The Politics of Aristotle
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. [7], ii-cxlv, [2], 2-302, [4]; [5], 2-320 pp. Brown cloth with two borders in blind on the boards, gold lettering and gold rules, publisher's device in gold on the spines. Black coated endpapers and pastedowns. Translated into English with introduction, marginal analysis essays, notes and indices by Benjamin Jowett. Volume one includes the introduction and the translation, volume two part one contains the notes. Oxford DNB, "Jowett, Benjamin". SEP "Aristotle's Political Theory". Jowett's illness in 1887 prevented the release of the third volume for this set. Only two volumes were published. Aristotle's treatise on political science: how governments and communities should work for the Good (human well-being). Translated by the reknowned classicist and Oxford professor. Very Good. Item #000016695
The front hinge gently cracked and light pencil marginalia in volume one, a few leaves in the set foxed. Several of the leaves are unopened at their top edge.
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