Plutarch s Lives The Translation Called Dryden s Corrected from the Greek and Revised By A.H. Clough [Later Edition Five Volumes RIVIERE & Son Full Tree Calf Leather Binding]

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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1891, Later Edition. Five Volumes complete. Riviere and Son (Bath) full tree calf binding, with gilt titles to red and green leather labels to each volume and gilt decoration to the compartments. Full tree calf boards in good condition with gilt decoration to the edges, marbled page edges and end papers. The Parallel Lives, also known as Plutarch s Lives is a series of 48 biographies of famous men written by the Greco-Roman philosopher, historian, and Apollonian priest Plutarch, probably at the beginning of the second century. The lives are arranged in pairs to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving Parallel Lives comprises 23 pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman of similar destiny, such as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, or Demosthenes and Cicero. It is a work of considerable importance, not only as a source of information about the individuals described, but also about the times in which they lived. Pagination: Vol I xxxiii, 414pp; Vol II [ii], 422pp; Vol III [ii], 452pp; Vol IV [ii], 570pp; Vol V [ii], 618pp; Provenance: bookplate for Joseph Beausine, Wethersfield to the front of each volume. Approximately 9 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles to twin red and green labels, gilt decorations, five raised bands, slightly faded with minor marks and scratches. Joints very good condition gently rubbed and worn. Corners very good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards very good condition full tree calf leather with some marks and scratches. Page edges very good condition top edge dust darkened, marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition marbled, bookplates. End papers very good condition marbled, subsequent papers tanned. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1891 Binding: Hardback. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1708028494631

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