La republique de Platon, ou dialogue sur la justice [In Two Volumes]

Paris: Chez Humblot, Libraire, 1765. Very good. Mid-18th-century edition; 6 3/4 x 4; vol. I pp. [3], iv-ciij, [2], 2-259, [1], vol. II pp. [5], 2-406; full speckled roan; five raised bands and gilt title and ruling to spine; illustrated with woodcuts and historiated initials at the beginning of each volume; rubbed spots to corners and chips to tips of spine; vol. II with small loss of leather to lower margin of front board; in good to very good condition.A handsom edition of Plato's Socratic dialogue on justice and order, which was originally authored around 375 BCE.