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Item Details
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| Author: |
Plato |
| Title: |
The Republic of Plato. In ten books. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, D.D. With a preliminary discourse concerning the philosophy of the ancients by the translator |
| Place: |
Glasgow |
| Publisher: |
Robert and Andrew Foulis |
| Date: |
1763 |
| Item # : |
204800 |
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| Sale Number |
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416 |
| Lot Number |
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135 |
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| Rare Books & Manuscripts |
| Sale Date |
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11/19/2009 |
| Price realized |
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$ 9600 |
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| Description: |
| [4], xl, 430 + [2] ad pp. (4to) 9½x7, period calf, spine ruled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering piece. First Edition in English, Large Paper Copy. |
| Rare large paper copy of the first English language edition of Plato's greatest work. OLC/WorldCat lists only four copies of the large paper issue (measuring 25 cm. tall rather than the 21 cm. of most copies), only two of them in the United States. |
| Condition: |
| Some minor scuffing and wear to covers; light soiling to title-page, near fine. |
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