Ploutarchou Parallēla en biois Hellēnōn te kai Rōmaiōn, mth = Plutarchi quae uocantur Parallela, hoc est Vitae illustrium uirorum Graeci nominis ac Latini, prout quaeque alteri conuenire uidebatur, digestae.

Ploutarchou Parallēla en biois Hellēnōn te kai Rōmaiōn, mth = Plutarchi quae uocantur Parallela, hoc est Vitae illustrium uirorum Graeci nominis ac Latini, prout quaeque alteri conuenire uidebatur, digestae.

Lives. 1519

Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, mense Augusto MDXIX [1519]

[4], 345, [1] leaves ; 33 cm (fol.)

Text in Greek; some introductory material in Latin (Roman type).

Edited by Franciscus Asulanus.

Aldine printer's device on title page and verso of final leaf.

According to Renouard there are two editions of the same year, the first based on the Junta edition of 1517, the second and superior edition used by H. Estienne and others for their edition. He admits having only seen the one and therefore inability in distinguishing between them.

First part of title in Greek script. The "mth" represents the numerical value 49, the number of individual biographies included in the volume.

Imprint from colophon.

First Aldine edition as a separate.

Signatures: *⁴ a-2t⁸ 2v¹⁰.

Leaf *4 is blank.

Capital spaces with guide letters. Aldine device on title page and on verso of final leaf.

Greek script equivalents are printed beside the Roman alphabet signatures.

Renouard, A. Annali delle edizioni aldine, p. 87, no. 9
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, P1610

Italy -- Venice.

PA4369 .A2 1519 Cage

In a diced calf binding in a gilt panel and frame design. Gilt armorial stamp with motto: Virtus vera nobilitas (Trinity College Cambridge); gilt turn-ins; marbled endpapers and edges. Bookplate: Charles Butler of Warren Wood Hatfield. Bookplate: Ex libris W.T. Smedley.