Plutarch. Vite di Plutarco Cheroneo de gli huomini... Lot 294

Plutarch. Vite di Plutarco Cheroneo de gli huomini illustri greci et romani, nuovamente tradotte per M. Lodovico Domenichi et altri, et diligentemente confrontate co' testi greci per M. Lionardo Ghini: con la vita dell'auttore, descritta da Thomaso Porcacchi... 2 vols. Venice, Gabr. Giolito de' Ferrari, 1566. Cl.4° With 4 printer's marks, several ornamental borders and vignettes as well as numerous initials. Prgtbde. d. (damage). Brunet IV, 742; Ebert 17484; Graesse V, 370; Hoffmann III, 392; Schweiger I, 268 - Translation that remained authoritative until the Veronese edition of 1773, first printed in 1555. Published as part of Giolito's collection of translations by Greek and Latin historians. Historians, which recommend themselves "as much by fidelity and accuracy as by style" (Ebert) and were attractively furnished by the publisher.