Marcus Aurelius Antoninus To Himself

Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius: The Emperor Marcus Antoninus his Conversation With Himself [Meditations], together With the Preliminary discourse of the Learned Gataker.., also The Emperor's Life..by D'Acier.., to which is added the Mythological Picture of Cebes the Theban, &c. Translated by Jeremy Collier, Printed for Richard Sare , London , 1701
, splitting to front joint at head and tail, rubbed, two corners showing, title label half gone, front hinge cracked but well held in binding, nice and clean, internally sound, a good copy in the original binding , full speckled calf with plain central panels front and rear, four raised bands, strange black squiggles in the panels which look a bit like felt pen, but are not, they seem to be contemporary

, [x], 36 pages [Gataker], cxxv [Life], one page advertisement, 270 pages [Meditations and Cebes], and 2 page publishers catalogue, frontispiece of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor Marcus Antoninus his Conversation With Himself [Meditations], together With the Preliminary discourse of the Learned Gataker..,also The Emperor's Life..by D'Acier.., to which is added the Mythological Picture of Cebes the Theban, &c. Translated by Jeremy Collier , octavo Hardback First Edition

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Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius: The Communings With Himself Of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Emperor Of Rome Together With His Speeches And Sayings, published by William Heinemann Ltd, , London , 1916
, light shelf wear, faint mark to front cover , the book is in very good condition , green cloth cover with gilt titles to the spine, gilt motif to front, top edges gilt

, 389 pages, gilt to edges, frontispiece illustration, Greek and English text, indexes at the end of the book. Revised text and English translation by C R Haines, part of the Loeb Classical Library series. Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, The Communings With Himself Of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Emperor Of Rome Together With His Speeches And Sayings approximately 17 x 12 cm Hardback Reprint

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Marcus Aurelius, 121-180. Emperor of Rome,; Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654: Markou Antoninou tou autokratoros ton eis heauton biblia 12 = Marci Antonini imperatoris de rebus suis, sive de eis q[u]ae ad se pertinere censebat libri XII : locis haud paucis repurgati, suppleti, restituti : versione insuper Latina nova ... ac commentario perpetuo explicati atq[u]e illustrati / studio operaq[u]e Thomae Gatakeri..... Veneunt ibidem per Antonium Nicolson,

Cantabrigiae Camebridge, Excudebat Thomas Buck, 1652. [34], 123, [17], 439, [20] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 23 cm. (4to) Greek and Latin in parallel collumns.Initials; head-piece.Signatures: *-4*4A B-S4T²2A-2D82E-2G42H² ( Wing.). Original full overlapping vellum. Some mild browning. But in very nice/ Very fine condition. With a nice engraved portrait of Marcus Aurelius by W. Faithorne sculpt. Provenance.19th century handwriting. W. Dierkens. Printed ex-libris Bibliotheca Grotiana. In Artibus Datur Gaudium. With handwritten dedication by Jaap Biemond. :" Han de Groot amico meo optimo librum meum optimum. Signed and dated 22 April 1922 Amsterdam". Marcus Aurelius was born in AD 121. He died in AD 180. His early education was overseen by the Emperor Hadrian, and he was later adopted by the Emperor Antoninus Pius in AD 138. Initially he was educated in rhetoric undertaken by Fronto, Marcus later studied philosophy. Marcus became Emperor in AD 161, initially with Lucius Verus Sole Emperor in AD 169. He established four Chairs of Philosophy in Athens, one for each of the principal philosophical traditions (Platonic, Aristotelian, Stoic, and Epicurean). This edition by Thomas Gataker 1574 - 1654 is a justly famous early edition of the Meditations containing a substantial commentary. Marcus' reputation as a philosopher rests upon one work, the Meditations. The Meditations take the form of a personal notebook and were probably written while Marcus was on campaign in central Europe, c. AD 171-175. The entries appear to be in no particular order and may simply be in the original order of composition. Thomas Gataker (September, 1574 - July, 1654) was an English clergyman and theologian. Thomas Gataker:" He was born in London and educated at St John's College, Cambridge. From 1601 to 1611 be held the appointment of preacher to the society of Lincoln's Inn, which he resigned on accepting the rectory of Rotherhithe. In 1642 he was chosen a member of the assembly of divines at Westminster, and annotated for that assembly the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations. He disapproved of the introduction of the Covenant and declared himself in favour of episcopacy. He was one of the forty-seven London clergymen who disapproved of the trial of Charles I. He was married four times, and died in July 1654. An edition of Marcus Antoninus (1652), which, according to Hallam, is the "earliest edition of any classical writer published in England with original annotations," and, for the period at which it was written, possesses remarkable merit. (= Encyclop. Brittanica. 1911.) KEYWORDS: ethics and philosophy

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RENDALL, Gerald H. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to Himself: An English Translation with an Introductory Study on Stoicism and the Last of the Stoics. Macmillan & Co. 1898. First Edition.

330pp. A fine copy in the original slate blue cloth, gilt decorated, uncut.

[SW: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to Himself: An English Translation with an Introductory Study on Stoicism and the Last of the Stoics.]

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