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Plutarch's Lives. (Ten Volumes in slip-case)
by North, Sir Thomas ; Plutarch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: J.M. Dent. 1898. 1st ed thus, complete in ten volumes, small octavo. The Temple Plutarch, "Englished by Sir Thomas North in ten volumes", original cloth boards with gilt title and decorations to spine, blindstamped owl upper boards (indicating Temple Classics series), top edge gilt, each volume b&w frontis plate with tissue guard and dec title page printed in red and black, Index to last volume. In custom-made slipcase. Offsetting to front free endpaper from the printed image on the front endpape, ribbon-markers present in each volume though some fraying to edges. Pencilled note ffep each volume indicates set bought in 1938, otherwise clean. A few minor bumps and rubs to edges. A very good, very clean set in slipcase. A bright set of plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of 48 biographies of famous men, arranged in pairs, probably written at the beginning of the second century AD. Each 'life' comprises one Greek and one Roman, such as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. In some cases, such as that of Alexander, Plutarch is one of the few surviving sources. Plutarch, via the work of Sir Thomas North, was also a major source for Shakespeare's Roman plays. North (1535 - c. 1604) translated Plutarch into English in 1580. His translation remained widely read for many years. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, "[i]t is almost impossible to overestimate the influence of North's vigorous English on contemporary writers, and some critics have called him the first master of English prose" 1st edition thus. Cloth boards in slip-case.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102662
- Title
- Plutarch's Lives. (Ten Volumes in slip-case)
- Author
- North, Sir Thomas ; Plutarch
- Illustrator
- W.H.D. Rouse (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth boards in slip-case
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Ancient Greek, Ancient History, Ancient Rome, Biography, Greek, Roman Catholics
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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