[Classical antiquity] Plutarchus. Ploutarchou tou Chaironeos Ta ethika. Plutarchi Chaeronensis moralia,

id est opera, exceptis vitis, reliqua. Graeca emendavit (...) Daniel Wyttenbach. Oxford, "e typographeo Clarendoniano", 1795-1800. Text in Greek, w. extensive commentary in Latin, 5 (of 8?) vols. Contemp. unif. polished calf, covers w. oval central tree-calf panel within green borders and gilt fillets along edges, 4to. Occas. foxed/ stained (esp. vol. 3), offsetting from turn-ins on endpapers. Professionally and tastefully rebacked, spines gilt w. 2 mor. letterpieces, outer corners renewned. All vols. w. bookplates of Frederick J.O. Montagu (b. 1878) and Prof. Dr. R.Th.R. Wentges on upper pastedown/ first free endpaper. Printed on wove paper. Rebacked unif. w. other books from the Mantagu library. Apparently, 3 more vols. were published up to 1830. -and 1 other finely bound 4to edition in 1 vol. (P. Terentii Afri Comoediae, London, printed by C. Whittingham, 1854).

Very atttractive set. (total 6)