Plutarque - Les Oeuvres morales et meslées de Plutarque - 2
Plutarque - Les Oeuvres morales et meslées de Plutarquetraduites du grec en françois, reveues, corrigées, et enrichies en cette dernière édition, de préfaces générales, de sommaires au commencement de chacun des Traitez, et d'annotations en marge, qui montrent l'artifice et la suite des discours de l'autheur. Published in Paris, Frédéric Léonard, . Collation: [] and [] pages full leather binding in brown calf of the time, back with adorned raised bands, format: 2 folio volumes (44 x 30) condition: Lack of leather on top and bottom of the back, corners dented, fresh inside, a few small stains on a few pages. BookplateImpressive typographic monument from which we were able to determine which edition of it was, back on sale in under the name of Frédéric Léonard, King's printer, Plutarch was born in Chaeronea, small town east of Phocis, near Delphi in Greece. He lived between 46 and unfortunately, historians have little information about his life, only the Suda (10th century) and a note of Eusebius of Caesarea refer to it. The most important testimony remain those that the writer has included himself in his work. Read More