M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Cum delectu commentariorum. ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1740 - 1742
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3007420
Summary
Bibliographic description
9 v. ; 4to. Running number: 4745. One of 12 copies on large paper. Edges untrimmed. Vols. 7-9 uncut. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf of vol. 1: "M. 9. vol. all compl. vol. 1, 2, 3" [i.e. catalogue code and note of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf of vol. 4: "M. vol. 4, 5, 6"; and on front fly-leaf of vol. 7: "M. vol. 7, 8, 9". Binding: eighteenth-century quarter-bound sheespkin, with marbled paper over boards. Gilt title on brown or green leather label and gilt vol. no. on spines.
Makers and roles
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), author Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d'Olivet (1682-1768), editor Franz Fabricius (1527-1573), editor Pierre Soubeyran (1709-1775), artist