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PLUTARCH (ca 46-after 120). Vitae parallelae illustrium virorum. Translated from Greek into Latin by Lapus Florentinus, Leonardus Aretinus, Guarinus Veronensis, Leonardus Justinianus and others. Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 2nd January 1478.
2 volumes, Royal 2o (vol. I: 406 x 252 mm, vol. II: 406 x 259 mm). Collation: vol. I a10 b12 c-m10 n8 o-x10 y-z &8 (-a1 blank, a2r text, b7 blank, &8r quire register, verso blank); vol. II A10(1-3?) B-E10 F-N8.10 oo-pp8 Q-Y10 Z8 &&10 (A1r text, &&9v colophon, &&10r quire register, verso blank). 233 (without first blank), 226 leaves. Roman type 1:115(111). Vol. I: large white-vine initial Q illuminated in gold and colors, with marginal extensions, by a contemporary artist, other initial-spaces left unused; vol. II: 29 FINE ILLUMINATED WHITE-VINE INITIALS by a different artist, including two incorporating profile portraits of very high quality (illustrating the lives of Lucius Lucullus and Nicias respectively). (Manuscript notes in vol. I erased, mostly marginal but some interlinear, text affected as a result replaced or strengthened in pen-and-ink; first leaf in vol. II remargined, slight worming at beginning affecting letters, manuscript marginalia washed out.) 18th-century Italian calf gilt, marbled edges, (some scrapes). Provenance: Gordon A. Block Jr, sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet 29 January 1974, lot 167 -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1 February 1974.
Fourth edition, the first printed by Jenson, of Plutarch's Parallel Greek and Roman Lives. The text is not only of considerable value for our historical knowledge, but also as literary inspiration. Shakespeare drew on Sir Thomas North's translation for Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus. Although the two volumes led separate lives before the 18th century, they are well matched, similar in size, with similar illumination and leaf edges. HC *13127; BMC V, 178; IGI 7922; Goff P-832; Flodr 250.4.
2 volumes, Royal 2o (vol. I: 406 x 252 mm, vol. II: 406 x 259 mm). Collation: vol. I a10 b12 c-m10 n8 o-x10 y-z &8 (-a1 blank, a2r text, b7 blank, &8r quire register, verso blank); vol. II A10(1-3?) B-E10 F-N8.10 oo-pp8 Q-Y10 Z8 &&10 (A1r text, &&9v colophon, &&10r quire register, verso blank). 233 (without first blank), 226 leaves. Roman type 1:115(111). Vol. I: large white-vine initial Q illuminated in gold and colors, with marginal extensions, by a contemporary artist, other initial-spaces left unused; vol. II: 29 FINE ILLUMINATED WHITE-VINE INITIALS by a different artist, including two incorporating profile portraits of very high quality (illustrating the lives of Lucius Lucullus and Nicias respectively). (Manuscript notes in vol. I erased, mostly marginal but some interlinear, text affected as a result replaced or strengthened in pen-and-ink; first leaf in vol. II remargined, slight worming at beginning affecting letters, manuscript marginalia washed out.) 18th-century Italian calf gilt, marbled edges, (some scrapes). Provenance: Gordon A. Block Jr, sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet 29 January 1974, lot 167 -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1 February 1974.
Fourth edition, the first printed by Jenson, of Plutarch's Parallel Greek and Roman Lives. The text is not only of considerable value for our historical knowledge, but also as literary inspiration. Shakespeare drew on Sir Thomas North's translation for Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus. Although the two volumes led separate lives before the 18th century, they are well matched, similar in size, with similar illumination and leaf edges. HC *13127; BMC V, 178; IGI 7922; Goff P-832; Flodr 250.4.