Plutarque - Des hommes illustres grecs et romains - 1613

Rare edition of this Volume II which continues the series of parallel biographies where each Greek figure is set against a Roman hero to elicit moral and political lessons -

This volume gathers several famous pairs, such as Demosthenes and Cicero, Alexander and Caesar, or Phocion and Cato, presenting their virtues, their weaknesses, and the consequences of their choices for the city -

It reflects the growing interest of Reform Europe in antique models, used both as educational tools and as mirrors of civic conduct -

This volume illustrates the Plutarcean method of comparison, which aims not only to narrate facts but to illuminate the ethical and political drivers of action, thus offering seventeenth-century readers a repertoire of virtues and vices applicable to their own time -

Plutarch - The Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans - 1613 - Volume II - Jacob Stoer -

Good binding condition, the work in full brown leather nevertheless with a spine rebacked in cloth, signs of wear, spine with three raised bands, gilded title, gilded borders and motifs on the covers -

Good interior condition, foxing, pretty headbands, superb vignette on the title page -

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