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THE REPUBLIC (LA REPUBLIQUE DE PLATON; OU, DU JUSTE, ET DE L'INJUSTE)
by PLATO
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
THE FIRST TRANSLATION OF PLATO S REPUBLIC INTO FRENCH WHICH PRECEDES THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DECADES. Published by aux Frais & sous les Yeux Traducteur, 1726. Octavo [ 20 X 26 cm ], [1], xx, 319pp, with an initial leaf of quotation from Cicero. with an initial leaf of quotation from Cicero. Full contemporary brown calf, raised bands, contrasting label on spine, gilt decoration in boxed on spine, top and bottom of spine repaired, occasional minor marginal soiling and foxing, clean tear in blank outer margin of O2, armorial book plate, ordinary paper issue, Hoffmann 145, first edition in French.
Synopsis
The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is happier. They are the philosopher-kings of imagined cities and they also discuss the nature of philosophy and the soul among other things.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 187
- Title
- THE REPUBLIC (LA REPUBLIQUE DE PLATON; OU, DU JUSTE, ET DE L'INJUSTE)
- Author
- PLATO
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Londres: aux Frais & sous les Yeux Traducteur
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1726
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greek Classics, Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- New arrivals October 2021;
- Size
- 4to.
Terms of Sale
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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