Les vies des hommes illustres grecs et romains, comparées l'une avec l'autre [...]. Translatées de grec en françois par Messire Jaques Amyot [...]. Ausquelles sont adioustées de nouveau les vies d'Annibal et Scipion l'Africain, traduites de latin en françois par Charles de l'Escluse [...].

Paris, J. Du Puys, 1583

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Folio: [72]-1347-[1 bl.]-34-[2 bl.] pp. (margins of title renewed, sl. damp stains - mostly marg. -, some foxing, occ. stains).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (scratches, some rubbings, sl. dampstaining, front joint split, head and tail def.).

Famous French translation by J. Amyot (1st: 1559), with the lives of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus by Charles de L'Écluse. Illustrated with woodcuts: portrait of Plutarch on title verso, 52 portraits in-text and large device of Du Puys.
Ref. Pettegree (FB) 44180. - Cp. STC French p. 359 (1559 ed.). - Not in Adams, Machiels.