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PLATO

Plato

4th-century BCE Greek philosopher.

Books: 19
Editions tracked: 23
First editions: 5
Nationality: Classical Athens

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Earliest first editionPlato's StatesmanRoutledge & K. Paul, 1952 Most editions trackedEuthyphro2 editions

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Phaedo

Plato · first published 1713

B. Lintott1713 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this

Symposium

Plato · first published 1759

Woodfall1759 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this

Philebus

Plato · first published 1779

printed by R. Hett; and sold by T. Payne and Son1779 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Gorgias

Plato · first published 1842

J. Munroe and company1842 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this
Deighton, Bell and Co1864 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this

Laws

Plato · first published 1848

Henry G. Bohn1848 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Protagoras

Plato · first published 1854

John Deighton1854 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this

Theaetetus

Plato · first published 1861

Oxford University Press1861 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this

Meno

Plato · first published 1869

Williams and Norgate1869 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this

Euthyphro

Plato · first published 1880

George Bell & Sons1880 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this
G. Bell1881 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Parmenides

Plato · first published 1882

Hodges, Figgis, & co1882 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this
MacLehose Press1894 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this

Statesman

Plato · first published 1952

1st Routledge & K. Paul1952 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this
Yale University Press1952 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Great Dialogues of Plato

Plato · first published 1956

1st New American Library1956 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

The Republic

Plato · first published 1963

1st Heinemann1963 Hardback · Platonic dialogue Not yet valued Log in to want this

A Guided Tour of Five Works by Plato

Christopher Biffle, Plato · first published 1988

1st Mayfield Pub. Co1988 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

The Allegory of the Cave

Plato · first published 2010

1st P & L Publication2010 Other Not yet valued Log in to want this

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