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Plato

60 copies for sale · $20–$125,000 · 2 first editions

Notable copies for sale

PROTAGORAS (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$40
Omnia Platonis opera — Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller$125,000
Opera — Heritage Book Shop$75,000
THE DIALOGUES OF PLATO — Type Punch Matrix$4,000
THE WORKS OF PLATO 3 VOLUME SET; Franklin Library — Rare Book Cellar$896
SELECTIONS FROM PROTAGORAS, REPUBLIC, PHAEDRUS, GORGIAS (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$47
Crito — Ursus Books$450
Loix de Platon. Par le traducteur de la République - 2 volumes — MW Books€325
THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO; Franklin Library — Rare Book Cellar$325
Platonis Opera Omnia Uno Volumine Comprehensa Ad Fidem Optimorum Librorum Denuo Recognovit — Rulon-Miller Books$300
THE REPUBLIC; Easton Press — Rare Book Cellar$293
The Dialogues Of Plato Translated Into English With Analyses And Introductions By B Jowett — Rulon-Miller Books$275

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Works on the market

APOLOGY, CRITO, PHAEDO, SYMPOSIUM, REPUBLIC6 copies · $63–$88
FIVE GREAT DIALOGUES: APOLOGY, CRITO, PHAEDO, SYMPOSIUM, REPUBLIC5 copies · $20–$88
THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO; Easton Press2 copies · $293–$298
THE REPUBLIC2 copies · $20–$48
SELECTIONS FROM PROTAGORAS, REPUBLIC, PHAEDRUS, GORGIAS2 copies · $37–$47
The Dialogues of Plato. Volume Two2 copies · $30
Omnia Platonis opera1 copy · $125,000
Opera1 copy · $75,000
THE DIALOGUES OF PLATO1 copy · $4,000
THE WORKS OF PLATO 3 VOLUME SET; Franklin Library1 copy · $896
Crito1 copy · $450
Loix de Platon. Par le traducteur de la République - 2 volumes1 copy · €325
THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO; Franklin Library1 copy · $325
Platonis Opera Omnia Uno Volumine Comprehensa Ad Fidem Optimorum Librorum Denuo Recognovit1 copy · $300
THE REPUBLIC; Easton Press1 copy · $293
The Dialogues Of Plato Translated Into English With Analyses And Introductions By B Jowett1 copy · $275
Plato's theory of knowledge : the Theaetetus and the Sophist of Plato / translated with a 1 copy · €225
Platonis dialogi V. Recensuit notisque illustravit Nath Forster1 copy · $150
LYSIS, OR FRIENDSHIP THE SYMPOSIUM PHAEDRUS; Heritage Press1 copy · $138
The Folio Society Plato / Republic (with slipcase)1 copy · $97

Market context

34 copies of Plato's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $53 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

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