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PLATO. Opera quae extant omnia. Greek text with Latin translation by Jean de Serres. [36], 542, [2]; [8], 992; [8], 416, 139 pages, including final blank in Volume 1, but lacking pages 721-32 (from De Legibus) in Volume 2. 4 parts in 3 volumes. Folio, 377x236 mm, 17th-century panelled calf gilt, worn, covers detached or starting; occasional browning or toning, varying foxing and marginal dampstaining, dark stain on last few leaves in Volume 1 and on title in Volume 2. Early Cadoin Capuchin ownership inscription on general title. [Geneva]: Henricus Stephanus, 1578
first complete edition; large-paper issue. Henri Estienne's monumental edition " . . . for two centuries remained the indispensable instrument of Platonic studies; to this day its pagination is universally accepted as the standard system of reference to the text of Plato"--Schreiber 201. Renouard (Estienne) I, 145-46(1); Hoffmann III, 119-21.
