PLUTARCH. Les Vies des hommes illustres traduites du grec pa - Lot 194

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PLUTARCH. Les Vies des hommes illustres traduites du grec pa - Lot 194
PLUTARCH. Les Vies des hommes illustres traduites du grec par Amyot - OEuvres Morales - OEuvres mêlées - Tables des Matières. Paris, Janet et Cotelle, 1818-1821. 25 volumes in-8, half blond basane, smooth spine decorated with cold fleurons and gilt fillets, gilt author and tomaison on green leather parts, mottled edges. Contemporary binding. Approx. 400 pages per volume, 1 portrait-frontispiece engraved by Dequevauwiller after de Laguiche, several plates engraved hors-texte (not collated). Minor rubbing, some slight loss to headpieces. Some foxing. French translation by Jacques Amyot of Plutarch's major work, printed on large paper and illustrated with several engraved plates, including 1 frontispiece portrait of the author in volume 1. It contains notes and observations by Brotier, Vauvillier and Clavier. Complete set in 25 volumes composed as follows: Volumes 1 to 12: Les Vies des Hommes Illustres by Plutarch, translated from the Greek by Amyot; Volumes 13 to 17: OEuvres Morales by Plutarch; Volumes 18 to 23: OEuvres mêlées; Volumes 24 and 25: Tables des Matières. First edition for the table volumes. A very handsome, identically produced set.
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