Author: PLUTARCH (THE DRYDEN TRANSLATION)
Title: Twelve Illustrious Lives
Description: Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling in remaining compartment, gilt borders and fleur-de-lys tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with engravings from the Hertel edition of Ripa's "Iconologia." Includes the Lives of: Theseus, Romulus, Lycurgus, Numa Pomplilius, Pericles, Fabius Maximus, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Alexander, Gaius Julius Caesar, Demosthenes, and Cicero (with the relevant comparisons). Translated by John Dryden. Notes from the Editor laid-in.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Reproductions. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (xiv), 463 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Literature; Fine Binding; Biography; Plutarch; Alexander the Great; Franklin Library; the 100 Greatest Books of All Time; Illustrated Books; Gift Ideas; Roman History Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
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Title: Twelve Illustrious Lives
Description: Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling in remaining compartment, gilt borders and fleur-de-lys tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with engravings from the Hertel edition of Ripa's "Iconologia." Includes the Lives of: Theseus, Romulus, Lycurgus, Numa Pomplilius, Pericles, Fabius Maximus, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Alexander, Gaius Julius Caesar, Demosthenes, and Cicero (with the relevant comparisons). Translated by John Dryden. Notes from the Editor laid-in.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Reproductions. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (xiv), 463 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Literature; Fine Binding; Biography; Plutarch; Alexander the Great; Franklin Library; the 100 Greatest Books of All Time; Illustrated Books; Gift Ideas; Roman History Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 28059
- Book number: 28059
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