[Rarebooks] Offering: 1677. CICERO. 4 Vols. Full Vellum

[Michael John Thompson]

CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS [M. Tulli Ciceronis]
GRAEVIUS, Joannes Georgius [editor]

EPISTOLARUM LIBRI XVI AD FAMILIARES ut vulgo vocantur, ex Recensione 
Ioannis Georgii Graevii Cum ejusdem animadversionibus.... in two 
volumes [along with] PAULLI MANTUII. COMMENTARIUS IN M. TULLII 
CICERONIS EPISOLAS AD FAMILIARES... in two volumes

Amstelaedami: Danielem Elzevirium / Lugdunum Batavorum [Leiden]: Hackios. 1677.

Together, four volumes. Octavo, contemporary full vellum, speckled 
page edges, engraved portrait and an additional engraved frontispiece 
in volume one. 506 pp [vol one] + 468 pp [vol two] + 434 pp + 78 pp 
[vol three] + 416 pp + [104] pp Indexes [vol four]. Lovely engraved 
heraldic bookplates of Ricasoli Firidolfi bearing the motto "Riens 
sans Peine" in each volume. Antique, small library labels on each 
spine [but missing from Vol. one and partially chipped on Vol. four]. 
Paper is clean, crisp and supple. Engraved printer's device on title 
page of Vol. one, engraved head - and tail-pieces and initial letters 
throughout. Minor soiling to the vellum; a very clean and attractive 
set, nearly fine overall.

Marcus Tullius Cicero [January 3, 106 BC - December 7, 43 BC]  was a 
Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman 
constitutionalist. He was member of a wealthy family of the 
equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest 
orators and prose stylists.

Cicero was a gifted and energetic writer, with an interest in a wide 
variety of subjects in keeping with the Hellenistic philosophical and 
rhetorical traditions in which he was trained. The quality and ready 
accessibility of Ciceronian texts favored very wide distribution and 
inclusion in teaching curricula. This influence increased after the 
"Dark Ages" in Europe, from which more of his writings survived than 
any other Latin author. His works rank among the most influential in 
European culture, and today still constitute one of the most 
important bodies of primary material for the writing and revision of 
Roman history.

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$500.00 US, post extra. Trade discount allowed.



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