A Treasury of Intimate Biographies

Black title block and gilt leaf motif on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. xxiv and 384 pages. Dramatic stories from the lives of great men of history, told by those great men who knew them well and who themselves were "men and women of distinction in literature and the arts, and place in historical continuum and perspective by before and after notes concerning the lives, loves and works of both biographee and biographer, and designed for full enjoyment and reading pleasure". Comprises 45 biographies, including Socrates, Xenophon, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Agricola, Madame De Rambouillet. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.98 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST ***** A1C Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.