Traité de Plutarque, sur la manière de discerner un flatteur d'avec un ami et Le banquet des sept sages: dialogue du même auteur revu & corrigé sur des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque du roi; avec une version françoise & des notes

Author Plutarch Greek

François Jean Gabriel de La Porte du Theil French

1772

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Parallel Greek text and French translation, with notes in French. Translation and notes by François Jean Gabriel de La Porte du Theil.

Contemporary red morocco binding with arms of René Nicholas Augustin de Maupeou (1714-1792), Chancellor of France, with porcupine, at center of front and back covers and repeated porcupine motif in all four corners. In heraldry, the porcupine is the symbol of invincibility. It is also the badge of King Louis XII of France (1498-1515) and his motto: "Cominus et eminus," from near and afar, alluding to the myth of porcupines throwing their spines at enemies.

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Title: Traité de Plutarque, sur la manière de discerner un flatteur d'avec un ami et Le banquet des sept sages: dialogue du même auteur revu & corrigé sur des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque du roi; avec une version françoise & des notes
Author: Plutarch (Greek, ca. CE 45–ca. 125)
Publisher: De L'Imprimerie Royale
Artist: François Jean Gabriel de La Porte du Theil (French, 1742–1815)
Date: 1772
Geography: Paris, France
Dimensions: xii, 335, [1] pages ; Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2008
Object Number: PA4375.M8 D3 1772
Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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