Plutarchs Lives. Translated from the Greek by several hands to which is prefixt the Life of Plutarch Five volume set. Complete. (5)

by Plutarch; Dryden, John

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Jacob Tonson Sign of the Judges Head Chancery Lane near Fleet Street, 1683. Full-Leather. No Jacket. M Burghers. Leather covers. 1683-1686 19 x 11cm. All volumes rubbed and bumped. Scuffed. Spines chipped and cracked. Hinges intact but rubbed. Volume 5 has a split front board hinge but still attached. VG: content in very good condition. Later eps to all volumes. Each volume has frontis plate and a dedicated engraved plate for each chapter. Inscribed by previous owner on fep of all 5 volumes [D Baker Sch Eton] Engraved plates by: Touroude de Vandrebanc; M Burghers [MB; MBurg; MBurghers; M Burgher]; Collins; RW; Sturt. London Jacob Tonson 1683-1686. Sign of the Judges Head Chancery Lane near Fleet Street. First volume published independently with 4 volumes being published consequently. Number of plates: 12; 11; 11; 10; 11 = 55 [35 by M Burghers.] Volume 1: 1683 : Preface dedicated to the Duke of Ormond. Table of lives: Plutarch by Mr Dryden (page 1-128); Theseus - Mr Duke; Romulus - Mr Smallwood; Lycurgus - Mr Chetwood; Nema Pompilius - Mr Ryant; Solon - Mr Creech; Poplicoca - Mr Dodswell; Themistocles - Dr Brown; Furius Camillus - Mr Pain; Pericles - Dr Littleton; Fabius Maximus - Mr Carryl (page 1-656). Cracked binding but intact p48. Volume 2: 1684; Alcibiades Coriolanus - Dr Blomer; Paulus Emilius - Mr Arrowsmith (small tear to plate) Timoleon - Dr Blomer; Pelopidas - Mr Creech; Marcellus - Dr Chowtoft; Aristides - Mr Cooper; Marcus Catopp-Mr Lydcot; Philopoemen - Dr Short; Titusflaminius -Mr Whitaker. (Page 1-688) Note from Tonson regarding the success of volume 1. Chronological table. Red marks on rear eps. Volume 3: 1684: Pyrrhus - Dr Croune; Cajus Marius - Mr Stapleton; Lysander - Mr Lemon; Sylla - Mr Davis (small tear to engraved plate); Cimon - Mr Morgan; Lucullus - Mr Mornburgh; Nicias - Mr Rimer; Crassus - Mr Amhurst; Eumenes; Serterius - Dr Brown (page 1-684). Chronological table. Catalogue of books printed by Tonson at rear. Volume 4: 1685; Agesilaus - Dr Needham; Pompey - Dr Oldish; Alexander - Mr Evelyn; Julius Caesar -Dr Allen (dead spider mark on engraved plate); Phocian - Dr Fowke; Cato; Agis - Sir Robert Thorold; Cleomenes - Mr Creech; Gracchi Tiberius and Caius - Mr Warren. (Page 1-712) Chronological table. The Comparison of Tiberius and Caius, Gracchi with Agis and Cleomenes. Volume 5: 1686; Demetrius Poliocretes - Dr Nalson; Marcus Antonius - Dr Fraser; Demosthenes; Marcus Tullius Cicero - Dr Fuller; Aratus - Dr Bateman (binding cracked); Artaxerxes - Mr Oakley; Dion -Dr Ovedale; Marcus Brutus -Mr Duke; Galba - Mr Taylor; Otheo - Mr Beaumont (Page 1- 764). Cracked binding. Scarce. Rare Set. Includes free insured postage to country of destination.