North's Plutarch: The Translation by Sir Thomas North of Plutarch's Lives

by Plutarch

Plutarch's Lives Translated by Sir Thomas North in two volumes

The Live of the Noble Grecians and Romans compared together by that grave, learned philosopher and historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea. Translated out of Greek into French by James Amyot and out of French into English by Thomas North. The text being prepared for this edition by Roland Baughman with an introduction for this Edition by Emil Ludwig.

The entire contents of this edition are copyright 1941 by the Limited Editions Club for the Geargoe Macy Companies Inc. The decorative drawings are taken form the series drawn by W.A. Dwiggins for the eight-volume edition of the North Plutarch distributed in 1941 to the Limited Editions Club. The portrait drawings are taken from the magnificent full-page plates drawn by T.L. Poulton for the five-volume limited edition of the North Plutarch published by the Nonesuch Press in 1930

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About the author

Plutarch (later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus; AD 46–AD 120) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He is classified as a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works were written in Greek, but intended for both Greek and Roman readers.