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PLUTARCH. Vitae illustrium virorum Latin translation by Lapo Birago, Francesco Filelfo, et al., with additional lives by other authors. Woodcut of Theseus and the Minotaur within historiated architectural border on a2r; border repeated on A1r, with woodcut historiated initial. [1], 145; 136 (of 144) leaves; lacks the last 8 leaves (lives of Aristotle by Leonardo Bruni, Homer attributed to Plutarch, and Charlemagne by Donato Acciaiuoli). 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 307x208 mm, old limp vellum, spine darkened and partly discolored; marginal soiling and dampstaining on opening leaves, partly cropped contemporary marginalia throughout, leaves of first gathering rehinged, title restored in blank outer margin with stains and old inscriptions. (Venice: Giovanni Ragazzo for Luc'Antonio Giunta, 7 December 1491)
Fourth edition in Latin; the first appeared in 1470. The Greek original text was first published in 1517. Hain-Copinger-Reichling 13129; BMC V, 501; Goff P833; ISTC ip00833000; Essling 594; Hoffmann III, 196.
