Tully's five books De finibus; or, Concerning the last object of desire and aversion. . Done into English by S. P. gent. Revis'd and compar'd with the original, with a recommendatory preface. By Jeremy Collier, M.A. Together, with An apology for the philosophical writings of Cicero, in a letter to the translator. By Mr. Henry Dodwell.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1702
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095068
Summary
Bibliographic description
[80],368,p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. . 8vo. Imperfect: wanting the two advertisement leaves. manuscript codes on front fly-leaf: "f+".. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; blind roll pattern along spine edge; blind roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title label and date stamp on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) Dodwell, Henry (1641-1711). Michael Vandergucht (Antwerp 1660 – London 1725) Samuel Parker (1681-1730)