The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans

£300 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The Nonesuch edition of Plutarch's lives following the text of the first English language translation by Thomas North originally published in 1579. Composed in the second century AD, Plutarch's biographical work remains an important source of the lives and careers of leading figures from Greek and Roman history, from Alexander the Great to Julius Caesar, and Demosthenes to Cicero, recording events and anecdotes that do not appear in other contemporary accounts. Number 659 of 1550 limited edition copies; 5 vols; folio (31.5 x 21 cm); numbered in pen to limitation page, full-page illustrations by T.L. Poulton, slightly toned, spare spine labels to rear pastedowns; publisher's buckram cloth, paper labels to spines, top-edges gilt, others uncut, slightly soiled, very good.

• Binding: Hardcover

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