PLATO [Jowett Translation].

The Dialogues of Plato translated into English by B. Jowett, M.A.

New York: Charles Scribner and Company, 1871. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of this translation. Volume 1:1 leaf + half-title + TP + 1 leaf = Dedication + [vii]-x + 1 leaf = Contents + half-title + [3]-681 + 1 leaf = 2 pp. ads + 1 blank leaf; Volume 2: 2 leaves + half-title + TP + 1 leaf = Contents + half-title + [3]-607 + 1 leaf = 2pp. ads + [1]-[6] = 6 pp. ads; Volume 3: 1 leaf + half-title + TP + 1 leaf = Contents + half-title + [3]-599 + 1 leaf; Volume 4: 1 leaf + half-title + TP + 1 leaf = Contents + half-title + [3]-594 + 3 leaves = 6pp. ads + 1 leaf; Octavo. Benjamin Jowett's landmark translation which, 125 years later, is still the most popular English version. It was the first complete English translation of Plato by a single person. This is the first American edition, published in the same year as the British first. The advertisements included in volumes 1,2 & 4 refer to this set as being "Just Published" and note it as being "One half the price of the English edition". Although the volumes are not very different in size, the text is much more cramped in this American version when compared to the original English one. Bound in original reddish-brown boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Owners signature (Lois R. Might) on first blank leaf of volume 1. Small booksellers label affixed to inside back cover of each volume. Minor wear and tears to head and foot of spine and some slight wear to spine edges. Otherwise a bright, clean fine set. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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• bookseller: Athena Rare Books (USA)