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November 12, 2017 11:00 AMCalender
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Plutarch (45-120 AD) Thomas North (1535-1604) Trans. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, Compared together by that Grave Learn

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3040BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 12, 2017 11:00AM

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Plutarch (45-120 AD) Thomas North (1535-1604) Trans. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, Compared together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer, Plutarke of Chaeronea. London: by Field for Norton, 1595. Folio, second English edition, ex libris Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889),bound in full dark brown morocco, tooled in blind and gilt by Hayes of Oxford, inner gilt dentelles, beveled boards, a.e.g.; title page mounted, some staining and a few paper repairs to text leaves, 12 x 8 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

*7 (lacking initial blank *1),A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Zzz6, Aaaa-Zzzz6, 5A-5G6, 5H4.


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Norton, Oxford, London