1572 PLUTARCH PARALLEL LIVES 2 volumes PLUTARCHI CHAERONENSIS PARALLELA antique

img{max-width:100%} [Estienne Imprint] Plutarchi Chaeronensis Parallela, seu Vitae parallelae. Henr. Stephanus [Geneve], [1572]Size 4 1/4 by 6 1/2" 2 volumes (of 3)  (Volume I of Parallel Lives and Volume II of Moralia)Bound in full calf, embossed corners, gilt spineText in Latin. Some wear of leather. One board detached. Good interior. Title page in Volume one only. No date, but well known edition from 1572Graesse V, 354; Brunet IV, 733. ======================================Plutarch (c.?AD 46 – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus .Plutarch's best-known work is the Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, arranged in pairs t