The first volume of Old Sovereign Publishing's two volume edition of Plutarch's Lives. Follow the lives of the great and glorious Romans from Rome's founding under Romulus, to the end of the Republic and the initiation of the Principate.
This beautiful A4 sized volume is bound in deep cherry leather from Royal Warrant holder, J Hewit & Sons and covered in red and copper veined Jemma Lewis hand-marbled papers. The book is illustrated by British artist Samuel Wild, with the great heroes of antiquity brought to life with verve and energy in his inimitable pastel style.
All 23 of the paired Roman Lives are here: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Poplicola, Camillus, Fabius, Coriolanus, Aemilius Paulus, Marcellus, Marcus Cato, Flamininius, Caius Marius, Sylla, Lucullus, Crassus, Sertorius, Pompey, Caesar, Cato the Younger, Tiberius & Caius Gracchus, Cicero, Marc Antony and Marcus Brutus
All comparisons with their Greek counterparts are included as an Appendix.
This edition uses the Dryden translation.
This item is a pre-order. Expected delivery date is February 2026
