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Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
*** "This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: "Tho. Claydon" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/aec4030b-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/63238824-6591-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "15
Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
*** \"This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus\" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: \"Tho. Claydon\" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).")
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Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
*** "This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: "Tho. Claydon" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/aec4030b-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/6c238824-6591-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "15
Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
*** \"This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus\" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: \"Tho. Claydon\" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).")
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Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
*** "This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: "Tho. Claydon" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/small/aec4030b-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/63238824-6591-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "15
Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
*** \"This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus\" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: \"Tho. Claydon\" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).")
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Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
*** "This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: "Tho. Claydon" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/small/aec4030b-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/6c238824-6591-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "15
Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
*** \"This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus\" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: \"Tho. Claydon\" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).")
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Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
⁂ "This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: "Tho. Claydon" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).
Lot 15
Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea first edition of this translation, 1579.
Hammer Price: £12,000
Description
Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, first edition of this translation, large woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut medallion portraits within decorative cartouches, lacking initial blank f., title, dedication and final 2ff. with inner and upper margins restored, small rust-hole in B5 and paper flaw in 5E6 with some minor loss to text, damp-staining at head, a few markings and underlinings, very occasional light ink staining, bookplate to pastedown, green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, covers with arabesque centrepieces, inner gilt dentelles, spine faded, upper joint cracked, g.e., [Pforzheimer 801; STC 20066], folio, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight, 1579.
⁂ "This translation '. . .forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A midsummer night's dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus" - Pforzheimer.
Provenance: "Tho. Claydon" (ink inscription on O5 verso); Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of Plymouth (armorial bookplate).
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