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Plutarch, Twelve Lives, Translated by John Dryden, Fine Editions 1950

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"Twelve Lives" by Plutarch, translated by John Dryden and with An Introduction by Carl Van Doren, published by Fine Editions Press Cleveland, OH, 1950.

Hard boards, original publisher's orange-red cloth, gold tooled leather spine [a little leather wear, small damage on spine top: see photo]; 5.3/4" x 8.1/4"; 529 pages, very good condition.

Biographies of Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Solon, Pericles, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Alexander, CÃ¦sar, Cicero, Demosthenes, Antony, Marcus Brutus.

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