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Socrates, Sanctus Paederasta 1769 (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by elsewhere to c/bookcollecting

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One of the books that I found in the box from my other post.

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[–] phil299 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ok this could be a very rare text, not sure but it appears to be a defense of Socrates against the accusation of homosexuality by Johann Mathias Gesner (1691-1761) Its importance can be ascertained as the Latin text is online on the University of Göttingen website. I can not find any examples for sale currently but I have not done an exhaustive search. As for value you would need to do a auction record search , but world cat only shows 17 antiquarian volumes in various institutions so it is likely a library may want to acquire this book so that might really pump the value. This was a very good find , well done.

[–] elsewhere 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting, thanks! I will have to make some research myself as well. For now as with the other finds I will keep them myself; I will think what I do with them next.