Live auction - Lot 1207

[Paris - Erasmus]

SENECA, Lucius Annaeus

Scripta quae extant [...] Iani Gruteri & Fr. Iureti notis, & obseruationibus aucta [...].

Paris, P. Chevalier for N. Buon, February 1602

€ 300 / 400

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Lot description

Folio: XXVIII [= 28]-668-42-[60]-216-[22] pp. (sl. toned).

Contemp. sheep, gilt arms on covers, spine with raised bands and morocco label, red edges (rubbed, a few sm. def.). Very good copy.

Extremely rare Paris ed. of the works of Seneca, with notes by Janus Gruterus (1560-1627) and (1553-1626), also including Erasmus’ annotations (pp. 608-626) and "iudicium" (pp. XIII-XX). Large woodcut arms on title and part-title. General title printed in red and black. Text printed within ruled borders.
Ref. USTC 6026682 (1: Arsenal). - Not in Erasmus Online.
Prov. Collège d’Harcourt (Paris) prize binding with its gilt arms on covers and the initial "H" stamped 6 times on spine. With the prize awarded 27 July 1684 to Joseph-Omer Joly de Fleury (later "avocat-général au Parlement") and signed by canon Jean Le François, rector of Paris University. - Old name on title.

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Lot 1207

Scripta quae extant [...] Iani Gruteri & Fr. Iureti notis, & obseruationibus aucta [...].

SENECA, Lucius Annaeus

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