1566 LIFE of PLUTARCH 2 VOLUMES antique in ITALIAN 16th CENTURY VELLUM BOUND
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1566 LIFE of PLUTARCH 2 VOLUMES antique in ITALIAN 16th CENTURY VELLUM BOUND

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Vite di Plutarco Cheroneo de gli huomini illustri greci et romani, nuovamente tradotte per M. Lodovico Domenichi et altri,et diligentemente confrontate co' testi greci per M. Lionardo Ghini: con la vita dell'auttore, descritta da Thomaso Porcacchi... (Life of Plutarch ... translated by M. Lodovico Domenichi and others, and carefully compared with the Greek texts by M. Lionardo Ghini: with the author's life, described by Thomaso Porcacchi... )2 volumes Venice, Gabr. Giolito de' Ferrari; 1566 With 4 printer's devices, several decorative borders and vignettes, and numerous initials. - Brunet IV, 742; Ebert 17484; Graesse V, 370; Hoffmann III, 392; Schweiger I, 268. - Translation that remained authoritative until the Veronese edition of 1773, first printed in 1555.Published as part of Giolito's collection of translations of Greek and Latin historians, which are recommended "as much for their fidelity and accuracy as for their style" (Ebert) and were attractively presented by the publisher.

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