Plutarchs Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans (5) Volume Set - Item 3749 (675 USD)

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Plutarch's LIVES OF THE NOBLE GREEKS AND ROMANS (5) volume set

5 monthly installments of $135.00

Limited to 1200

Meh, it's been done. First was limited to 400, new one is now limited to 1200.


Old DLE limited to 400 copies


Also the original DLE came from Kingsport where as the new DLE is coming from BindTech.

Hi Everyone. I'm assuming that both the old and new Plutarch DLE is the Arthur Hugh Clough translation (revising Dryden) from 1853, but can anyone who owns these volumes confirm that?

It would be great to know the width of the five volumes together on a shelf in inches, to see if I have shelf space.....Also, does this particular translation pair the Greek and Roman lives, or does it separate them? And does Plutarch's comparison notes of the pair come included? A table of contents for something like this would be really helpful, EP mole!

>3 Eumnestes: The first DLE looks to be a facsimile of a 1693 edition. Some images from a current ebay listing:

>6 JuliusC: Thanks so much for showing me this. Looks like the translation overseen by Dryden himself.

Thanks for all the pics, guys. That explains things. The new DLE is a facsimile of a different edition than the first.

>8 whytewolf1: Yes, apologies I wasn't trying to imply that EP was reproducing the same edition, just that they have already printed Plutarch Lives as a DLE before. Not the first times they've done this (Chaucer, Aesop's Fables, Tom Sawyer...) I've said it before and I'll say it again, they should use their resource in producing something more original than reprinting a facsimile of a title the've already done.

>9 JuliusC: I understand, and I appreciate that, though I disagree somewhat in that a new edition of the same title may appeal to some people to whom a previous one did not. For instance, I'm certainly glad that they did a second DLE of Hans Christian Andersen with Arthur Rackham's art after having done another HCA edition previously. And really, it's not like they're not putting out a fair amount of original stuff, also. So, there's no guarantee that had this not been done, something original would have been released in its stead.

>9 JuliusC: "ot the first times they've done this (Chaucer, Aesop's Fables, Tom Sawyer...)"

Haha...or the half dozen or so DLE bibles they've issued!

Plutarch's Lives is an amazing book and a great resource! I am learning so many things about our today's life and politics every single time I pick up and read a volume from it! I already have North's Plutarch (in another edition), but I am glad that EP is printing and reprinting this work!

>12 booksforreading: I have North's in a 2-volume Easton edition. It's a beauty and a great read.

>12 booksforreading: Also, notable for being a source of inspiration for a number of Shakespeare's Plays.

>14 whytewolf1:
Yes! "Lives" influenced countless people, including a lot of famous writers.
R. A. Lafferty, a science fiction writer, even said that in his opinion Plutarch "invented the novel as well as the biography in this" and "he was world's best novelist...and nineteen hundred years haven't done him any harm at all." (Interview with Robert J. Whitaker)

>15 booksforreading: Wow... hadn't read that quote before. Thanks for sharing.

I've seen photos of the two-volume EP edition of North's Plutarch, and it looks beautiful. My only issue is that it's a translation of a translation--North based his English version on the third edition of Jacques Amyot's French translation of 1574, which he picked up that year during an embassy in Paris. Of course, North's English is very powerful in its own right, and it's the version Shakespeare read, as people have already noted on this thread. But it is somewhat distant from what Plutarch actually wrote.

>3 Eumnestes:
I inquired of customer service regarding the translation in the new DLE but received no reply.

>18 jroger1: Sounds like my experience with EP customer service.