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PLUTARCH. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes. . . Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot . . . and out of French into English, by Thomas North. Woodcut divisional headpieces throughout consisting of medallion portraits within varying ornamental borders. [14] (of [16]), 865, 862-889, 900-1173, [29] pages; lacks initial blank. Folio, 315x204 mm, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, quite worn overall, front cover detached; varying marginal soiling and dampstaining, worsening toward end, oxidized rust stains on opening leaves with few holes in title causing slight text loss, title trimmed in lower margin and mounted, vertical clean tear across 3R2. London: Richard Field for Bonham Norton, 1595
Second edition of North's translation, the first complete version in English, originally published in 1579; issue with Field/Norton imprint. STC 20067.
