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Property From The Family Of Richard P. Feynman

Richard Feynman's copies of the Dialogues of Plato & the Greek Historians

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April 28, 07:17 PM GMT

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Property From The Family Of Richard P. Feynman

[Feynman, Richard & Plato]

The Dialogues of Plato. Translated into English by B. Jowett, M.A. New York: Random House, 1937.


Two volumes, 8vo (6 x 9 in). Publisher's light blue buckram, spines tanned. SIGNED ON FLYLEAVES "RICHARD FEYNMAN" IN TURQUOISE INK, POSSIBLY IN THE HAND OF ARLINE FEYNMAN WITH: The Greek Historians. The Complete and Unabridged Works of Herodotus... Thucydides...Xenophon...Arrian. New York: Random House, 1942. 8vo (6 x 9 in). Light blue publisher's buckram, spine tanned. Volume 1 (of 2). First printing. SIGNED ON FLYLEAVES "RICHARD FEYNMAN" IN TURQUOISE INK, IN THE HAND OF ARLINE FEYNMAN. 


This is one of a handful of books in which Arline Feynman signed Richard Feynman's name, likely a gift from her, which he kept his whole life.