Plutarch - The Moral And Mixed Works Of Plutarch. Published By Barthélémy Macé, 1587.

PLUTARCH - The moral and mixed works of Plutarch. Translated from Greek into French, revised and corrected in several passages by Master Jacques Amiot, advisor to the King and grand almoner of France. Paris, Chez Barthélémy Macé, 1587; folio, 12 ppnch. + 668 pp. + privilege and table of contents (165 pp.), full old full calf binding, decorated spine with 6 raised bands, marbled edges, spine in need of restoration. Little is known about Plutarch's life; he was born in Chaeronea near Delphi and lived between 46 and 125. He is responsible for the parallel lives and Moralia. Jacques Amyot was a Hellenistic ecclesiastic and humanist. The most renowned translator of the Renaissance, he studied Plutarch's text at the Vatican. He was tutor to Henry II. His translation of Plutarch is considered his masterpiece.