1541 1st German ed PLUTARCH Parallel Lives Alexander the Great Hieronymus Boner

1541 1^st German ed PLUTARCH Parallel Lives Alexander the Great Hieronymus Boner

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”

― Plutarch

‘Plutarch’s Lives’ or ‘Parallel Lives’ is one of the most important and comprehensive collection of biographies of famous Greek and Roman figures. Plutarch was not so much focused on providing a historical account of these famous individuals as much as he was seeking to write of the type of person they were and the life in which they lived. He focuses on Alexander the Great, Romulus and Remus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Brutus, Julius Caesar, and many other important figures.

This 1541 German printing was the first complete German edition ever printed of ‘Lives’. This masterpiece was edited by Hieronymus Boner, a renowned 16^th-century translator of Thucydides, Plutarch and Herodotus. This example also includes numerous incredible woodcut engravings.

Item number: #1404

Price: $1,500

PLUTARCH

Plutarchus von Cheronea der allernamhafftigst, Griechisch geschichtschreiber, von den Leben vnd Ritterlichen thaten, der aller durchleüchtigstẽ männer : Griechen vnd Römer, Künig, Burgermeister vñ Hauptleüten als namlich Thesei Künig zu Athen Romuli vnd Remi etc. Deren sechs vnd viertzig vnderscheidenlich nach einander mit ijren leben (vnd wo es die noturfft erfordert) mit figuren anzeigt

Zů Colmar : bey Barptolome Grüninger, M.D. XLI. [1541].

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: [3], 1-483; [1]-161
  • Filled with incredible woodcut engravings
• Binding: Leather
• Language: German
• Size: ~14in X 8.5in (35cm x 22cm)
• Extremely rare with no other example for sale worldwide at present

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