M. Tullii Ciceronis De officiis libri tres /
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1810
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3032812
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv, 433, [1] p., III folded tables : ill. ; 12mo. Provenance: a school prize awarded to William Henry Fox Talbot, 1800-1877, when he was a student at Harrow School. Manuscript inscription "W.H.F. Talbot. Harrow Prize 3. December 1813" on recto of second free end-paper. Binding: nineteenth century gilt-tooled calf; gilt tooling on edges of boards and turn-ins; gilt tooling and gilt tooled title label reading "Cicero De officiis" on spine; text block edges marbled red, blue and black.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), author Konrad Heusinger (1752-1820) Johann Friedrich Heusinger Jonathan Toup (1713-1785) Johann Michael Heusinger (1690-1751), editor Johann August Ernesti (1707-1781)