1619 PLUTARCHUS LIVES of ILLUSTRIOUS GREEKS & ROMANS antique ILLUSTRATED FOLIO

PLUTARCHUS. Les vies des hommes illustres grecs et romaines. Transl. p. J. Amyot. Paris, C. Morel; 1619 (20), 778, (13) lvs. With large engraved title vignette, engraved portrait of author & translator and numerous woodcut portraits in text. Large, massive folio: 10.5 by 16"Thickness 4.5"Later full calf with old gilt decorative centerpiece laid down on both sides. name entry removed from lower margin of title page ink stain in upper margin of few last leaves, minor toning, new endpapersText in French===============================French translation by Jacques Amyot (1513-1593), French humanist and prelate. The original edition dates from 1559."Parallel Lives" consists of around fifty biographies of illustrious men, a large part of which are placed in parallel (thus contrasting a Greek with a Roman), for example Pericles and Fabius Maximus; Demosthenes and Cicero.==========================Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money