Lucij Annei Senecae Cordubensis Flores, siue Sententiae insigniores, excerptae per Desid. Erasmum Roterodamum. Lucij item Ann. Senecae poetae tragici Sententiae, ex illius tragoedijs selectae.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca the younger (c. 4BC-65 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1547
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3198987
Summary
Bibliographic description
224 p. ; 8vo. Running number: 5432. Provenance: manuscript former shelfmarks on front pastedown: "S / Ethica 39" and "X1 D.12". Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript code on front fly-leaf: "a. -". Manuscript price[?] on rear pastedown: "0-8-". Manuscript underscoring of text. Binding: eighteenth-century full black (or possibly a faded very dark blue or green) goatskin; gilt single fillet border with small gilt cornerpiece stamps; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on red/brown leather label on spine. Marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca the younger (c. 4BC-65 AD), author Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), editor Pietro Crinito (1456-c.1504), author