Plutarch (46-119 CE) trans. Jacques Amyot (1513-1593)
Plutarch (46-119 CE) trans. Jacques Amyot (1513-1593)Les Vies des Hommes Illustres Grecs et Romains. Lausanne: par François le Preux, 1575.Large folio, woodcut printer's device to title, ruled in red throughout, 1,336 numbered pages plus index; illustrated with small medallion-style woodcut portraits surrounded by frames crafted of type ornaments; bound in full late 16th or early 17th century calf, tooled in gilt, aeg, quite worn, with some patchy repairs, front joint cracked, with losses to the leather, both boards attached, despite the wear; last leaf blank but for printer's device and present, some spotting to contents, a few paper flaws and tears, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.Adams P-1625.
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Plutarch (46-119 CE) trans. Jacques Amyot (1513-1593)Les Vies des Hommes Illustres Grecs et Romains. Lausanne: par François le Preux, 1575.Large folio, woodcut printer's device to title, ruled in red throughout, 1,336 numbered pages plus index; illustrated with small medallion-style woodcut portraits surrounded by frames crafted of type ornaments; bound in full late 16th or early 17th century calf, tooled in gilt, aeg, quite worn, with some patchy repairs, front joint cracked, with losses to the leather, both boards attached, despite the wear; last leaf blank but for printer's device and present, some spotting to contents, a few paper flaws and tears, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.Adams P-1625.
