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Plutarch's lives / translated from the Greek: ; with notes critical and historical, and a life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, A.M. ; In six volumes. Vol. I[-VI].

Author/creator Plutarch
Format Electronic and Book
EditionFirst Worcester edition. Carefully corrected, and the index much amended and accurately revised throughout.
Publication Info[Worcester, Mass.] : Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Sold by him, and by Thomas & Andrews, Boston, and by Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport, April--1804.
Description6 volumes : illustrations ; 18 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorLanghorne, John, 1735-1779 translator.
Other author/creatorLanghorne, William, 1721-1772, translator.
Other author/creatorArbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.
Other author/creatorDacier, AndrĂ©, 1651-1722.
Other author/creatorDoolittle, Amos, 1754-1832 engraver.
Uniform titleLives. English
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 7073. ^A575643
General noteFrontispiece in each volume signed: engraved by A. Doolittle.
General noteVol. 1: xii, [1], 14-390 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 390 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [4], 390 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 4: [4], 432 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 5: [4], 432 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 6: vi, [1], 8-274, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates.
General noteErrors in paging: v. 1: p. 85, 187 misnumbered 88, 182; v. 2: p. 121, 216, 244, 303 misnumbered 122, 116, 44, 305; v. 3: p. 340 misnumbered 40; v. 4: p. 60 misnumbered 0; v. 5: p. 15 misnumbered 51.
General noteVol. 6 printed in two columns.
General note"Contents."--v. 6, p. [iii]. Lists contents of v. 1-5.
General note"An account of weights, measures, and denominations of money, mentioned by Plutarch.--From the tables of Dr. Arbuthnot."--v. 6, p. [v]-vi.
General note"A chronological table. From Dacier and others."--v. 6, p. [7]-12.
General note"Index."--v. 6, p. [13]-274.
General notePublisher's advertisement, v. 6, p. [275-276].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 7073
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 7073).
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements Massachusetts Worcester.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements Massachusetts Newburyport.

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