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[Erasmus]

CICERO, Marcus Tullius

De officiis libri III. Commentariis Erasmi Roterodami, Philippi Melanchtonis, Viti Amerbachii, et Francisci Maturantii, tum disquisitionibus Caelii Calcagnini illustrati. Eiusdem, De senectute, de amicitia, Paradoxa, Somnium Scipionis, cum adnotationibus longè doctissimis D. Erasmi, Bartholomaei Latomi, Petri Marsi & Omniboni.

Lyon, Th. Paganus, 1556

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6 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [44]-547-[1 bl.], [32], 136-[12], 57-[11], 68-[8] pp., 33-[5] ff.; 1 pl. (pp. 479-180 of pt. I lacking; sl. dampstaining throughout, foxing, occ. ink stains, marg. tear with lack to pp. 477-478).

Mod. brown leather, spine with raised bands (dampstained).

Collection of some works of Cicero (De officiis, De senectute, De amicitia, Paradox stoicorum and Somnium Scipionis), with commentaries a.o. by Erasmus, Ph. Melanchton, P. Marsi and B. Latomus. Contains a chronology of De officiis, De amicitia and De senectute established by S. Birck. Illustrated with a fold. genealogical tree of the gens Porcia, some schemas in text of De senectute and a full-page genealogical tree of the Scipio in the Somnium Scipionis. Orn. (one dotted) and one historiated initials. Printer's mark on general and part titles.
Ref. Baudrier IV:269. - Pettegree FB 61981. - Adams C-17529. - STC French p. 109. - Not in Meyers, De Reuck.
Prov. Rouge-Cloître (ms. ownhership entry). - Brother Joannes Baptista Espallart (ms. entries, dated 1604 in the end). - Occ. ms. marginalia.

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Lot 830

De officiis libri III. Commentariis Erasmi Roterodami, Philippi Melanchtonis, Viti Amerbachii, et Francisci Maturantii, tum disquisitionibus Caelii Calcagnini illustrati. Eiusdem, De senectute, de amicitia, Paradoxa, Somnium Scipionis, cum adnotationibus longè doctissimis D. Erasmi, Bartholomaei Latomi, Petri Marsi & Omniboni.

CICERO, Marcus Tullius

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