1566 PLUTARCH Parallel Lives of Illustrious Greeks & Romans ANTIQUE pigskin

Plutarch of Chaeronea, philosopher and historian.
Parallel Lives of the Illustrious Greeks and Romans

Lyon, at Antonius Gryphius; 1566


The first volume alone of Plutarch's Lives.


Original blind tooled pigskin binding, spine with raised bands

Central panels depicting Justice on the front cover and Lucrèce on the back cover, accompanied by the legends:
« Justice, whoever you are, you perceive the painting with light » for « Justice, whoever you discern the painting with light »

 952 pages (32 numbered chapters of the preface, 1-818, 104 numbered chapters of the index).

Some wear of binding, very good interior, minor toning.

Repaired cut off on the title page

Text in Latin

Size: 3.5 by 5"
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