Worth, Thomas

PLUTARCH RESTORED: An Anachronatic Metempsychosis, Illustrating The Illustrious Of Greece and Rome

Nichols: NY, 1862. Hardcover. Fair. Item #21-6331

24/24 illus., oblong 11 x 9", blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettering, unpaginated. EX-LIBRARY, disbound, covers worn, lacks part of spine, detached pp, toning, light soiling, edge tears/tears. Book contains the title page, preface, table of contents and one page of description for each illustration. Some of the "chapters": "Coolness of Fabricius on Seeing the Elephant", "Alexander's Faith In His Physician", "Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis". Humorous illustrations. Complete, sold as is. SCARCE. FIRST EDITION.

Price: $60.00