[Greek Literature, Binding] Plutarchus, 1561
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RARE GERMAN EDITION OF PLUTARCH’S «LIVES» TRANSLATED BY XYLANDER
PLUTARCHUS. Plutarchi svmmi & philosophi & historici opus: quod Parallela et Vitas appellant: in quo vitae illustrissimorum uirorum, Graecorum ac Romanorum, […] exponuntur, atque inter se comparantur. Guilielmo Xylandro Augustano interprete. Cum annotationibus eiusdem, & indice copioso. Ad Illvstrissimvm, Optimvmqve Principem Fridericvm, Comitem Palatinum, S. R. I. Septemuirum Electorem. . Heidelberg: excudebat Academiae typographus Ludovicus Lucius, 1561.
[bound:]
XYLANDER, WILHELM. In vitas Plutarchi à se conuersas annotationes. [at colophon:] Basel: per Ioannem Oporinum [1561].
Folio, contemporary blindstamped pigskin, four raised bands, clasps missing, pp. [xx], 962, [48, index], [1, errata], [1, blank]; [196, paginated 4 pp. per leaf], [8, index] [1, colophon], [1, blank].
Italic, Roman and Greek type.
Rare German edition of Plutarch’s «Lives» translated and annotated by Xylander.
Provenance: Contemporary owner’s inscription at title-page.
References: Not in Adams. Hoffmann III, pp. 197-98. OCLC locates only 3 copies worldwide.
PLUTARCHUS. Plutarchi svmmi & philosophi & historici opus: quod Parallela et Vitas appellant: in quo vitae illustrissimorum uirorum, Graecorum ac Romanorum, […] exponuntur, atque inter se comparantur. Guilielmo Xylandro Augustano interprete. Cum annotationibus eiusdem, & indice copioso. Ad Illvstrissimvm, Optimvmqve Principem Fridericvm, Comitem Palatinum, S. R. I. Septemuirum Electorem. . Heidelberg: excudebat Academiae typographus Ludovicus Lucius, 1561.
[bound:]
XYLANDER, WILHELM. In vitas Plutarchi à se conuersas annotationes. [at colophon:] Basel: per Ioannem Oporinum [1561].
Folio, contemporary blindstamped pigskin, four raised bands, clasps missing, pp. [xx], 962, [48, index], [1, errata], [1, blank]; [196, paginated 4 pp. per leaf], [8, index] [1, colophon], [1, blank].
Italic, Roman and Greek type.
Rare German edition of Plutarch’s «Lives» translated and annotated by Xylander.
Provenance: Contemporary owner’s inscription at title-page.
References: Not in Adams. Hoffmann III, pp. 197-98. OCLC locates only 3 copies worldwide.
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Some waterstains, but honest and unsophisticated copy.
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