1580 PLUTARCH Parallel Lives Alexander Great Vellum FOLIO 60 Renaissance Woodcut

1580 PLUTARCH Parallel Lives Alexander Great Vellum FOLIO 60 Renaissance Woodcut

“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 rare 1580 folio edition was edited and translated by Wilhelm Xylander, a notable German scholar. Xylander was well known for his commentary and edits of Greek and Roman masters including Cassius, Strabo, Marcus Aurelius, and Euclid.

Item number: #24003

Price: $1950

PLUTARCH

Summi et philosophi et historici pa rallela, id est, vitae illustrium virorum Graecorum et Romano rum inter se comparatae.

Francoforti ad Moenum: Impensis S. Feyerabendt, 1580.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • Summi et Philosophi – [8], 353 (i.e., 351) leaves, [2]
  • Aemilii Probi – [2], 356-373 leaves, [32]
  • 60 woodcut engravings throughout
• References: USTC 684424
• Provenance:
  • Armorial bookplate – Ladislai Vietoris de Kiss-Kovalocz et in Horocz
  • Handwritten – [Matthia Roberii, 1640]
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~14.5in X 9in (36.5cm x 23cm)
• Exceedingly rare and desirable!

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