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1091 - PLATO. THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE. Translated by Abbé Grou.
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PLATO. THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE. Translated by Abbé Grou. Paris, Pro Francia, “Vrille,” 1948. In-4°, 48 pages, green half-shagreen with bands, gilt title, cover (contemporary binding). Limited to only 152 numbered copies on pure-thread Marais vellum and illustrated with 6 original woodcuts by Ferdinand Springer, 5 of which are inset plates. Springer, born in 1907 and settled in France in 1928, was a painter and engraver associated with the New School of Paris. Spine faded.
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