The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea: tr. out of Greeke into French by Iames Amyot ... and out of French into Englishe, by Thomas North.

Contains "The lives of Annibal and Scipio African (attributed to Donato Acciajuoli) translated into French by Charles de la Sluce, and Englished by Thomas North" (p.1131-1172) and "The comparison of Annibal with P. Scipio African" (p.1173-1175) by Simon Goulart. Later editions contain still further interpolations.
First edition of the translation of Thomas North.
This copy is as described in the Pforzheimer catalogue, except that pages 480 and 776 are correctly numbered.
Head-pieces (with inlaid portraits) tail-pieces, initials.
Leaf A[subscript]1 inserted from another copy.