Book: Plutarch on Mourning & Death of Daughter -A 1905 Limited Edition For Sale -

“A Consolatorie Letter or Discourse sent by Plutarch of Chaeronea unto His Owne Wife as Touching the Death of Her and His Daughter”

By Plutarch.
Published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin and Company in 1905.
Edition limited to 375 numbered copies, printed at the Riverside Press.

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DISCUSSION:

The title is awkwardly translated - obviously Mrs. Plutarch (Timoxena) was not dead at the time Plutarch wrote to her, their 2-year old daughter (also named Timoxena) was. The text was taken from the 1657, \"newly revised and corrected\" edition of Philemon Holland\'s translation of \"The Philosophie Commonly Called Morals\", and brims with 17th century Englishness. Plutarch urges his wife not to grieve excessively, as it is not seemly to do so for a small child. He also hints quickly at the possibility of the soul being reincarnated into another body, but that\'s not something the 17th century English were probably prone to dwell on.

DESCRIPTION:

Hardcover. 6\"x9\", 32 pages; bound in the publisher\'s dark brown boards with a linen spine.

CONDITION NOTES:

The covers have some light wear and soil (please see the photo, below). The book interior has some minor soil, but otherwise is clean and nice, with a tight binding.

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