M. Tullii Ciceronis opera.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1830
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3087652
Summary
Bibliographic description
16v.,plate . 8vo.. With an acceptance card for a dinner at the Literary Society laid in to vol. XIII. With marginal notes by George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928) in all vols save I, XI and XVI; some are Macaulay's 'transferred by me [i.e. G.O.T.] from his Bipontine edition [to] the outside margin of the Delphin'. 'Macaulay's notes are marked with M'. GOT's reading dates include: 1899; 1903; June 18 1904 Chamonix; 1905; 1906; 'November 17 1909. Rome. A day of heavy rain & the break up of our long spell of fine weather.' 'Wallington Oct 12. 1916'; 'Christmas Day 1918 Welcombe'; 1919; 'June 21 1921 Wallington'; 1923. Macaulay's dates: 1835, 1836, 1837. GOT responds to his uncle's comments, e.g. 'I understand my uncle's feelings about it in India, and his reservations twenty years afterwards.'. Provenance: Pastedown obscures armorial bookplate of former owner, lettered S.T. Galton (possibly Samuel Tertius Galton, 1783-1844). Binding: Nineteenth-century full leather, rebacked; red and green spine labels, gilt lettered.
Makers and roles
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Johann August Ernesti