Selected Lives from the Parallel Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
by Plutarch
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1982. (hardcover) 462pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. 8vo. Quarter bound, red-brown boards with gilt decoration to boards. Gilt title to spine, with raised bands. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Light brown ribbon marker. There is a bookplate to the front free endpaper; else is clean, bright, tight, solid. No slipcase. The Dryden Translation with illustrations specially prepared for an English edition of 1676..
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- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126534
- Title
- Selected Lives from the Parallel Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
- Author
- Plutarch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Keywords
- Classic Literature, Ancient Greece, Classic Literature, Franklin Library, Philosophy, Specialty Literature
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
Biblio member since 2009
Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
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- Fine
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- Bookplate
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...