Selected Lives: From the Parallel Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
by Plutarch; Dryden, John (Translated by)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1982. Leather, 462 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. All edges gilt, gilt-stamped decorations on boards, raised bands on spine. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Boards and edges lightly rubbed. Illustrated with illustrations specially prepared for an English edition of 1676. CONTENTS: Theseus, Romulus, Theseus and Romulus compared; Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Lycurgus and Numa compared; Pericles, Fabius Maximus, Pericles and Fabius compared; Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus compared; Alexander, Julius Caesar; Demosthenes, Cicero, Demosthenes and Cicero compared.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107532
- Title
- Selected Lives: From the Parallel Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
- Author
- Plutarch; Dryden, John (Translated by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; European / 2. Classical / Greek; European / 2. Classical / Roman; Illustrated Books;
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