This is a 1901 Russian-language school edition of Plato’s Crito (Критонъ), translated from the original Greek with introduction and commentary by A. Shlosberg and A. Knauf, and edited by F. F. Zeberg, a teacher at the Riga Alexandrovsky Gymnasium. The work was published in Riga by the printing house “Gutenberg” (Типографія и словолитня «Гутенбергъ»), and bears the censorship permission dated March 13, 1901.
This edition was specifically designed as an educational tool for Imperial Russian gymnasium students. It includes:
- A detailed introduction and biographical sketch of Plato
- Explanatory commentary tailored for student comprehension
- A woodcut-style frontispiece of Plato’s bust
- Advertisements for other educational texts at the rear, including arithmetic manuals and school curricula
Physical Details:
- Softcover booklet, original wrappers
- Pagination: 42 pp.
- Language: Russian (pre-reform orthography)
- Format: Approx. 19 x 13 cm
- Publisher: “Gutenberg” Press, Riga
- Printed dedication to Georgy Vasilyevich Bylovsky, Director of the Riga Alexandrovsky Gymnasium
Condition:
- Complete and internally clean
- Original cover with decorative Art Nouveau border and ownership inscription
- Some wear to spine and light creasing to front cover
- Binding solid; no major tears or losses
This publication holds value both for collectors of Russian translations of classical texts and for those interested in Imperial Russian pedagogy and publishing. Its Riga imprint also gives it Baltic regional interest.
DE: Russische Schulausgabe von Platons Kriton, erschienen 1901 in Riga. Mit Einführung, Kommentar und klassizistischer Gestaltung.
RU: Учебное издание диалога Платона «Критонъ» на русском языке, Рига, 1901 год. С вступлением, примечаниями и портретом.
Plato, Crito, Russian Philosophy, Imperial Russia, Riga Printing, Russian Gymnasium, Classical Education, Pre-revolutionary Russia, Shlosberg, Knauf, Zeberg, Russian translation, Plato in Russian, Art Nouveau cover