Plutarch, Parallel Lives, including: Verses and epigrams for Plutarch by Agathias (Anthologia Palatina 2.16.331) and an anonymous author, perhaps to be identified as Michael Psellos (3.3.327).
THE LIFE OF LYSANDER, translated from Plutarch by the Hon. Charles Boyle, afterwards Earl of Orrery. Taken from some printed edition, vol. 3, with the addition of some verses and speeches by Lord Orrery, and some memoranda respecting him, in the handwriting of his son, the Hon. John Boyle, 1730. Octavo. [10,388.]
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Plutarch: Life of Lysander, translated by Hon. Charles Boyle. Hon John Boyle: Memoranda respecting his father, Charles, Earl of Orrery: 1730. Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery: Translation of Plutarch's life of Lysander.
"CONSOLATIO Plutarci ad Apollonium de morte filii, per Alamannum Rinuccinum Latine facta;" addressed to Cosmo de' Medici, on occasion of the death of his younger son, Giovanni, in Nov. 1463. Paper; XVth cent. In a stamped binding of the XVIth] cent., probably German, bearing a coat of arms on one side, and on the other a salutation between a gallant and a lady. Octavo.
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Alamanno Rinuccini, of Florence: Consolatio Plutarchi ad Apollonium de filii morte, Latine facta: 1463. Plutarch: Consolatio ad Apollonium de filii morte, per A. Rinuccinum Latine facta: 1463. Cosmo de' Medici: Was addressed to him: in 1463. Bindings GERMAN: Carved leather : arms, gallant and...
PLUTARCHI opusculum de Virtute Morali; a Latin version by Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, Duke of Atri [ob. 1528]. Paper; XVIth cent. Folio.
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Plutarch: Opusculum de virtute morali, Latine redditum a Duce Hadrise: 16th cent. Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, Duke of Atri: Plutarchi opusculum Latine redditum: 16th cent.
VITÆ quædam ex Plutarcho: translated into Latin, that of Pompey (f. 45) by Antonio Pacini of Todi; that of Cato Uticensis (f. 167) by Giacopo Lapo Birago of Florence; and the rest by Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo. They are as follows: Mark Antony, with a prohemium addressed to Coluccio Salutato, f. 2; Sertorius, with a prohemium "ad Antonium," probably Antonio Pacini of Todi, f. 90 b; Paulus Æmilius, f. 106; Tiberius and Caius Gracchus, ff. 125, 135 b; Pyrrhus, f. 144 b; Cicero, with a prohemium ...
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Plutarch: Vitæ queædam ex Plutarcho Latine redditæ, per L. Aretinum et alios: circ. 1450. Leonardo Bruno, of Arezzo: Vitæ ex Plutarcho Latine redditæ: circ. 1450-16th cent. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Vitæ ex Plutarcho. Miniatuires and initials: circ. 1450. includes: f. 2 Colucc...
1. CAII Crispi Sallustii de conjuratione Catilinæ. Imperfect. f. 2. 2. Ejusdem de bello Jugurthino, f. 17. 3. Sixti Pythagorici enchiridion, f. 43. 4. "Vita, Mores et Res geseæ M[arci] Tu[l]lii Ci[ceronis], p[er] d[omi]num L[eonardum de Brunis] Aretinum," f. 50. 5. "Inveenva adversvs ipocritas Leonardi Arretini," f. 71 b. 6. Joannes Franciscus "Pogius [Bracciolinus] de varietate fortune et situ et moribus Indie," f. 76. 7. Leonardi de Brunis Aretini "De re militari," f. 88. 8. ...
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includes: ff. 2, 17 Caius Sallustius Crispus: De conjuratione Catilince et de bello Jugurthino: 15th cent.: Imperf. f. 43 Sextus Pythagoricus: Enchiridion: 15th cent. ff. 50-71 Marcus Tullius Cicero: Vita, per L. de Brunis: 15th cent. ff. 50-71 Leonardo Bruno, of Arezzo: Vitæ ex Plutarcho Latin...
THEOLOGICAL and other tracts, in Latin, viz.:- 1. "Allegantæ [elegantiae] minores [Latini sermonis] viri præclarissimi Laurentii Valla," f. 1. 2. Verses on the divisions of the months in the Latin calendar, f. 26. 3. "Tractatulus de peccato originali secundum fratrem Egidium [de Columna], Romanum, ordinis hermitarum, in 7 eapitulis diuisum, swundum quod septem Litteris scribitur hoe nomen pecatum," f. 27. 4. "De præstantia philosophi et iurisconsulti; disputatio Mengi Blankelli, Fauen...
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Theology LATIN: Tractatus varii: 12th - 15th cent. Manuscripts, Dated (to A.D. 1500) Latin and Modern Languages: MSS: AD 919 - AD 1500. Bindings ITALIAN: Stamped leather: interlaced pattern, etc.: 16th cent. includes: ff. 1-25 Lorenzo Valla: Elegantiæ minores: 15th cent. f. 26 Almanacs: Vers...
PAPERS of Jacob Tonson, the bookseller, with miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse, including:- 1. Diary, by Jacob Tonson, relating to his estate at Ledbury, household affairs, etc.; 1720-1723, f. 1. 2. "Letter of the Fr[ench] King to the C[oun]t D'Estrades from St. Germain en Laye;" 27 Aug. 1722. Translation. f. 75. 3. "The Vision," a satire in verse. Imperf. f. 87. 4. "Some Fables of Æsop Putt into English Verse" by J. Herbert; followed by a few Latin poems in the same hand, f. 9...
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Poetry: Collections of English political and miscellaneous pieces: 17th and 18th centt. includes: f. 1 Ledbury, Herefordshire: J. Tonson's diary relating to his estate at: 1720-1723. f. 1 Jacob Tonson, Publisher: Diary: 1720-1723. ff. 1-74 Diaries and Memoranda: Jacob Tonson, Bookseller: 1720-...
ROYAL and papal letters, a dictaminal collection, chiefly illustrating the duties, etc., of sovereigns; followed by a catalogue of a scholar's library. A. Letters as above, the sources of which include the following:- 1. Plutarch, Life of Alcibiades, in the Latin translation of Lapo Birago, printed by J. A. Campanus, Rome, 1470 (?): the letter to the Lacedaemonian ephors announcing the defeat and death of Mindarus at Cyzicus, 410 B.C. f. 1. 2. "Ex Diodoro Siculo" (sic) : the corresponden...
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Letters, Forms of: Dictaminal collection of royal and papal letters: 16th cent.: Lat. Bookplates: De Grey (Thomas Philip), 1st Earl De Grey of Wrest: 19th cent. includes: f. 1 Lapo Birago: Extract from his Latin transl. of Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades: 16th cent.f. 1 Plutarch: Extract, c...