Plato. The Republic. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, with a Preliminary Discourse concerning the Philosophy of the Ancients by the Translator, Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763, complete with final advertisement leaf 3H4, title-page and advertisement leaf slightly marked, pencil inscription 'Major Davidson' to initial blank and advertisement (erased from title), occasional light spotting and soiling elsewhere, modern calf, demy 4to (23.6 x 17.6 cm) (Qty: 1) ESTC T132206; Gaskell 423. First edition in English, large-paper issue, with post-horn and crowned fleur-de-lis watermarks (see Gaskell); copies were also issued in the smaller foolscap quarto format, on lower-grade paper. Gaskell identifies the large-paper issue of The Republic as printed on 'good' paper, the highest grade used by the Foulis press, and used only 'rarely' (p. 59).
Plato. The Republic. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, with a Preliminary Discourse concerning the Philosophy of the Ancients by the Translator, Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763, complete with final advertisement leaf 3H4, title-page and advertisement leaf slightly marked, pencil inscription 'Major Davidson' to initial blank and advertisement (erased from title), occasional light spotting and soiling elsewhere, modern calf, demy 4to (23.6 x 17.6 cm) (Qty: 1) ESTC T132206; Gaskell 423. First edition in English, large-paper issue, with post-horn and crowned fleur-de-lis watermarks (see Gaskell); copies were also issued in the smaller foolscap quarto format, on lower-grade paper. Gaskell identifies the large-paper issue of The Republic as printed on 'good' paper, the highest grade used by the Foulis press, and used only 'rarely' (p. 59).
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