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Plutarchus
Ankunfft, Leben und Wesen, Glück und unglück, gut und böse, weise und unweise Räthe, Reden, Anschläge, Thaten, Merckliche warhaffte Historien und Geschichten, (…) fürtrefflicher Manns und Frawen personen (…). Ins Teutsch gebracht durch Hieronymum Boner. [2nd part:] Das Leben des allerdurchleüchtigsten Künig Alexanders des grossen (…).
Colmar, (B. Grüninger), 1547 (at end 2nd part: 1541).
Third edition of Plutarch's 'Vitæ' in the German language.
2 parts in 1 volume. [5], 484, [1]; 161. With woodcut on title page, one woodcut coat of arms and forty half-page woodcuts by J. Kallenberg.
Condition: browned, with some staining, few page loose. Lacking endpapers. Folio, vellum bound, manuscript label to verso. Remains of string ties. 315mm x 210mm.
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