Plutarch: Selected Lives (The Franklin Library)

Hardcover. Condition: Like-New. 1982. The Franklin Library. Illustrated.

The Dryden Translation. Illustrations specially prepared for an English Edition of 1676.

Leather bound with gilt decorations, gilt edges. No shelf or edge wear. Clean, crisp interior. Printed on archival paper.

Plutarch of Chaeronea is one of the great storytellers of antiquity, a writer whose ability to create unforgettable scenes matches the grandeur of his subject matter. The heroes of his Lives were the great men of antiquity, often greatly flawed, but with tragic depth and epic stature.