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Les Vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romains comparées l'une avec l'autre par Plutarque de Cheronee translatées premierement de grec en françois, par Maistre Iaques Amyot... & depuis en ceste seconde edition reueuës & corrigees en infinis passages par le mesme translateur ... à l'aide de plusieurs exemplaires vieux, escripts à la main, & aussi du iugement de quelques personnages excellents en sçauoire. [16th Century edition of Plutarch's Lives]. Second edition.
by Plutarque ; Plutarch; Jacques Amyot, translator
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Paris: Michel de Vascosan, 1565. Folio. 23.5 x 37cm. Full calf, 18th Century binding. A few defects on the extremities. 734, [25] leaves. Lacks the title page and the first 8 leaves. Signatures: b-z⁶ A-2Z⁶ ²2A-3Z⁶ ²3A-3G⁶ 3H-3I⁴ ²A-C⁶ D-E⁴A few pages with marginal stains....OCLC Number: 490486928... This second edition in French of Amyot is the translation that served as the basis for Thomas North's English version. Shakespeare used Plutarch as a primary source for Julius Caesar, Anthony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus.... Plutarque - Les vies des Hommes illustres, Grecs & Romains, comparées l'une avec l'autre. [Paris, Michel de Vascosan, 1565]. In-folio plein veau (reliure du XVIIIeme), 734, 25 feuillets. Manque la page de titre et les 8 premiers feuillets.
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- Les Vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romains comparées l'une avec l'autre par Plutarque de Cheronee translatées premierement de grec en françois, par Maistre Iaques Amyot... & depuis en ceste seconde edition reueuës & corrigees en infinis passages par le mesme translateur ... à l'aide de plusieurs exemplaires vieux, escripts à la main, & aussi du iugement de quelques personnages excellents en sçauoire. [16th Century edition of Plutarch's Lives]. Second edition.
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- Plutarque ; Plutarch; Jacques Amyot, translator
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