Plutarch's Lives: Translated From the Original Greek With Notes, Critical and Historical, and a Memoir of the Translator

An English translation of Greco-Roman philosopher Plutarch's series of biographies of famous men, with notes and a memoir by John and William Langhorne. In half brown calf. Known as Parallel Lives, this work was originally in the form of 48 biographies of famous men written inGreekby the Greco-Roman philosopher, historian, andApollonian priestPlutarch, probably at the beginning of thesecond century. The lives are arranged in pairs to illuminate the common moral virtues or failings of their subjects. With notes and a memoir by John and William Langhorne. Bound in half calf. Externally, smart. Fading to spine, with very light bumping to the head and tail. Rubbing to joints and extremities. Fading to top edge of boards. Marks to calf. Prize bookplate to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Very Good.