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LES VIES DES HOMMES ILLUSTRES GRECS ET ROMAINS.
Comparées l'une avec l'autre par Plutarque de Chaeronée [.] plus les vies d'Epaminondas, de Philippe de Macédoine, de Dionysius [.] réécrites par Aemylius Probus [.]
Jacques Amyot [translator].
The Lives of the Illustrious Greeks and Romans.
S.l., Guillaume Laemarie; 1593-1594
(16) ff. 1180 pp. (23) ff.; 1294 pp. (17) ff.
Two volumes
Original limp vellum bindings.
Some illustrations in text.
Vellum soiled, occasional wormholes and spots, some foxing, lacks ties
New edition in the famous translation by Jacques Amyot
The Lives of the illustrious men consist of a series of biographical narratives about notable figures from the Greco-Roman world, arranged in pairs, with each pair juxtaposing a Greek and a Roman.
size 5 by 7.5"
Text in Latin
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1594 PLUTARQUE Lives of Illustrious Greeks & Romans 2 VOLS antique ILLUSTRATED
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