STANLEY, Thomas.

The History of Philosophy: Containing the Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect.,

London: Printed for Thomas Bassett… Dorman Newman… and Thomas Cockerill,, 1687. SECOND EDITION 1 blank leaf + 1 leaf with an engraved portrait of Stanley on verso + TP + [I] = Dedication page + [iii]-[iv] = Preface + [v]-[xxiv] = The Table [of Contents] + 1-228 + 351-445 + 452-587 + 737-[972] + TP ("The History of the Chaldaick Philosophy" - dated 1687) + 1 leaf = Dedication on recto and Preface on verso + 1029-1091 + [1092] = Publisher's Advertisements + 1 blank leaf, Folio.Complete (according to the table of contents) despite pagination irregularities. Also note that page 162 is numbered as 262, page 365 is misnumbered as 367, page 439 appears as 445 and page 865 is misnumbered as 858.The first edition appeared in 1655 in four parts. The second edition was the first to contain all four parts together in one volume. Stanley was one of the foremost classical scholars of his day and here presents one of the earliest expositions of the history of Greek philosophy in English. Stanley "adopted the general structure, the biographical emphasis, the doxographical method characteristic of Diogenes [Laertius]. Stanley's history ran into four editions in England between 1655 and 1743 and was translated into Latin and published in that language at Amsterdam in 1690, Leipzig in 1711, and Venice as late as 1733." (EP, VI, p. 227)The frontispiece of the author is by Faithorne. The book also contains twenty-six full-length portraits of philosophers in the text. A beautiful and well-preserved contemporary full-leather binding with seven compartments on the spine and spine label with gilt lettering on a red field. Slight chipping to top and bottom of spine. Joints beginning to separate at top (1 compartment front and back) and bottom (1 compartment front and two compartments back) but well secured. Worm holes (approximately 1" x 1.5") at bottom of page, just barely impinging on text on some pages and before becoming insignificant at page 5 and then becoming progressively smaller before disappearing at page 109. Overall, a lovely contemporary copy. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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