L. Annæi Senecæ tragoediæ, cum notis Johannis Frederici Gronovii auctis ex chirographo ejus et variis aliorum.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca the younger (c. 4BC-65 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1682
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3208979
Summary
Bibliographic description
[60],785,[39]p. : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: inscribed "Tho: Stanton / 1683"; former inscription, also dated 1683, crossed through and illegible. Eighteenth-century sepia crest bookplate with motto: Nil deperandum. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; pasted over eighteenth-century early armorial bookplate of Richard Banner [Banner (b. 1696) of Little Aston Hall, sold library to Thomas Anson in about 1745]. Binding: early eighteenth-century panelled calf, blind tooled; gilt tooled spine; gilt on board edges.
Makers and roles
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca the younger (c. 4BC-65 AD), author Joannes Fredericus Gronovius (1611-1671), editor Hieronymus Avancius (fl.1500) Georg Fabricius (1516-1571)