Platonis et Quae Vel Platonis esse Ferentur Verl Platonica Solent Comitari Scripta Graece Omnia ad Codices Manuscriptos Recensuit Variasque indie Lectiones by Plato; Immanuel Bekker - 1826

London: A. J. Valpy, 1826. Fine Binding. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A splendid and scarce eleven volume set of the complete works of Plato, arranged by Immanuel Bekker, finely bound. Completed between 1816 and 1823, this edition of the works of Plato was translated and edited by German philologist and critic Immanuel Bekker. Plato was an Athenian philosopher active during the classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his teacher, Socrates, he is considered to be one of the most influential figures upon Western philosophy. Many of his works take the format of didactic dialogues, often between Plato and Socrates.Translated from the original Greek into Latin by Bekker; also with the original Greek.Complete in eleven volumes.Smartly bound in a full contemporary leather binding, with gilt tooling the the spines. With no prior owner's inscriptions or bookplates.Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece.An exquisite collection of the works of one of the most influential Western philosophers in history. In a full calf binding. Externally, very smart, with occasional rubbing to the spines, including the tails of volumes II and VIII. Otherwise, just a touch of slight general wear. Internally, generally firmly bound; front hinge to volume I is strained but remaining firm. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed