M. Cicero - rare Venice 1552 edition
Price: on request
Object number
LIB059
Object: |
Marcus Tullius Cicero - De Philosophia 6 philosophical works |
Content: |
M TVLLII CICERONIS DE PHI LOSOPHIA VOLVMEN [2] ID EST De natura deorum libri III De diuinatione libri II De fato liber I De legibus libri III De uniuersitate liber I Q Ciceronis de petitione Consulatus ad Marcum fratem liber I Cum scholis, & coniecturis Pauli Manutii de locis aliquot aliquot obscurioribus Printer's mark, therein ALDI - FILII CORRIGENTE PAVLO MANVTIO ALDI FILIO VENETIIS, M. D. L II |
Collatio: |
1 empty sheet Title page with woodcut printer's mark 2 sheets without page number, marked Aij and Aiij bezeichnet: Ad Marcellvm Cervinvm Numbered sheets 2 - 213 14 sheets without page number: Scholia Pavli Manvtii Secvndam Ciceronis Philosophoia Partem 1 sheet without page number: Series Literarum on front, back empty 1 empty sheet without page number, woodcut printer's mark on the back Original composition, complete |
Publisher / Printer: |
Paulus Manutius Venice 1552 |
Format: |
162 mm x 110 mm
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Description: |
Attractive and rare 16th century print, edited by the humanist and scholar Paulus Manutius (1512 - 1574). Manutius, who was the 3rd son of the famous printer Aldus Manutius, took over the family business in 1533. From 1561 to 1570 he worked in Rome on invitation from Pope Pius IV. After his return to Venice in 1570, his health deteriorated and he died in April 1574. This print is fairly rare, WorldCat only lists 19 libraries around the globe having have a copy in their catalogue. |
Condition: |
Very good condition, appropriate for the age of the volume. Contemporary vellum with title at spine. Two ink spots on title page, few small holes, edges with few brown spots on lower part towards the end of the volume. Otherwise white pages, firm and stable binding.
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Reference: |
H.M. Adams, Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, 1757. Rare volume. |
Provenance: |
Acquired 2020 from a German antiquarian bookshop.
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Authenticity: |
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