[Rarebooks] FS: Plato's REPUBLIC Illustrated and SIGNED by Fritz Kredel

[Charles Agvent]

One of hundreds of titles from the Limited Editions Club in our 
inventory and one of 175 recently posted from a collection that includes 
a number of titles still in their original shipping boxes, as well as 
presentation and publisher's copies, portfolios of signed prints, and 
pieces of original art for the book, including in some cases the entire 
set of original drawings and even unused pieces.

PLATO. THE REPUBLIC. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1944. Two octavo 
volumes (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in half black morocco leather with gilt 
decorations and decorated boards. Translated with an introduction, 
analyses, and summary by Benjamin Jowett. Designed by Bruce Rogers and 
illustrated with medallions cut in wood by Fritz Kredel. Of a total of 
1200 copies SIGNED by the designer and by the artist on the colophon 
page, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in 
ink "Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 
15 presentation copies. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with light wear. 
(#016624)        $250.00

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