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Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. 1183 Pages.Plutarch's Lives is a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans by the ancient Greek historian Plutarch who lived during the first and second century AD. The work consists of twenty-three paired biographies, one Greek and one Roman, and four unpaired, which explore the influence of character on the lives and destinies of important persons of Ancient Greece and Rome. Rather than providing strictly historical accounts, Plutarch was most concerned with capturing his subjects common moral virtues and failings. This volume includes the complete Plutarch's Lives in which you will find the biographies of the following persons: Theseus, Romulus, Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Solon, Poplicola, Themistocles, Camillus, Pericles, Fabius, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Timoleon, Æmilius Paulus, Pelopidas, Marcellus, Aristides, Marcus Cato, PhilopSmen, Flamininus, Pyrrhus, Caius Marius, Lysander, Sylla, Cimon, Lucullus, Nicias, Crassus, Sertorius, Eumenes, Agesilaus, Pompey, Alexander, Cæsar, Phocion, Cato the younger, Agis, Cleomenes, Tiberius Gracchus, Caius Gracchus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Demetrius, Antony, Dion, Marcus Brutus, Aratus, Artaxerxes, Galba, and Otho. Plutarch's Lives remains today as one of the most important historical accounts of the classical period. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Top edge gilt. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4." 330 pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. One small scratch mark on the front cover measuring about 1/2." A Fine copy. Referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) as no. 21222. Table of Contents includes the following: "Fashions in Literature," "The American Newspaper," "Certain Diversities of American Life," "The Pilgrim, and the American of To-Day," "Nathan Hale," "Some Causes of the Prevailing Discontent," "Education of the Negro," "The Indeterminate Sentence," "The Life-Saving and Life-Prolonging Art," "Literary Copyright," "The Pursuit of Happiness," "Truthfulness," "Literature and the Stage," and "'H. H. in Southern California.".

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 229pp. Uncut pages toward back of book. Endpapers tanned at edges. Cover rubbed at spine ends and edges. {Loc=Shakespeare] Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Edwards, George Wharton (illustratore). Green cloth over boards, with gilt titling and illustration; 158 pp.; 30 illustrations. 88 songs accompanied by lovely illustrations. G (Light wear to cloth. Corners bumped. Hinges cracked. Light to moderate foxing throughout.).