PLUTARCH. [Vita parallelae. English] Plutarch's Lives. Abridged from the original Greek, edited by Oliver Goldsmith and Joseph Collyer, London: for J. Newbery, 1762, 7 volumes, 12° in 6's, engraved frontispiece and 62 plates, advertisements at end of volume I and VI (slight marginal worming at end of vols. II and IV, ownership inscription cut from front blanks), contemporary speckled calf ruled in gilt, spines with volume number in gilt and red morocco lettering-pieces (some joints cracked, spines a little chipped), signature of Agnes Foxcroft to titles. [Williams Seven XVIIIth Century Bibliographies p. 124: "Goldsmith was responsible for the first four volumes after which most, if not all the work, was done by Joseph Collyer"] (7)