1579 PLUTARCH Parallel Lives Latin
Alexander the Great Pericles Xylander Vellum
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
― Plutarch
‘Plutarch’s
Lives’ or ‘Parallel Lives’ is one
of the most important and comprehensive collection of biographies of famous
Greek and Roman figures. Plutarch was not so much focused on providing a
historical account of these famous individuals as much as he was seeking to
write of the type of person they were and the life in which they lived. He
focuses on Alexander the Great, Romulus and Remus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Brutus,
Julius Caesar, and many other important figures.
This rare 1579 edition was edited and
translated by Wilhelm Xylander, a notable German scholar. Xylander was well
known for his commentary and edits of Greek and Roman masters including
Cassius, Strabo, Marcus Aurelius, and Euclid.
Item number: #23969
Price: $1500
PLUTARCH
Plutarchi Chaeronensis summi philosophi et historici Vitæ parallelæ seu
comparatæ
Basileae: [Per Thomam Guarinum],
1579.
Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o Vol. I –
[32], 816
o Vol. II – 877,
[1]
o Vol. III –
504, [118]
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References: USTC 684412
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
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Size: ~6.75in X 4.75in (17cm x 12cm)
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Very
rare and desirable
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