Plutarch's Lives
Subtitle: Translated from the Greek by several hands. To which is prefixt the Life of Plutarch. The first volume
Contributors: Dryden, John, 1631-1700, contributor; Touroude, Michael, artist; Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727, engraver; Banck, Pieter van der, 1649-1697, engraver; Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, bookseller
Publisher: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the sign of the Judges-head in Chancery-lane near Fleet-street
Published: 1683
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 656
Subjects: Biography; Early works to 1800; Greek literature; Translations into English
Other titles: Vitae parallelae; Life of Plutarch. Written by Mr. Dryden
Work titles: Lives. Vol. I
Notes: In some copies, there is no apostrophe in first word of title ("Plutarchs").

Dedication signed: John Dryden.

With engraved frontispiece (plate) signed: Touroude del Vandrebanc fe.

"The life of Plutarch. Written by Mr. Dryden" (caption title) has separate pagination following preliminaries; register is continuous.

Most of the portraits are signed by M. Burghers.

Signatures: [A]², B⁸-C⁸ ( -C⁸), B⁸-2T⁸.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), P2635

English short title catalogue, R30108
Table of contents: title: The life of Plutarch / written by Mr. Dryden; title: The life of Theseus / English'd from the Greek, by R. Duke, Trin. Coll. Cant. Soc.; title: The life of Romulus / English'd from the Greek, by Mr. James Smalwood, Fel. of Trin. Col. in Cambridge; title: The life of Lycurgus / translated from the Greek of Plutarch, by Knightly Chetwood, Fellow of King's College in Cambridge; title: The life of Numa Pompilius / English'd from the Greek by Paul Rycaut, Esq.; title: The life of Solon / translated from the Greek by Thomas Creech, of Wadh. Coll. Oxon.; title: The life of P. Val. Poplicola / Englished from the Greek, by Mr. Dodswell; title: The life of Themistocles the Athenian / translated out of the Greek, by Edward Brown, M.D.; title: The life of F. Camillus / Englished from the Greek, by Mich. Payne, Trin. Coll. Cant. Soc.; title: The life of Pericles / translated from the Greek, by Adam Littleton, D.D.; title: The life of Fabius M. / Englished from the Greek, by John Caryl, Esq.