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PLUTARCH. Plutarch's Lives. In Six Volumes. Translated from the Greek. With Explanatory and Critical Notes, from Dacier and others. To which is prefixed, The Life of Plutarch; written by Mr Dryden.
Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid, For Alexander Donaldson..., 1763. 6 volumes. 12mo (in 6s), pp. xiii [xiv text], 462; 504; 507 [508 blank]; 438; 507 [508 Errata]; 269 [270 - 447 Index, 448 blank], contemporary French-style "tiger" calf, slightly later reback in sheepskin, spine gilt in compartments, black leather labels; corners worn, joints rubbed, base of spine volume 1 severely chipped, other tops and bases slightly chipped. With the bookplate of the Rev. Alfred Sells on the front paste-down end-paper in each volume. Plutarch seems not to have fared very well with the Edinburgh publishers: the first edition of his Lives was that published by Hamilton and Balfour in 1758. This is the first edition to be published by Donaldson, with reprints in 1764 and 1774. The last edition to be published in Edinburgh was in 1795, for C. Elliot, W. Creech, and R. Munro. ESTC T107384 locates copies in L, C, E, MRu, O; MA. All the Edinburgh imprints are uncommon.
Offered for GBP 275.00 = appr. US$ 438.07 by: John Price Antiquarian Books - Book number: 5136
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