The Complete Works of Plutarch. 6 Volumes. Complete. 3 Volumes on Essays and Miscellanies; and 3 Volumes on Parallel Lives.

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. (1909). 8vo. Orig. green cloth (some volumes slightly flecked). Morocco labels on spines (lightly foxed). Top edges gilt. Other edges uncut. With gilt illust. title-pages frontisps. with captioned tissue-guards and 20 full-page b/w illusts. Text on title-pages printed in green and red. Parallel Lives Volumes are undated. Inscription to previous owner on front free endpaper of Volume I in Parallel Lives. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper of Volume II in Parallel Lives. Foxing on endpapers otherwise a very good set of these important philosophical works. NOTE: A Greek and Roman philosopher Plutarch's works influenced the development of historical writing the biography and the essay. His two most important works are Parallel Lives; biographies of important Greek and Romans and Moralia a collection of speeches and essays.