Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1770. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2305606

Rebound: cloth spine and corners, marbled boards, new end sheets. Ink name and stamp on title page of each volume.

[viii], 424; [vi], 442 pp. 12mo. French translations of eight of Plato's Dialogues: Theaetetus; Protagoras; Hippias I; Hippias II; Gorgias; Ion; Philebus; and Meno. Translated from the Greek by Abbe Jean Nicolas Grou (1731-1803), who already had translated Plato's Laws and the Republic. Grou, a Jesuit, fled to Holland when his order was suppressed in France, and it was there that these Dialogues were published. Later he returned to Paris and adopted the alias Leclaire, remaining there until the Revolution drove him into a second exile in England. As well as Platonic translations, Grou published theological works of a popular nature, including The Spiritual Life: A Comprehensive Manual for Catholics Seeking Salvation.

Price: $750.00