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Plutarchi Chaeronei, philosophi, historiciq́ue clarissimi Opuscula moralia : quorum catalogum sequentis paginae facie secunda reperies. Tomus secundus.

Accession number
PML 125064
Creator
Plutarch.
Published
[Lyon : Apud Seb. Gryphium Lugduni, 1549-1551]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988-9.
Notes
Library has volume 2 of 3-vol. set.
Library's copy lacks general title page.
Half-title on first printed leaf: Opusculorum Plutarchi tomus secundus.
Edited and translated from the Greek by Nicolaus Sagundinus and others; preface by Gryphius.
Printer's mark on verso of last leaf, vol. 2.
Description
594 p., [1] leaf ; 17 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Contemporary handwritten table of contents inscribed on recto and verso of last leaf.
Provenance
"Ex libris Vincentii Gerard" inscription inside upper cover. "Ex libris Petri T[?]" inside upper cover, heavily obscured. From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cent. France); Vincent Gerard.
Binding
Contemporary leather (calf?), stamped in blind and gold; remnants of manuscript waste visible inside lower board; evidence of paper spine label; edges colored red.
Classification
Department