The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, compared together by that grave learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea. Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot abbot of Bellozane, Bishop of Auxerre, one of the Kings privie Counsell, and great Amner of France. With the lives of Hannibal and of Scipio African: translated out of Latine into French by Charles de l'Escluse, and out of French into English, by Sir Thomas North Knight. Hereunto are also added the lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the elder, tyrant of Sicilia, of Augustus Cæsar, of Plutarke, and of Seneca: with the lives of nine other excellent chiefetaines of warre: collected out of Æmylius Probus, by S.G. S. and Englished by the aforesaid translator
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A translation of: Vitae parallelae.
The lives of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus are attributed to Donato Acciaiuoli.
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
"The lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the elder, and of Octavius Cæsar Augustus" is a reissue of STC 20071 with variant imprint date and an added index. It is a translation by North of a compilation by Simon Goulart of Senlis, partly from the "Vitae excellentium imperatorum" of Cornelius Nepos ("Æmylius Probus").
One of three imprint variants of this edition.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
STC (2nd ed.) 20068a.
Available electronically as part of Early English books online.