$1,440
Plutarch (c. 46-120 AD), trans. Thomas North (1535-1604) The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romains. London: by George Miller to be sold by Robert Allott, 1631. Folio, third edition of this the fullest version of North's English translation, with woodcut portraits of each emperor within decorative cartouches at the head of each chapter, collated, lacking initial blank, A1, bound in full modern calfskin, blind tooled, with gilt labels, a.e.g., covers somewhat rubbed, the penultimate leaf with clean tear along the gutter in the blank margin, touching three lines. Essential to Shakespeare himself, North's Plutarch provided the raw material used by the bard to create his dramatic versions of Julius Caesar , Coriolanus , and Antony and Cleopatra .
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
