Cicero, De philosophia, Venice, Aldus, 1546, 2 volumes, later vellum

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis De philosophia, prima pars, id est, Academicarum quaestionum editionis primae liber secundus, editionis secundae liber primus, De finis bonorum et malorum libri V. Tusculanarum quaestionum libri V. Cum scholiis, et coniecturis Pauli Manutii. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1546

[And:] De philosophia volumen secundum, id est, De natura deorum libri III. De divinatione libri II. De fato liber I. De legibus libri III. De universitate liber I. Q. Ciceronis de petitione consulatus ad Marcum fratrem liber I. Cum scholiis, & coniecturis Pauli Manutii de locis aliquot obscurioribus. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1546

The spine label indicates that these were bound as part of a multi-volume set of Cicero; for another volume from the set, see lot 160 (the 1547 edition of Asconius Pedanius's commentary on Cicero's speeches).

2 volumes, 8vo (158 x 100 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a-v⁸ aa-oo⁸; A-Z⁸ AA-EE⁸: 272 + 224 leaves (g4 blank except for printed signature, oo7 blank). Woodcut Aldine device on title-pages and final versos (otherwise blank). (Occasional light foxing, title-pages a little soiled.)

binding: Old vellum (166 x 105 mm), calf lettering-piece (chipped). (Joints creased.)

provenance: Library of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, Ilchester (Maryland), and Mount St Alphonsus Redemptorist seminary library, Esopus (New York), library stamps and bookplate, sale, Freemans, Philadelphia, 4-5 April 2013, part of lot 481. acquisition: Poor Man's Books, Vineland, New Jersey, 2015. references: UCLA 354; Edit16 12270; Renouard 137/11-12