Les Vies Des Hommes Illvstres, Grecs Et Romains
Subtitle: comparees l'une auec l'autre par Plutarque de Chaeronee, Translatees premierement de Grec en François
By: par maistre Iaques Amyot lors Abbé de Bellozane, & depuis en ceste troisieme edition reueuës & corrigees en infinis passages par le mesme Translateur, maintenant Abbé de sainct Corneille de Compiegene, Conseiller du Roy, & grand Aumosnier de France, à l'aide de plusieurs exemplaires uieux escripts à la main, & aussi du iugement de quelques personnages excellents en sçauoir
Publisher: Par Vascosan Imprimeur du Roy.
Published: 1567
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: frm
Translated from: grc
Subjects: Biography
Work titles: Lives
Notes: Signatures: v. 1. *-**⁸, ***⁴, 1A-1R⁸, 1S⁶, 1T-1Z⁸, 2A-2L⁸, 2M⁴ (1P₃ incorrectly signed N₃; 1S₆ blank with border); v. 2. 1 leaf unsigned, 2N-2Z⁸, 3A-3Z⁸, 4A-4E⁸, 4F² (3I₈ blank with border); v. 3. 2 leaves unsigned, 4G-4Y⁸, 4Z², 5A-5Y⁸, 5Z² (1st unsigned leaf, 5Z₂ blank with border); v. 4. 2 leaves unsigned, 6A-6Z⁸, 7A-7V⁸, 7X² (1st unsigned leaf blank with border; 7I₅₋₈ (p. 2288-2295) incorrectly bound in following 7G₈ (p. 2279)); v. 5. 2 leaves unsigned, 7Y-7Z⁸, 8A-8Z⁸, 9A-9Z⁸, 10A⁸, 10B⁴ (1st unsigned leaf, 10B₄ blank with border); v. 6. 1 leaf unsigned, 10C-10Z⁸, 11A-11X⁸, A-I⁸, K³ (10Z₈ blank with border; A₄ incorrectly signed A₃)

Paging: v. 1. 20 p. l., 545 p.; v. 2. 1 p. l., 546-1170 p.; v. 3. 1 p. l., 1171-1784 p.; v. 4. 1 p. l., 1785-2474 p.; v. 5 1 p. l., 2475-3263 p.; v. 6. 1 p. l., 3264-3932, 150 p. Pages 274, 393, 423, v. 1, p. 650, 967, 1005, 1102, v. 2, p. 1334, 1746, 1760, v. 3, p. 1815, 1984, v. 4, p. 2501, 2535, 2712, 2901, 2945, v. 5, p. 3494, 3503, 3722, v. 6, incorrectly numbered 374, 365, 42, 6, 667, 100, 10102, 1234, 1726, 760, 1715, 1684, 1501, 1535, 2812, 290, 1945, 2494, 1503, 2422, respectively.

Title and text within line border. Headpieces; initials. A few marginal notes.

Translation of the author's Vitae parallelae.

"Les Vies De Hannibal, Et Scipion L'Africain, traduittes par Charles De-l'Ecluse. A Paris, Par Vascosan Imprimeur du Roy. M.D.LXVII", 150 p. at end of v. 6, has special t.-p. and separate paging and signaturing.
Table of contents: title: V. 1. Theseus. Solon, Romulus. Publicola. Lycurgus. Themistocles. Numa Pomp. Furius Camillus; title: v. 2. Pericles. P. Aemylius. Fab. Max. Timoleon. Alcibiades. Pelopidas. Coriolanus. Marcellus; title: v. 3. Aristides. Pyrrus. Marcus Cato. Caius Marius. Philopoemen. Lysander. T.Q. Flaminius. Sylla; title: v. 4. Cimon. Sertorius. Lucullus. Eumenes. Nicias. Agesilaus. M. Crassus. Pompeius; title: v. 5. Alexandre le grand. Agis & Cleomenes. Iulius Ceasar. Tib. & G. Gracci. Phocion. Demosthenes. Cato L'Vtrique. Cicero; title: v. 6. Demetrius. M. Brutus. Antonius. Aratus. Artoxerxes. Galba. Dion. Othon.