PLUTARCH; LANGHORNE, John & William (translators).
Plutarch's Lives,
Plutarch's Lives,
translated from the original Greek; with notes critical and historical, and a life of Plutarch.
Stock Code 117623
London, Printed for J. Mawman et al., 1813
Composed in the second century AD, these 48 biographic essays remain an important source on leading Greek and Roman figures from Alexander the Great to Julius Caesar, and Demosthenes to Cicero, recording events and anecdotes that do not appear in other contemporary accounts.
Second Wrangham edition; 6 vols (22.5 x 14.5 cm); engraved portrait frontispiece (bound after contents), 2pp ads to rear vol. VI, previous ownership stamp to titles, light offsetting and occasional minor spotting; Arts & Crafts style red morocco signed G.L.E. and dated 1908 to rear turn-ins, covers and spines tooled in blind with Celtic knot design, spines lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, spines a little faded, tidemark stain to lower covers, small split to upper-joint of vol. I, very good; [8], lxxxix, [1], 425, [1]; [4], 540; [4], 504, [2]; [4], 449, [1]; [4], 512; [4], 542, [2]pp.
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