Selected Lives from the Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Compared Together by That Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea: Translated out of Greek into French by James Amyot and out of French into English by Thomas North

Plutarch; Paul Turner (editor); Thomas North, Sir (translator). Selected Lives from the Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Compared Together by That Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea: Translated out of Greek into French by James Amyot and out of French into English by Thomas North. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1963. First edition thus. Quarto. 2 volumes. xvii, (1), 338, (xix)-xxxii; (6), 231, (1), (vii)-xlix, (1) pp. including 25 page glossary. Dark blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Binding is sound but covers and spine are lightly spotted (old insect tracks?).

Contents: v. 1. Lycurgus.- Themistocles.- Fabius.- Alcibiades.- Coriolanus.- Marius.- Sylla.- Nicias.- Crassus.- Alexander the Great. v. 2. Julius Caesar.- Demosthenes.- Cicero.- Antonius.- Brutus.- Aratus. very good -. Hardcover. (50771) $65