Details
- Dimensions
- 1.5ʺW × 8ʺD × 13.25ʺH
- Styles
- English
- Traditional
- Period
- 16th Century
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Animal Skin
- Woodcut
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Antique White
- Condition Notes
- Vellum stained and soiled as commonly found, ties perished; a bit of damp-staining and foxing, some annotations and marginalia; very … moreVellum stained and soiled as commonly found, ties perished; a bit of damp-staining and foxing, some annotations and marginalia; very good. less
- Description
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Title: L. Annaeus Seneca a M. Antonio Mureto Correctus et Notis Illustratus [bound with] Animadversiones in L. Annaei Senecae Opera. …
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Title: L. Annaeus Seneca a M. Antonio Mureto Correctus et Notis Illustratus [bound with] Animadversiones in L. Annaei Senecae Opera.
Author: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.
Place: Heidelberg, Germany.
Publisher: Ex typographeio Hieronymi Commelini.
Date: 1592; 1594.
2 in 1 with continuous pagination, but separate title page for Animadversiones in L. Annaei Senecae. [2], 516, viii, 517-1031, [20 index] pp. Text in Latin. Woodcut title page vignettes with floriated woodcut initials. (Folio in sixes) 34x20 cm (13¼x8"), full vellum with yapp edges, lettering by hand on spine.
Essays and letters of the Stoic philosopher and playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca, published at a time of increased interest in the ancient philosopher. Translations into English had started at least by 1547, but flowered with Jasper Haywood's translation of the plays (1581) and Arthur Golden's version of the prose works in 1577-78. Ownership marks on front free endpaper. Faded institutional stamp on verso of title page. less
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