Plutarch — Plutarch&Apos;S Lives

London, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1749 . Hardback. Six volumes of a mid 18th century illustrated edition of Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives', an influential and informative collection of short biographies on Greek and Roman men. Present here are volumes III-VIII of an eight volume set. Lacking volumes I and II only.Uniformly bound in contemporary paper vellum.'Plutarch's Lives' is a collection of short biographies on famous men from Greek and Roman history, comprising of twenty-three pairs biographies, pairing one Greek and one Roman biography.Containing biographies of Theseus, Romulus, Lysander, Brutus, Crassus, Cato the Elder, Aristides, Philopoemen, Coriolanus, Mark Antony, Artaxerxes, and more.Illustrated with four plates to volume III, four to volume IV, four to volume V, three to volume VI, four to volume VII, and five to volume VIII. Collated, complete.ESTC T83878With the stamp 'Countes Wlls' to each title page. In contemporary paper vellum bindings. Externally, back strips age toned, with light handling marks to boards. Light rubbing to spine labels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .