m annaei seneca (4 risultati)

Leather. Condizione: Good. None (illustratore). A leather-bound second edition collection of Seneca's rhetorical works. Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger was a dramatist, philosopher and statesman active during the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. His plays include 'Medea' and 'Thyestes', and his philosophical works number letters and essays.With the armorial bookplate of Lansdowne to the front pastedown.The second edition of this work, improved.Bound in contemporary leather. In a full calf binding. Externall a trifle worn; rubbing to the spine and front joint starting to the head. Boards have some slight wear and extremities are a little bumped. Front hinge is a little strained, otherwise firmly bound. Pages are spotted, with occasional annotations in pencil and pen. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1649. 442 pages, with unpaginated indexes following. Standalone third volume from a three-volume series of the works of Seneca the Younger (BCE 4 - 65 CE) & Seneca the Elder (BCE 54 - c. 39 CE). This recension of the elder's works was prepared by Andre Schott (1552-1629), a Renaissance Jesuit priest and scholar of the Duchy of Brabant, and first appeared in 1607. This is the second Elzevier edition of this recension, reprinted nearly line for line from the earlier Elzevier of 1640; although less sought than the 1940 edition, Willems (no. 672) calls this edition very beautiful, 'fort belle.' Leather binding with four raised bands and a leather title plate on the spine, gilt titling and decoration. Leather scuffed with moderate rubbing to edges and points of fraying at fore-edge corners; leather dry and cracked over the spine, with minor chipping to spine head and some loss of the title plate. Front outer hinge beginning to split, but binding else intact and sound. Pages age-toned and lightly foxed. Bookplate belonging to 'Richard Cox Esq' adhered to front paste-down, interior else clean and free of markings. Engraved vignette at title page. 3in x 5in. (BP-028).

Leather. Condizione: Good. None (illustratore). First edition. The first Blaeu edition of Seneca's Tragedies, with notes by English schoolmaster and scholar Thomas Farnaby. The very scarce first Willem & Johannes Blaeu edition of Seneca's Tragedies.In a full speckled calf binding. Bound with the original blanks and endpapers.Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571 - 1638) was the founder of a large publishing firm that became famous in the field of cartography under the name Blaeu. Along with his sonJohannes Blaeu, Willem is considered one of the notable figures of theNetherlandish or Dutch school of cartographyduring its golden age in the 16th and 17th centuries.Accompanied by scholarly notes by Thomas Farnaby (c. 1575 12 June 1647), who operated a successful school in the Cripplegateward ofLondonand enjoyed great success with his annotations ofclassic Latin authors.Duodecimo.Register; A-P12, Q6. Collated against a copy held by Hathi Trust, complete. In a full speckled calf binding.Externally, with a couple minor losses to the front board leather and two short splits to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with toning to the endpapers. Worming to the upper half of the leaves. Good. book.

XII-439pp. Portada grabada al cobre. Palau la cita incorrectamente y sin asignación de número. Muy raro.