Plutarch's Lives: The Dryden Edition (Three-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Revised By Arthur Hugh Clough
Binding: Hardback
Published: Everyman's Library, Dent Dutton, 1969
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: DJ - minor loss on spine ends. Light foxing on book blocks.
This landmark three-volume set in biography and classical history presents Plutarch’s masterful parallel lives of ancient Greek and Roman statesmen, warriors, and philosophers, translated by Dryden and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough. It chronicles the moral character, political ambition, and personal virtues of figures such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Lycurgus, and Cicero, pairing them to illustrate the interplay between destiny and decision. Plutarch instructs readers in the timeless patterns of leadership and downfall, arguing that greatness is inseparable from ethical scrutiny. The Everyman's Library editions from 1969 to 1971 preserve the clarity and rhetorical force of Dryden’s prose while maintaining scholarly precision.
Author: Revised By Arthur Hugh Clough
Binding: Hardback
Published: Everyman's Library, Dent Dutton, 1969
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: DJ - minor loss on spine ends. Light foxing on book blocks.
This landmark three-volume set in biography and classical history presents Plutarch’s masterful parallel lives of ancient Greek and Roman statesmen, warriors, and philosophers, translated by Dryden and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough. It chronicles the moral character, political ambition, and personal virtues of figures such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Lycurgus, and Cicero, pairing them to illustrate the interplay between destiny and decision. Plutarch instructs readers in the timeless patterns of leadership and downfall, arguing that greatness is inseparable from ethical scrutiny. The Everyman's Library editions from 1969 to 1971 preserve the clarity and rhetorical force of Dryden’s prose while maintaining scholarly precision.