LOT 3077
4th December 2024
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LOT 3077
PLUTARCH. Chaeronei, philosophi, historiici’que clarissimi, opuscula (quae quidem extant) omnia, undequaque collecta, & diligentissime iampridem recognita. Basel: ‘In Officina And. Cratandri’, September 1530. Folio (286 x 193mm.) Woodcut printer’s device to the title and also to last leaf, elaborate woodcut border to first text leaf, woodcut initials and ornaments, vellum stubs to front and rear. (Title with damp-staining and also from a2-c6, thereafter damp-staining mostly marginal, illegible signature to title.) Early 19th century speckled calf, blind-tooled border and corner-pieces. Note: in this edition of Plutarch’s moral works each section is translated by a different humanist scholar, including Erasmus, Bude, Politano and Melancthon. Provenance: Tyrwhitt (ink name inscribed to title); George Drewry Squibb (bookplate to front pastedown).
Estimate: £400 – £600
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