The liues of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chaeronea: translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amiot, abbot of Bellozane, Bishop of Auxerre, one of the Kings priuie counsell, and great Amner of France, and out of French into English, by Thomas North.
1595
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Title
The liues of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chaeronea: translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amiot, abbot of Bellozane, Bishop of Auxerre, one of the Kings priuie counsell, and great Amner of France, and out of French into English, by Thomas North.
Uniform title
Lives. English
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Richard Field for Bonham Norton, 1595.
Description
[16], 865, 862-889, 900-1,173, [29] p. : ports. (woodcuts) ; (fol.)
Associated name
Plutarch. author.
North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?
Acciaiuoli, Donato, 1429-1478.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, former owner.
North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?
Acciaiuoli, Donato, 1429-1478.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, former owner.
Note
A translation of: Vitae parallelae.
The lives of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus are attributed to Donato Acciaiuoli.
Signatures: *⁸ A-5G⁶ 5H⁴.
First leaf is blank.
Includes index.
A variant (STC 20067.5) has T. Wight's name in imprint in place of Norton's.
The lives of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus are attributed to Donato Acciaiuoli.
Signatures: *⁸ A-5G⁶ 5H⁴.
First leaf is blank.
Includes index.
A variant (STC 20067.5) has T. Wight's name in imprint in place of Norton's.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo. Blank conjectured from variant.
Exhibited
STC 20067 copy 4 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2018.Form and Function: The Genius of the Book. Opening : Ms. frontispiece.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 20067
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107488
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107488
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 20067 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs610. Lacking blank. Provenance: stamp on front free endpaper: Edward Dowden library
Call number
STC 20067 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs447. Lacking blank. T.p. backed; inserted between *2 and *3 (the latter is signed *2) is a t.p. from another issue (STC 20067.2). Provenance: inscribed on t.p.: Fa: metcalfe; on inserted t.p.: Arabella Weller 1766
Call number
STC 20067 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs892. Lacking blank; 4O6 torn and mended affecting text
Call number
STC 20067 copy 4
Folger-specific note
15 (within circle). Lacking blank, *2-4; *6 bound before *5 (signed *4) which is torn and repaired, affecting text. Manuscript notes and markings. Ownership and manuscript notes on 5H4v once mis-attributed to Ben Jonson (see Philological Quarterly 1987, 3/no. 5). Provenance: bookplate of Paulin Martin