The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans, compared together, by that grave learned philosopher and historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea / translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot ... with the lines of Hannibal and Scipio African translated o
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Title
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The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans, compared together, by that grave learned philosopher and historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea / translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot ... with the lines of Hannibal and Scipio African translated o
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list of authors
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Plutarch
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Publisher
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Printed by George Miller and are to be sold by Robert Allott, at the sign of the black beare in Paul's churchyard
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Date
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1631
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General Notes
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STC 20070; Folger notes: A translation of: Vitae parallelae. The lives of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus are attributed to Donato Acciaiuoli.
"The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the elder, and of Octauius Caesar Augustus" has separate dated title page. It is a translation by North of a compilation by Simon Goulart of Senlis, partly from the "Vitae excellentium imperatorum" of Cornelius Nepos ("Aemylius Probus"). Pagination and register are continuous.
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Bound in marbled boards with later rebacked calf spine. Contains bookplate of the Montreal Literary Club 1864
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list of editors
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North, Thomas (trans.)
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Spatial Coverage
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London
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Identifier
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DE7.P55 1631
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