Plutarchs lives. Translated from the Greek by several hands.. To which is prefixt the life of Plutarch.
Plutarch (c.46 - c.120)
Category
Books
Date
1683 - 1686
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 3192593
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v. (v.1: [32],128, 656p., [12?] leaves of plates; v.2: [8], 390, 401-688 p., [4?] leaves of plates; v.3: [4], 640, 651-684, [2] p., [2?] leaves of plates ; v.4: [4], 400, 391-515, [3], 361-712 p., [7?] leaves of plates; v.5: [4], 304, 289-383, [1], 353-464, 749-761, [3], 277-292, 497-567, [1], 361-392, 601-667, [1], 701-764 p., [10?] leaves of plates) ill... 8vo. Old Gunby pressmarks: IE (deleted); 9; also 897. (deleted). Gunby appears to be a variant of volume 1, which lacks the apostrophe in 'Plutarchs lives' on the titlepage; otherwise matches the set. Provenance: Booklabel: Henry Massingberd, Gunby. 1781. No. 416 [i.e. Henry Massingberd (d.1784)]. Binding:Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf, spine gilt
Makers and roles
Plutarch (c.46 - c.120), author John Dryden (1631 - 1700), translator Michael Burghers (Amsterdam 1653-1727), illustrator