Plutarch's Vitae illustrium virorum Jacobus Britannicus, 1499 PLUTARCHUS (c.45-c.120). Vitae illustrium virorum. -SEXTUS RUFINUS. De historia Romana. Edited by Pylades Brixianus. Brescia: Jacobus Britannicus, 9 [-13] August 1499. Incunable edition of Plutarch’s Lives, with later Russian provenance. HC(Add) 13131*; BMC VII 983; BSB-Ink P-629; Bod-inc P-394; IGI 7925; Goff P-835; ISTC ip00835000. Royal folio (363 x 247mm). 318 leaves. Woodcut initials (some dampstaining, some leaves toned, occasional spots and stains towards end). 18th-century quarter blindstamped pigskin, red edges (rebacked, wear at extremities). Provenance: marginalia (some trimmed) – three Russian bookplates – acquired from Lathrop C. Harper, 17 August 1955.
Plutarch's Vitae illustrium virorum Jacobus Britannicus, 1499 PLUTARCHUS (c.45-c.120). Vitae illustrium virorum. -SEXTUS RUFINUS. De historia Romana. Edited by Pylades Brixianus. Brescia: Jacobus Britannicus, 9 [-13] August 1499. Incunable edition of Plutarch’s Lives, with later Russian provenance. HC(Add) 13131*; BMC VII 983; BSB-Ink P-629; Bod-inc P-394; IGI 7925; Goff P-835; ISTC ip00835000. Royal folio (363 x 247mm). 318 leaves. Woodcut initials (some dampstaining, some leaves toned, occasional spots and stains towards end). 18th-century quarter blindstamped pigskin, red edges (rebacked, wear at extremities). Provenance: marginalia (some trimmed) – three Russian bookplates – acquired from Lathrop C. Harper, 17 August 1955.
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