Lot 167
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PLATO (c.427-347 B.C.). Opera, in Greek and Latin. Edited and translated by Friedrich Ast. Leipzig: Weidmann, 1819-38. 14 volumes, 8º (225 x 127mm). (Some foxing.) Contemporary red roan, top edges gilt, others uncut (some wear and scuffing on the spines). Provenance: Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789-1862, headmaster of Eton; bookplate in volumes I-VII) – the Duke of Devonshire (Chatsworth book label).
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PLATO (c.427-347 B.C.). Opera, in Greek and Latin. Edited and translated by Friedrich Ast. Leipzig: Weidmann, 1819-38. 14 volumes, 8º (225 x 127mm). (Some foxing.) Contemporary red roan, top edges gilt, others uncut (some wear and scuffing on the spines). Provenance: Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789-1862, headmaster of Eton; bookplate in volumes I-VII) – the Duke of Devonshire (Chatsworth book label).

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PLATO (c.427-347 B.C.). Opera, in Greek and Latin. Edited and translated by Friedrich Ast. Leipzig: Weidmann, 1819-38. 14 volumes, 8º (225 x 127mm). (Some foxing.) Contemporary red roan, top edges gilt, others uncut (some wear and scuffing on the spines). Provenance: Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789-1862, headmaster of Eton; bookplate in volumes I-VII) – the Duke of Devonshire (Chatsworth book label).

THE CHATSWORTH COPY, earlier in the collection of Edward Craven Hawtrey, headmaster of Eton. Hoffmann III, p.122 (calling for only 9 volumes).
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