Le Plutarque de la Jeunesse, Ou Abrege des Vies des Plus Grands Hommes de Toutes les Nations, Depuis les Temps les plus Recules Jus qu'a nos jours;Au nombre de plus de 200, et ornees de leurs Portraits. Ouvrage Elementaire, Propre a elever l'ame des jeunes gens, et a leur inspirer les vertus utiles a la societe; Tome Quatrieme (Volume 4 Only) by Blanchard, Pierre - 1803

Paris: Chez Le Prieur, 1803. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 12mo. 448 pages. A small book measuring 6 3/4 inches tall by 4 1/8 inches wide. Hardcover in full brown mottled calf leather with gilt tooling on the spine. Dual black leather labels also on the spine. the binding has some scuffing of leather on both boards. There is bumping at the headcap/foot. All edges of the text block are marbled. Front flyleaf has been removed. There is writing on the half title page. There is an early notation is written in fountain pen ink on the reverse of the title page dated 25th September, 1805. There is also writing on the last page of the book. Both appear to have the signature of Nicolo Mouzin (?). Text is in French. The text contains at least 11 full-page copperplate engravings with 6 portraits per page. One of the small portraits is of Benjamin Franklin