1606 Cicero History Superb Blindstamped Vellum Bdg

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1606 CICERO Retoric SUPERB BLINDSTAMPED VELLUM BDG! Hanoviae, Typis Wechelianis, apud Claudium Marnium,., 1606. SMALL octavo size. 12.2 x 8.4 cms. (4.8 x 3.2 inches.) Fine wdct printer's device to title, and fine wdct initials.

Contemporary vellum over boards binding with superb blindstamped allegorical vignette to front board, gilt spine label and full blue cut.

Superb blindstamp. Vignette depicting: Allegory of arm holding bishop staff out of church. Coats of Arms on top.

Cicero is generally perceived to be one of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome. He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary, distinguishing himself as a linguist, translator, and philosopher. An impressive orator and successful lawyer, Cicero probably thought his political career his most important achievement. Today, he is appreciated primarily for his humanism and philosophical and political writings. His voluminous correspondence, much of it addressed to his friend Atticus, has been especially influential, introducing the art of refined letter writing to European culture. Cornelius Nepos, the 1st century BC biographer of Atticus, remarked that Cicero's letters contained such a wealth of detail "concerning the inclinations of leading men, the faults of the generals, and the revolutions in the government" that their reader had little need for a history of the period.

Cicero was a gifted and energetic writer, with an interest in a wide variety of subjects in keeping with the Hellenistic philosophical and rhetorical traditions in which he was trained. The quality and ready accessibility of Ciceronian texts favored very wide distribution and inclusion in teaching curricula. This influence increased after the "Dark Ages" in Europe, from which more of his writings survived than any other Latin author. His works rank among the most influential in European culture, and today still constitute one of the most important bodies of primary material for the writing and revision of Roman history.

Binding with wear to extremes; old manuscript notes to endpapers; old stamp to title; some age toning and spotting to text.

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