MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 821203s1941 nyu 000 0ceng
010 $a 41026344
040 $aDLC$cCarP$dDLC
041 1 $aeng$hfrm$hgrc
043 $ae-gr---$ae-it---
050 00 $aDE7$b.P55 1941
051 $aDE7$b.P55 1941 Copy 2$c"Copyright copy," with embossed stamp below colophon: This is one of 15 presentation copies 'out of series.'
051 $aDE7$b.P55 1941 Copy 3$cCopy no. 1482. Vo1. 1 missing; v. 2-8 in 2 slip cases. Bequest of Edith G. Rosenwald, Jan. 23, 1989.
051 $aLEC no. 128$cCopy no. 1, in 2 slipcases. Acquired as part of an archival set from the publisher in 2008.
100 0 $aPlutarch.
240 10 $aLives.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe lives of the noble Grecians and Romans /$ccompared together by that grave, learned philosopher and historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea ; translated out of Greek into French by James Amyot and out of French into English by Thomas North ; the text being prepared for this edition by Roland Baughman ; with an introduction for this edition by Emil Ludwig.
246 1 $iHalf title:$aPlutarch's lives
260 $aNew York :$bLimited Editions Club,$c1941.
300 $a8 v. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aBased 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.
500 $a"Designed [and signed] by W.A. Dwiggins and printed by the Southworth-Anthoensen Press of Portland, Maine. Fifteen hundred copies were made"--Colophon.
500 $aIssued together in 2 slipcases.
510 4 $aNewman & Wiche. Great and good books,$c128
510 4 $aLimited Editions Club. Bibliography of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985, $c no. 128
500 $aLC has copyright deposit copy, with embossed stamp below colophon: This is one of 15 presentation copies 'out of series.'$5DLC
651 0 $aGreece$vBiography$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aRome$vBiography$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aNorth, Thomas,$cSir,$d1535-1601?$etr.
700 1 $aBaughman, Roland Orvil,$d1902-1967,$etr.
700 1 $aGoulart, Simon,$d1543-1628.
700 1 $aDwiggins, W. A.$q(William Addison),$d1880-1956,$ebook designer.
700 1 $aRosenwald, Edith Goodkind,$edonor.$5DCL
710 2 $aSouthworth-Anthoensen Press,$eprinter.
710 2 $aLimited Editions Club,$eformer owner.$5DLC
710 2 $aLessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
710 2 $aLimited Editions Club Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC