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Plutarch's Lives Vol. I, II, III & IV Complete Set 1871
(Item: 944)
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1871. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jackets as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth decorative embossed covers, front and back, with bright gilt titles on spine. Exact size: 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches. Vol. 1- IV; 440, 465, 471 and 435 pages, respectively, all clean and tight. No illustrations. Condition of all volumes is very good, with slight rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine. "Plutarch's Lives," translated from the original Greek, with notes, historical and critical, and a "Life of Plutarch." In this edition of "Plutarch's Lives," the authors have added judicious notes throughout, to convey "to the English reader acquainted with the Greek and Roman antiquities, where Plutarch had omitted any thing remarkable in the Lives, to supply it from other authors, and to make his in some measure a general history of the periods under his pen. In the Notes, too, we have assigned reasons for it, where we have differed from the former translators." At the end of Volume IV are Chronological Tables, together with Tables of Money, Weights, and Measures, and a copious Index, provided especially for this translation. Scarce. Greek and Roman Historical Biography. Ancient History. Hardback.
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