8vo. vii, [1], 327pp, [1]. First two words of title transliterated from the Greek. Attractively bound in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges.A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, contemporary prize inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting.

A Scottish edition, printed in Glasgow, of collected Socratic dialogues by pupil of Socrates, Xenophon. Serving as a personal defence of his mentor, Xenophon's Socrates would be influential on ancient cynicism, as well as the teachings of the Stoics. Alongside Plato and Aristophanes, Xenophon is one of only a few contemporaries of Socrates whose writings on the philosopher remain.