A fifteenth century Italian Plutarch (British Museum Add. MS. 22318)
1961, First Edition. New York : T. Yoseloff. Fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #459699
Series ; Library of illuminated manuscripts. Physical description: 40 pages, 10 leaves of plates : colour illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes: Miniatures and initials from the manuscript, accompanied by passages from Plutarch's *Vitae parallelae* in the English translation of Sir Thomas North. Subjects: British Library. Manuscript. Additional 22318. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian -- 15th century. Miniature painting, Italian -- 15th century. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- England -- London -- Facsimiles. Plutarch. Vitae parallelae -- Illustrations. Biography -- To 500 -- Early works to 1800 -- Illustrations.
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