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2 volumes. First Edition, second printing. Royal, thick 8vo, publisher’s original tan polished cloth lettered in gilt on brown labels on the spines. [xiv], 879; [viii], 939 pp. A handsome set of the works, well preserved, the bindings tight and strong, sharp and clean, the inner hinges all in good order, light evidence of age only.

Edizione: a highly important work and the best translation of plato into english. jowett was a great favorite at oxford university and most famous for his classical translations. robert lynd wrote of him in 1925 that “jowett is one of the few (writers who have the luck to go down to posterity as satellites of the supreme men of genius), and it not likely that for many generations to come english readers will be able to think of plato without thinking of jowett’s plato. he aimed in his translation at producing the effect of an original work.” he accomplished this, not at the sake of scholarship or accuracy, and was able to translate the current of life that runs throughout this great masterpiece. these are considered to be by far the best translations of plato's dialogues. <br> this edition contains a new introduction on plato by professor demos of harvard university.