8vo. Vol 1: Second Edition Corrected and Amended. [xxxii], 734, [2], engraved portrait title page as frontis. [A1=blank?]. The dedication is the second leaf, and is signed A3 but there is a front blank. ESTC R181898. Copies in six locations only (only National Trust in UK). Vol 2: Second Edition Corrected and Amended. pp [xiv], 509, [3], engraved portrait title page as frontis. Lacks front blank, contents leaf to rear. Paper flaw to foot title page, without loss of text. Tear to margin Page 1 without loss of text. ESTC R221689. Copies in three locations only (only National Trust in UK). Vol 3: [viii], 224, 245-260; 192, 185-377, 362-381, 366-418, [2], engraved portrait title page as frontis. Blank leaf to front and rear, Leaf Ddd1 (Page 409) torn to top margin, with loss of headline and three words of text. Pagination very irregular; page 134 (Ii3) misnumbered 143, pagination jumps from 224 to 245 in first section, but collation correct. ESTC R217378. Copies in seven locations, two in UK only, including National Trust). Vol 4: [vi], 300, 303-345, 344-345, 348-349, 348-349, 352-631, [1]; engraved portrait title page as frontis. ESTC R217383. Copies in eight locations, two in the UK only including the National Trust). Vol 5: [viii], 528, engraved portrait title page as frontis, page 99 misnumbered 96. ESTC R217408. Copies in nine locations, including National Trust. Contemporary calf, later crude muslin reback, boards to Volume 4 detached, early signature of Jn [?] Mann to each title page. The exceedingly rare early English Plutarch, presumably exacerbated because of the seeming tendency of the publisher to sell the individual volumes separately. This project has a complicated publication history, but all these five volumes are published by Bently in 1690, who attempted to run his own printing of the project at that point. Only the National Trust appears to have a complete set together, and even this is not certain because their ESTC entries may cover multiple locations. A fascinating episode in early English printing of the classics, and a great rarity. More photos provided with pleasure upon request.