Plutarchus - Leven der doorluchtige Griecken ende Romeynen - 1644

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Leven der doorluchtige Griecken ende Romeynen by Plutarchus, a Dutch translation of the first Plutarchus edition, Delft 1644, 1102 pages, in good condition.

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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.

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.

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Number of Books
1
Subject
History, Literature
Book Title
Leven der doorluchtige Griecken ende Romeynen
Author/ Illustrator
Plutarchus
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1644
Edition
Other edition
Language
Dutch
Original language
No
Number of pages
1102
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