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An edition of Lives (1564)

The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans

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Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome.

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Limited Editions Club
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English

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Subjects
Biography, Classical biography, Early works to 1800, Philosophy, ancient, Ethics, ancient, Ethics, Plutarch, Philosophers, greece, Greece, biography, Rome, biography, Greece -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Sources, Pompey, the great, 106 b.c.-48 b.c., Caesar, julius, Athens (greece), history, Rome, history, Translations into English, Biographies, Biografieën, Lives (Plutarch), History, Statesmen, Generals, Hommes d'État, Généraux, Histoire, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Historical, Personal Memoirs, Political, Presidents & Heads of State, Reference, Rich & Famous, Royalty, Juvenile literature, Politiker, Dg260.a1 p53 2005, 937.050922, Translations into englishplutarch, Scholars, Scholars--greece--biography, Kings and rulers, De7 .p52 2008, 938.0099, Statesmen--rome--biography, Generals--rome--biography, Dg260.a1 p53 2008, 920.0376, Pompey , 106 b.c.-48 b.c, Cicero, marcus tullius, Dg260.a1 p5334 1991
People
Plutarch
Places
Rome, Greece, Rome (Empire)

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Cover of: Plutarch's "Lives"
Plutarch's "Lives"
1966, Biblo and Tannen, Biblio and Tannen
in English
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The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
1941, Limited Editions Club
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Plutarch: the lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
1932, Modern Library
in English
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Plutarch's lives: the translation called Dryden's
1911, Bigelow, Brown
in English - National library ed.
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Plutarch's Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
1895, D. Nutt
in English
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Plutarch's Lives: Abridged and annotated for schools
1892, Ginn & Company
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Plutarch's lives
1878, Harper
in English
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Plutarch's Lives: the translation called Dryden's
1860, John D. Morris
in English - Olympian edition De Luxe
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Plutarch's lives
1841, Harper
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Cover of: Les vies des hommes illustres
Les vies des hommes illustres
1829, Bureau des Éditeurs
in French and Ancient Greek - New ed.
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Plutarch's Lives: translated from the original Greek ; with notes critical and historical and a new life of Plutarch ...
1804, J. Hoff and W.F. M'Laughlin
in English

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Edition Notes

Based on North's first edition (1579) which included, besides Plutarch's writings, two "fabrications" ("Hannibal" and "Scipio African") This edition also includes seven additional "fabrications" (the lives of Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon, Dionysius, Octavius Caesar, Plutarch, Seneca, and the "Nine chieftains") and North's translation of a comparison of Alexander and Caesar, written by Simon Goulart, all of which were contained in North's edition of 1603. Cf. Vol. 1, p. v.

"Designed [and signed] by W.A. Dwiggins and printed by the Southworth-Anthoensen Press of Portland, Maine. Fifteen hundred copies were made"--Colophon.

Issued together in 2 slipcases.

LC has copyright deposit copy, with embossed stamp below colophon: This is one of 15 presentation copies 'out of series.'

Newman & Wiche. Great and good books, 128

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Genre
Biography, Early works to 1800
Other Titles
Plutarch's lives

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Library of Congress
DE7 .P55 1941

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Pagination
8 v. ;

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OL24071299M
LCCN
41026344

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