Plutarch. The second volume of Plutarch's lives· : Translated from the Greek, by several hands

Folger bibliographic ID: 136112
ESTC number: R16192
Wing number: P2636
Folger call number: P2635D v.2
Folger holdings ID: 128199

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

With an engraved frontispiece (A1v) There is a portrait for each life, and at least two of the portraits (Alcibiades and Marcellus) are separate plates; the balance of the portraits are included within the pagination and register Most of the portraits are signed by M. Burghers Leaf R7 is cancelled

Item information about Folger P2635D v.2

Dobell. Manuscript markings. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Belasyse 2nd earl Fauconberg of Newborough (motto "bonne et belle assez"); Belasyse family library copy; from the John Dryden Collection formed by Percy J. Dobell

Uniform title: Lives. English. Vol. II
Extended title: The second volume of Plutarch's lives· : Translated from the Greek, by several hands
Alternate titles: Vitae parallelae

Greek literature Greece Rome

author: Plutarch
printmaker: Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727
former owner: Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956
former owner: Belasyse family