Plato: Loix de Platon. Par le traducteur de la Republique

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Plato : Loix de Platon. Par le traducteur de la Republique

Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam, c. 1769.

Contemporary full mottled calf, spine in six compartments of raised gilt-tooled bands, with floral motifs and red morocco labels on two and three, edges and endpapers marbled. , Occasional minor browning, otherwise a very good copy bound in decorative French 18th century full mottled calf., 12mo, P. Volume 1. title, preface iii-viii, dedication to Rousseau 1-5, advertisement (2), 1-398, advertisement (2); Volume 2. title, 1-502, advertisement., With two engraved titles, beautifully engraved vignettes on final pages of both volumes, and decorative bookplates of Isaac C. Edrehi., Volume : Two volumes.

The book is noteworthy for its dedication to contemporary writer and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, written by the publisher, which praises his modesty and humility in public affairs, and compares him with Socrates. This is the first time a French translation of Plato’s “The Laws” was published, and it was translated by Jean-Nicolas Grou, a French Jesuit priest who occupied himself with the French translation of Plato’s works., Brunet IV:701.

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