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books set of plutarchs lives six volumes london 1758 j r tonson

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SA1228827

Books Set Of Plutarch’s Lives – Six Volumes, London 1758 (j. & R. Tonson)

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Item Number: SA1228827
Date of manufacture: 18th Century
Current Status: For sale
Seller: Treasure Trove Worcester Ltd
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Complete Set of Plutarch’s Lives – Six Volumes, London 1758 (J. & R. Tonson)
A complete six-volume 18th-century edition of Plutarch’s Lives, translated from the Greek with notes from Dacier and others, and with the Life of Plutarch by Dryden.
Printed in London by J. & R. Tonson in 1758.
Each volume retains its title page, with engraved frontispiece to the first volume by J. Miller after Gravelot. Bound in contemporary full calf with gilt-ruled borders and raised bands; one volume rebacked in red leather. Early ink ownership inscriptions “J. T. Barham 1775” to several endpapers.
Condition: complete but worn. Two volumes split through the binding with detached covers; others with cracked joints, surface wear and losses to the spine leather. Pages with some foxing and some stains though clearly legible
Dimensions (each): 13.5 cm × 20.5 cm × 3 cm
Date: 1758
Publisher: J. & R. Tonson, London
Provenance: J. T. Barham 1775
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This item is antique. The date of manufacture has been declared as 18th Century.


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