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pair of antique leather bound books with decorative designs on theman open book with a picture of a bird on it ' s coveran open book that is sitting on a tablean open book that is sitting on a tablean open book with a picture of a cross on itan open book with a picture of a bird on itan open book sitting on top of a white table next to a cup of coffeean open book that is sitting on a tablean open book on a table with a white background
Guyenne Enchères

7 - The Lives of Illustrious Greek and Roman Men, compared with …
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Estimate €100 - €200
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The Lives of Illustrious Greek and Roman Men, compared with one another by Plutarch of Chaeronea, Translated from the Greek into French by Sir Jacques Amyot, formerly Abbot of Bellozane, now Bishop of Auxerre, Councillor to the King, and Grand Chaplain of France: & subsequently revised and corrected in certain passages for this edition, both with the aid of several old handwritten copies and by the judgement of certain eminent scholars. and The Moral and Miscellaneous Works of Plutarch, Translated from Greek into French, revised & corrected in this third edition in several passages by the Translator. All the treatises of the said works, contained in two volumes, follow immediately after the Preface; and at the end there is a very comprehensive table of contents.
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Auction time 09/03/2026 at 2:00 PM
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