Marci Tullii Ciceronis Familiarium epistolarum libri XVI. . Cum singulis eatum argumentis, varietatibus lectionum, annotationibus, scholiis, atque obseruationibus doctissimorum amplius quatuor & viginti virorum, qui doctè, ac eruditè in eas scripserunt. ... Lucii Ioan. Scoppae Parthenopei, & Francisci Robortelli Vtinensis in loca quaedam difficiliora lucubrationes addidimus. Ascensii item familiaris accessit expositio, quam (cùm multis in locis mutila & manca esset,) auxilio veterum codicum adiuti, pristinae integritati restituimus. Authorum catalogus, indexque, quo epistolarum omnium genera facilè cognoscuntur. Quae omnia multò politius, ac diligentius, qum̀ quae hactenus impressa fuere, & perfecta, & emendata sunt. Quid postrema haec editio vltra superiores habeat accessionis, indicat altera facies.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1557
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038612
Summary
Bibliographic description
[44],803,[17]p. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: G.11.3.Identified in 1796 inventory: F 274, price 1s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 642.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Sum ex libris Jo: Horden ...[crossed-out]". manuscript inscriptions on title page: "Arthurus Dee" [possibly Arthur Dee (1579-1651)] and "Sum Iohannis Holdring[?] 1596". manuscript inscription in red ink on final blank leaf verso: "Arthurus Dee artium magister".. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf binding (rubbed); double blind fillet border, with two double blind fillets running parallel to spine-edge; gilt roll on board edges; blind fillet panels on spine. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Josse Badius (1462-1535) Francesco Robortello (1516-1567) Hieronymi Ragazonii Lucio Giovanni Scoppa