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PLUTARCH’S LIVES, PLUTARCH; JOHN LANGHORNE; WILLIAM LANGHORNE
Published by C. Bathurst, C. Nourse, T. Carnan et al., London, 1794.
Condition: New edition of Plutarch's Lives translated into English by William and John Langhorne, complete in six volumes. Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives', detailing the biographies of noteworthy Greek and Romans, one from each empire paired to compare and contrast. Features the likes of Julius Caesar, Cicero, Pompey, Alexander, Mark Anthony and Theseus. Plutarch (c. 46AD-119AD) was a Greek writer and philosopher, with 'Parallel Lives' and 'Moralia', a set of essays, being his most famous works.Complete in six volumes.With critical and historical notes, as well as new life of the author. Volume VI comprises an index, as well as a chronology. Each volume has a frontispiece illustration.A new edition of this work, translated by John Langhorne and William Langhorne. Uniformly bound in full calf, worn, loss to labels at spine.
Condition: contents, spotted and toned
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