Plutarch's lives, translated from the original Greek: . with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch. In six volumes. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. The sixth edition, carefully corrected, and the index much amended and accurately revised throughout.
Plutarch (c.46 - c.120)
Category
Books
Date
1795
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3042761
Summary
Bibliographic description
6v., plates . 12mo.. Not indigenous. Marshall Sisson bequest. Imperfect: Vol. VI only.. Provenance: manuscript inscription: "Henry John Taylor [?]Hay Gate". Book label with decorative border: Marshall Sisson. Signature of M.A. Sisson.. Binding: [?]Eighteenth-century half leather; sewn over two recessed cords; marbled paper over boards; spine cracked at hinges, any spine lettering worn away.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1978 by Marshall Sisson.
Makers and roles
Plutarch (c.46 - c.120) Dr John Langhorne (1735-1779) William Langhorne (1721-1772)