Plutarchus - Leven der doorluchtige Griecken ende Romeynen - 1644

Plutarch - The Life of the Noble Greeks and Romans. Translated from Greek by M. Iacques Amyot. (...) Also, the life of Epaminondas (...) compiled and published by S(imon) G(oulart) S(enlisien). Together, newly clarified for common benefit, by A. Van Zuylen Van Neyevelt. - Delft, A.G. v. Beyeren, 1644. First edition, second impression. 548 folio pages (partly incorrectly numbered but complete) - Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary blind-stamped folio parchment. Stamp of an important 19th-century Frisian bookseller Eekhof on the first flyleaf. Folio.

Condition: good (top outer corner torn and damaged on the underside and top side, band somewhat stained, and other usual antique signs of age).

Magnificent robust first Plutarchus translation. Important and monumental publication. Wanted.