[PLATO (428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC); MILLS, JOSEPH (trans.)]. Plato's Apology of Socrates, Translated Into English, by the Rev. Joseph Mills. With Notes and an Appendix by the Translator. Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon; sold by J. Woodyer, Cambridge; J. Beecroft, Pater-noster Row, and T. Cadell, in the Strand, London, M.DCC.LXXV. [1775].
Hardcover. Second English Edition. Leather-bound. Small octavo (165 x 105 mm), pp. [2], xviii, [1], xviii-xxxi, [1], 99, [1]. Signatures: [ ]¹ a⁸ *a b⁸ B-G⁸ H². Initial and terminal blanks present. A leaf of "Additional subscribers" numbered xvii-xviii and signed *a, is inserted between gatherings a and b; this leaf also with errata. Bound in contemporary calf boards, re-backed with a new spine. Five raised bands. Green morocco lettering-piece. Gilt rules to board edges. Footnotes. Fleuron tail-pieces. Condition: GOOD. Collated complete. Binding secure. Some rubbing to spine ends. Title hand-written to front cover in red ink. Contents largely clean with a touch of browning to endpapers. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. A scarce title.
