Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

[Opera, edited by Paolo Manuzio]. Venice: (Paolo Manuzio, 1547-1563); (in the house of Aldus and Andrea Torresani, August 1519); (sons of Aldus, 1547)
Paper

12 volumes, 8vo (150 x 97mm.), text in italics, woodcut Aldine devices on title-pages, near-uniform eighteenth-century smooth calf, gilt fillet border, spines gilt in compartments with olive morocco lettering-pieces, upper joint of volume 12 split at head

Provenance

vol.7: Paul Terhaarius (c. 1625-1667), Amsterdam, inscription on title-page (his books sold by auction, Amsterdam, 8 October 1667); William O'Brien, bequest booklabels dated 1899

Literature

Censimento 16 CNCE 12353, 12349, 12369, 12211, 12371, 12355, 14621 (2 copies), 12327, 26972, 28028
Renouard -, -, 187/14, 86/2, 189/10, 180/5, -, 165/6, 140/6, 171/10
Texas 411, -, 432-433 (without vol.3), 161, -, -, -, 375, 322, 390
UCLA 580, -, 665, 180, 687, 617, -, 490, 365, 520A

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

The contents of the volumes are as follows:

1. Rhetoricorum ad Herennium; De inventione, Topica ad Trebatium, Oratoriae partitiones. 1559
2. De oratore, Orator, De claris oratoribus. 1559
3-4. Orationum pars 1 (-2) [of 3]. 1562
5. Orationum pars 3. 1519 (first state with aaa⁸, with blank leaves ttt8, LLL2-3 and MMM6-7, last leaf with device)
6. Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quinctum fratrem. 1563
7-8. De philosophia prima pars (-volumen secundum). 1560 (with tt8 blank)
9. Epistolae familiares. 1563 (1564)
10. De officiis libri tres. 1555
11. In epistolas Ciceronis ad Atticum, Pauli Manutii commentarius. 1547, title-page repaired, lacking final leaf with device only
12. Commentarius Pauli Manutii in epistolas... ad M. Iunium Brutum, & ad Q. Ciceronem fratrum. 1557, [roman type], last few leaves defective in margin