Plato's Republic
The Limited Editions Club, 1944.
First edition thus. Two vols. Quarter black morocco over orange paper boards, with two vignettes of Greek profiles to each cover. Gilt titles to spines. Top edge gilt, bottom untrimmed. Housed in original black slipcase. Chapter titles illustrated with woodcut medallions by Fritz Kedel. A fine set, internally bright and clean in a very good slipcase with wear to the edges.
A Socratic dialogue authored by Plato around 375BC. With its discussion of order, justice and the character of the "just man" and "just city-state", it is one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory.
Stock ID: 46338
