PLUTARQUE. Les Vies des hommes illustres. 1783.... Lot n° 48

- PLUTARCH. Lives of illustrious men. Translated from the Greek by Jacques Amyot. A Paris, chez Jean-Baptiste Cussac, 1783-1785. 20 x 13 cm, xlviii-461 pp., 541 pp., 542 pp. vi-556 pp. and 527 pp. Five volumes bound in contemporary full marbled calf, ribbed spines, ornate caissons, red and green titles, triple fillet on boards, fillet on edges, blue speckled edges. Corners slightly dulled, otherwise fine copies. With 9 hors texte engravings by Le Barbier, Moreau le jeune, Marcah,d, Myris and Marillier. The first five volumes of this edition. - SENEQUE. Pensées. Collected by M. Angliviel de la Beaumelle. Pour servir à l'éducation de la jeunesse. A Paris, chez P.G. Le Mercier, 1752. 17 x 10.5 cm, lxvii-245 pp. and 369-6 pp. Two volumes bound in contemporary full marbled calf, ribbed spine, ornate caissons, red and brown titles, scrolls on the edges. Corners slightly dulled, title page of volume II missing. Otherwise fine copies. Bilingual Latin and French edition. Set of 7 volumes.