The Lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that
graue learned Philosopher and Historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea:
Translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amyot, Abbot of Bellozane,
Bishop of Auxerre, one of the Kings priuy counsel, and great Amner of
Fraunce, and out of French into Englishe, by Thomas North. _Imprinted at
London by Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the Blacke Friers by Ludgate._
1579.
F^o. (12-3/8 × 8-1/4). B. 9.
Collation: *^8A-5F^6, paged. Wanting * 1 (? blank). (Sigs. * 3-5
are misprinted * ij-iiij.) Epistle dedicatory to Queen Elizabeth,
signed Thomas North, and dated Jan. 16, 1579. Address to the
reader, signed by the same and dated Jan. 24, 1579. Amyot's
address to the reader. Table of contents. B 2^v and B 5^r have been
left blank in the printing. First edition. Some copies have the
imprint, 'Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn
Wight'.
Sinker 481. BM 1243 (Wight).
The Lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, compared together by that
graue learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chæronea:
Translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amiot Abbot of Bellozane,
Bishop of Auxerre, one of the Kings priuie Counsell, and great Almner of
France: With the liues of Hannibal and Scipio African: translated out of
Latine into French by Charles de l'Escluse, and out of French into
English, By Sir Thomas North Knight. Hereunto are also added the liues
of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the elder, tyrant of
Sicilia, of Augustus Cæsar, of Plutarke, and of Seneca: with the liues
of nine other excellent Chieftaines of warre: collected out of Æmylius
Probus, by S. G. S. and Englished by the aforesaid Translator. _London,
Printed by Richard Field._ 1612.
F^o. (12-3/4 × 8-3/8). B. 5.
Collation: A^8B-5O^{6}5P^8, paged. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Epistle
dedicatory to Queen Elizabeth, signed Thomas North. Address to the
reader signed by the same. Amyot's address to the reader. Table of
Lives. There is a medallion portrait to each life. The additional
lives have a separate titlepage, dated 1610, at sig. 5B 1, followed
by Epistle dedicatory to Queen Elizabeth, signed Thomas North.
Alphabetical table at end. The additional lives first appeared in
the third edition, in 1603. They were translated into French, not
from Probus but from C. Nepos. The initials S. G. S. stand for
Simon Goulart Senlisien. Fourth edition.