M. Tullii Ciceronis De philosophia, prima pars. Academicarum quaestionum editionis primae liber secundus, editionis secundae liber primus. De finibus bonorum & malorum libri V. Tusculanarum quaestionum libri V. Cum scholijs & coniecturis Pauli Manutij. Index rerum & uerborum plenissimus. Corrigente Paulo Manutio, Aldi F.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1555 - 1556
Materials
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3007995
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 251, [25] leaves ; 8vo. Vol. 1 only. Shelved and uniform with vol. 2 of the 1552 edition. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; sewn on five raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine with star tools in fillet and stamp panels, lettered in gilt with imprint and date; brown leather label with gilt title on spine; red sprinkled bookblock edges; comb pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), author Aratus (c.315/310 – 240 BC), author Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), editor Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), publisher