Plutarch. Plutarch's lives· : Translated from the Greek, by several hands. In five volumes. Vol. I. To which is prefixt The life of Plutarch

Folger bibliographic ID: 144144
ESTC number: R217664
Wing number: P2635B
Folger call number: P2635E v.1
Folger holdings ID: 145447

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Dedication signed: John Dryden Printer's name from Wing CD With engraved frontispiece (plate), signed: Touroude del Vandrebanc fe "The life of Plutarch. Written by Mr. Dryden" (caption title) has separate pagination following the preliminaries; register is continuous With a final advertisement leaf

Item information about Folger P2635E v.1

Dobell. Panelled calf binding with gilt tooled spine panels and marbled endpapers; manuscript divisional titles on top fore-edge. Large paper copy? Provenance: inscriptions on front fly-leaf: "To / Bernd: [Bernard] Mould / of Smyrna / Ap: 5. 1719."; "Bernard Mould / To Mary Berners / 1742."; "Henry Morse 1750"; From the John Dryden Collection formed by Percy J. Dobell

Uniform title: Lives. English. Vol. I
Extended title: Plutarch's lives· : Translated from the Greek, by several hands. In five volumes. Vol. I. To which is prefixt The life of Plutarch
Alternate titles: Life of Plutarch, Vitae parallelae

Greek literature Greece Rome Plutarch

author: Plutarch
subject: Plutarch
associated with: Dryden, John, 1631-1700
artist: Touroude, Michael
printmaker: Banck, Pieter van der, 1649-1697
former owner: Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956