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Plvtarchi Chaeronensis Svmmi et philosophi et historici parallela : id est, vitae illvstrivm vivorvm Graecorvm et Romanorum

Plutarch, Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae imperatorium, Amman, Jost, 1539-1591, Stimmer, Tobias, 1539-1584, Xylander, Wilhelm, 1532-1576 · 1580 · Francoforti ad Moenum : Impensis Sigismundi Feyerabendt · 26 pictures

Plutarch's Parallel Lives of Greek and Roman notables, printed in Frankfurt in 1580 by Sigismund Feyerabend with woodcuts by Jost Amman and Tobias Stimmer for a learned readership. The pictures are dense, crowded woodcut battle and procession scenes with many figures, pikes and tents, showing how to build a busy multi-figure composition with strong black-and-white line hatching.

Rome -- Biography · Greece -- Biography

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