$3,500
Estimate: $2,500 - $4,000
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Auction: September 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
London: Arnold Hatfield, 1603. First edition in English. Translated by Philemon Holland. Folio. [8], 1363, [65]pp. Contemporary blind-paneled speckled calf, with morocco spine label; recased, with new endpapers; some toning & smudging to title page, else a clean interior, likely washed.
First editions in English of Plutarch’s compete Moralia, containing all of his surviving writings on ethical, religious, physical, political, and literary topics in over 70 essays mainly in the form of dialogues. Not only giving a detailed look at the life of the ancient classical world but also serving as a literary model for European renaissance and enlightenment philosophers and writers.