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Plato; Benjamin Jowett (translator)
The Republic
Limited #414 of 1200 copies
$450
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New York, Limited Editions Club, 1944
4to. Translated from the Greek by Benjamin Jowett with his Introduction, Analyses, and Summary and with Medallions Cut on Wood by Fritz Kredel. Designed by the celebrated typographer Bruce Rogers and illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Kredel, SIGNED by both on the limitation page. Two volumes in slipcase. Half black leather spine over red paper-covered boards with decorations to cover corners; TEG; in publisher's black paper slipcase. Discreet previous owner name in each volume; minor wear; else fine in near fine slipcase (scrapes to spine; minor wear to extremities.
One of the Limited Editions Club's finest classical productions, this handsome edition presents Plato's enduring dialogue on justice, the ideal state, education, and the nature of the good.
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