The liues of the noble Grecians and Romains, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer Plutarch of Chæronea: translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amiot abbot of Bellozane, Bishop of Auxerre, one of the Kings priuie Counsel, and great Almner of France: with the liues of Hannibal and Scipio African: translated out of Latine into French by Charles del'Escluse, and out of French into English, by Sir Thomas North Knight. Hereunto are also added the liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the elder, tyrant of Sicilia, of Augustus Cæsar, of Plutarch, and of Seneea [sic]: with the liues of nine other excellent chieftaines of warre: collected out of Æmylius Probus, by S.G. S. and Englished by the aforesaid translator
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Printed by George Miller, and are to be sold by Robert Allott, at the signe of the black Beare in Pauls Churchyard,
1631.
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| Item Description: | A translation of: Vitae parallelae. The lives of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus are attributed to Donato Acciaiuoli. The first leaf is blank. "The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus" has separate dated title page. It is a translation by North of a compilation by Simon Goulart of Senlis, partly from the "Vitae excellentium imperatorum" of Cornelius Nepos ("Æmylius Probus"). Pagination and register are continuous. Includes index. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Some pages unreadable. Pages 240-65, 326-89, 480-99, 510-25, 626-39, 676-89, and 1040-99 from Cambridge University Library copy spliced at end. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([16], 1244, [32] pages : portraits (woodcuts) |