Le livre d'or des peuples : Plutarque universel sous la direction de Pierre Lefranc

Edition decorated with numerous illustrations in and outside text.
Half mint green shagreen binding, smooth spine faded decorated with stippling and gilt and blind fillets with minor traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, rubbed edges, contemporary binding.
Contributions by L. Enault on B. Palissy, E. Arago on Molière, A. Desonnaz on Mirabeau and Rabelais, Fouquier on Michel-Ange, Puech on M. Cervantès and Hannibal, A. Cabrol on J. Bart, H. Martin on Jeanne d'Arc, A. Jamet on Socrate...
Some foxing.