Cicero | Opera, Paris, Torresano, 1544, 4 volumes, later calf gilt

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Opera omnia, quae exstant, a Dionysio Lambino Monstroliensis ex codicibus manuscriptis emendata, & aucta. Paris: (Fleury Prévost for) Bernardo Torresani, (February) 1566 (1565)

4 volumes, folio (390 x 250 mm.), woodcut Aldine device on title-pages, woodcut initials and headpieces, without final blank leaf in volume 3, later smooth tan calf, triple gilt fillet border, spine gilt, title to volume 3 slightly stained, lower corner of volumes 3 & 4 slightly creased, small marginal wormholes and light damp-staining at end of volume 4, extremities slightly rubbed

A TALL COPY with deckle edges. The printer, Prévost, produced this scholarly edition for three different booksellers. The text was edited by Denis Lambin, a notable scholar and editor of Latin texts, and provided with annotations and indexes and fragmentary texts.

As usual, leaf yyy4 in volume 2 has a small printed cancel slip over the signature.

REFERENCES:

UCLA 1059; USTC 158162

PROVENANCE:

Hen. Ben. Hall, inscription on title-page