Cicero, A collection of 29 short works, all printed in Paris, mid sixteenth century, various bindings

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

A collection of 29 tracts, all printed in Paris, 1536-1569, 4to, modern bindings or wrappers, comprising:

1. De inventione. (Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1 August 1536), [BP16 108087], lacking first 2 leaves2. De lege Agraria in L. Servilium Rullum. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1540, [BP16 109661]

3. In L. Catilinam orationes invectivae quatuor [commentary by François Du Bois and Quintus Asconius Pedianus]. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1540 [BP16 109674; USTC 186340]

4. De legibus libri III... editio II. Paris: Jean Lois, 1541, [BP16 110176]

5. De oratore ad Quintum fratrem dialogi tres. Paris: Jean Lois, 1541, [not found in BP16]

6. Oratio pro lege Manilia ad populum. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1541, [BP16 110192]

7. Oratio pro lege Manilia. Paris: Jean Lois, 1541, [BP16 110191]

8. Somnium Scipionis. Paris: Jean Lois, 1541, [BP16 110203], paper repairs

9. De optimo genere oratorum, fragmentum. Paris: Jean Lois, 1542, 4 ff., [not found in BP16]

10. Somnium Scipionis. Paris: Jean Lois, 1542, [BP16 110625], bound with another similar printing of this text extracted from a larger work

11. Cato Maior, sive de senectute dialogus. Paris: Jean Lois, 1543, [BP16 111059]

12. De legibus libri III... editio II. Paris: Jean de Roigny (Jean Lois), 1543, ruled in red, [BP16 111062]

13. De officiis lib. III. Paris: Guillaume Richard, 1543, [BP16 111065]

14. In L. Pisonem oratio. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1543, [BP16 111077]

15. In topica Ciceronis ad Caium Trebatium iuris consultum. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1543, [BP16 111079]

16. Another copy. Paris: Jean Lois, 1543, [BP 111078]

17. Laelius, sive de amicitia, dialogus. Paris: Jean de Roigny, 1543, [BP16 111080]

18. Oratio pro P. Quintio. Paris: Jean Lois, 1543, [BP16 111089], 2 parts in one volume

19. De finibus bonorum et malorum ad M. Brutum libri quinque. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1544, [BP16 111581]

20. In L. Catilinam invectivae orationes XIX. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1545, [BP16 112011], title-page laid down, first few leaves repaired in margin

21. Oratio de aruspicum responsis. Paris: Jean Lois, 1545, [BP 112014]

22. Pro L. Muraena, oratio. Paris: Jean Lois, 1545, [BP16 112021]

23. Orationes tres, antequam iret in exilium... Paris: Jean Lois, 1547, [BP16 112702]

24. Orationes tres ad C. Caesarem. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1547, [BP 112700], lacking quires D-E with the second two orations

25. Pro Q. Ligario ad C. Caesarem oratio. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1547, [not found in BP16], without final blank

26. Another copy, with final blank

27. Orationes tres ad C. Caesarem. Pro M. Marcello... Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1555, [not found in USTC], lacking third speech

28. Ad Trebatium iurisconsultum topica. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1569, [USTC 199019]

29. STURM, Johannes. In partitiones oratorias Ciceronis, dialogi duo. Paris: Jean Lois, 1543, [BP16 111431]

sold as a collection not subject to return

PROVENANCE:

some of the volumes were owned by the designer William Reynolds of Streatham