Paris.Claude Barbin. 1671. Two volumes bound as one. [x], 184, [5]pp. [2], 183pp. Contemporary full calf, gilt. 12mo. First edition. Few old crease marks; binding expertly repaired; fixed endpapers separated from binding; else a very handsome copy of a rare book.Pretends to show the ordinary lives of great men of ancient Greece and Rome, but reveals them as non-heroic and often foolish.