Twelve illustrious lives
By: Plutarch ; the Dryden translation ; with engravings from the Hertel edition of Ripa's Iconologia.
Contributors: Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Edition: A limited ed.
Series: The 100 greatest books of all time
Publisher: Franklin Library
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Franklin Center, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
Subjects: Greece -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.; Rome -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: "Notes from the editors" (22 p.) inserted.
Table of contents: title: Theseus, Romulus, Theseus and Romulus compared; title: Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Lycurgus and Numa Pompilius compared; title: Pericles, Fabius Maximus, Pericles and Fabius Maximus compared; title: Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus compared; title: Alexander, Gaius Julius Caesar; title: Demosthenes, Cicero, Demosthenes and Cicero compared.