printed at the Press of A. Colish, and signed on the limitation leaf by Eugne Karlin. Horizontal scratch on back cover of slipcase, otherwise a near fine copy.…

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Platoâs dialogues on love and friendship. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with black and white illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator Eugene Karlin on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Translated from the Greek, with introductory analyses, by Benjamin Jowett. Preface by Whitney J. Oates. Illustrated by Eugene Karlin. Platoâs 'Dialogues on Love and Friendship'â"comprising Lysis, Symposium, and Phaedrusâ"offer a philosophical exploration of the nature, purpose, and transformative potential of human relationships. In Lysis, Plato raises fundamental questions about the essence of friendship, ultimately leaving the concept unresolved, thus inviting continued reflection on the basis of interpersonal bonds. The Symposium presents a series of speeches culminating in Socratesâ recounting of Diotimaâs teaching, which elevates erotic love (eros) from physical desire to a philosophical longing for eternal truth and beauty. In Phaedrus, love is portrayed as a form of divine madness that, when rightly guided, leads the soul toward recollection of the Forms and a higher understanding of the self. Together, these dialogues construct a nuanced vision of love and friendship as ethical and metaphysical forces that can either enslave or liberate the soul, depending on their alignment with reason and the pursuit of the good.…