
Description
Plutarchichae Ronensis Quae exstant omni & Plutarchus Chaeronensis Moralia, ....
Omnes de Graeca in Latinam linguam transcripti summo labore...
Guiliel. Xylandro Augustano interprets (...)
Wilhelm Xylander & Hermann Cruser (transl.)
? Aubrius, Francofurti, 1620
2 volumes , complete set
Massive folios: 10 by 15"
Good Greco-Latin edition of the moral works of Plutarch.
Translated from Greek into Latin by the German humanist and philologist William Xylander (1532-1576), from the University of Heidelberg.
(Graesse p. 357 for the 1574 edition).
Original bindings in full brown calf, double gilt fillet on the covers, ribbed spine decorated with gilt irons.
Leather worn , with damages visible on the photos
Toning.
Some dampstains, some small occasional wormholes
Lower margins of title pages are damaged and repaired.
Text in Greek and Latin
The Moral Works are an eclectic collection of Greek texts. They deal with different subjects that can be religious or ethical, philosophical, literary but also more prosaic.
Contains among other things:
-How children should be fed
- On vice and virtue
- How one can distinguish a flatterer from a friend
- On bad shame
- On superstition
- That one should not borrow at usury
- The banquet of the seven wise men
- Instruction for those who handle affairs of state...
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1620 PLUTARCH 2 volumes MORAL WORKS antique in GREEK & LATIN massive folio
Estimate $800-$1,000
Starting Price
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Ink of Ages: 15th-19th Century Antique Books
Feb 12, 2026 9:00 AM ESTNew York, NY, United States
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