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[On the Timaeus. English. Prospectus]
Proposals for the printing by subscription, in two volumes royal quarto, The commentaries of Proclus on the Timæus of Plato. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor.
London (Place), [1820].
[2] p. ; 24.5 cm. (4º)

Drop-head title. Verso blank. A prospectus for Thomas Taylor's translation of The commentaries of Proclus on the Timæus of Plato, in five books which was published in 1820 (q.v.): '250 Copies only will be printed'. The price to subscribers is listed as 'Five Guineas. To Non-Subscribers the price will be raised. Subscribers' names will be received by the Translator, No. 9, Manor Place, Walworth; and at Mr. Valpy's, Tooke's Court, Chancery Lane, London.'.

Copy Notes Loosely inserted in vol. I of Taylor's translation of The commentaries of Proclus on the Timæus of Plato, 1820 (q.v.) together with a prospectus for Taylor's translation of Iamblichus on the mysteries (q.v.) and a printed list of translations and original works by Taylor (q.v.).

Reference Number 3845

Additional Names A.J.$Valpy, Publishers; Taylor, Thomas (1758--1835). Proclus. Prospectus


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