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Plutarco - Plutarco - The lives of illustrious men, Greek and Roman translators, 1567. Paris, François Perrin, 1567. In folio. 400 X 240 mm. Typographical friezes, copy with large margins, reglée. Splendid contemporary binding in brown morocco with gold dust, boards entirely decorated with fan decorations with empty compartments composed of black wax strips surrounded by 3 gold fillets, smooth spine decorated with similar decoration with title in gold letters, decorated edges, gold edges. SUPERB EDITION of Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Men, given by FRANÇOIS PERRIN and DEDICATED TO KING HENRY II. SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE IN MOROCCAN WITH GOLD DUST, ENTIRELY LINED, WITH WIDE MARGINS, COVERED WITH ONE OF THE VERY FAN-SHAPED BINDINGS WITH EMPTY COMPARTMENTS.