CICERO, DENIS (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo. 2 works in 1 vol., each in 2 parts with separate t-p. ff. (xxiv) 184, 38 (ii); 240, 48. Italic letter, little Roman. Woodcut Aldine device to all four t-ps, penultimate of first work and last of second. Light waterstaining to upper and outer margin of first and last few ll., intermittent slight marginal foxing or toning, lower outer blank corner of P3 torn. A good copy in slightly later vellum, superimposed on original vellum, traces of ties, title inked to spine, small loss to lower cover, C19 bookplate of John Wyndham Bruce to front pastedown, inscription Ad usum D. Mauri Archinti to recto and casemark to verso of fep. Very good copy of two Aldine editions, intended as companion volumes, of Cicero s rhetorical works, here issued for the first time with a commentary by the humanist Denis Lambin. Despite the imprimatur Ex Bibliotheca Aldina , these works were printed by the Torresani, heirs to Andrea, Aldus s socerus and associate; these were also their first Ciceronian editions. The Torresani editions have been praised as handsome, almost all rare, and kept in much esteem (Renouard, Notice , 72). Due to their excellence, they were either attributed to Aldus and his heirs or mistaken for counterfeits even by notable bibliographers until the mid-C19 (Bernoni, Dei Torresani , 128). One of the most influential figures of classical antiquity, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) put his legal skills to the service of politics with speeches which became landmarks of forensic oratory. Defined by Quintilian as eloquence itself , his copious prose production occupied a fundamental place in medieval syllabi. Subsequent to the rediscovery of further texts, including the letters, by scholars like Petrarch, Cicero contributed to forging the Latin style of the Renaissance and its ideas on political theory (e.g., Republicanism), rhetoric (e.g., the principles of argument, eloquence and invention) and philosophy (e.g., Stoicism). The first work in this sammelband includes his greatly influential ad Herennium , by then presented as probably spurious ( incerto auctore ), as well as De inventione and Topica (how to construct arguments in structure and content), and De partitione oratoria on oratory techniques. The second work begins with De oratore , an immensely influential analysis of how a good orator should construct persuasive arguments which should however be driven by sound ethical principles. There follow Orator , a description of the perfect orator integrating observations in previous works, and De claris oratoribus , a history of eloquence through individual figures including Pericles and Solon. Denis Lambin s commentaries to Rhetorica and to the first book of De oratore appended to each part bear a separate t-p, pagination and collation, but were not intended for separate publication. Lambin (1520-72) was a French humanist who taught Latin and Greek at the Collège de France. He was praised for his philological precision but also criticised for being too concerned with trivialities of language at the expense not only of philosophical issues but also of practical matters of politics and individual conduct (Salmon, Renaissance and Revolt , 50). I) Renouard 207:13; BM STC It., p. 176; Ahmanson-Murphy 579. Not in Brunet. II) Renouard 207:14; BM STC It., p. 176; Ahmanson-Murphy 580. Not in Brunet. Adams C1689, both works, one complete copy only.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st thus. Full contemporary vellum, F. [ii]+3-645+[i]pp, small 8vo [ 5 inches tall x 3.25 inches wide ] edition, signatures running A-Ss2, solidly bound in full vellum with a black lettering piece, lacks the initial endpaper, but with the final blank, printers colophon on the final leaf dated 1608, Ex Libris Joseph South, British Consul at Venice with his partly obscured armorial bookplate, slight ex library evidence with partly erased accession number to the base of the spine & ink numbers to the verso of the title, paper evenly yellowed with the occasional scorch mark & ink marginalia, small worm track to signatures I-I8 which just catch the signature itself on a few leaves, a nice copy. First volume [ of two ] of the Speeches of the Roman statesman & consul Marcus Tullius Cicero [ 106 BC - 43 BC ]. This volume contains Pro Quinctio, Pro Roscio Amerino, Pro Q Roscio Comoedo, Divinatio in Caecilium, In Verrem, Pro Fonteio & Pro Caecina. The text is that of the French Classicist Denis Lambin [ 1520 - 1572 ] which was first published in 1566. Claude Morillon, French publisher & printer who was active 1600 - 1620. 275 grams.

Zustand: Buono (Good). Quattro volumi in folio (mm. 370x235). Vol. I: pp. [24], 306, [50]. Frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero con marca tipografica al centro. Bianca la carta t10; vol. II (Qui continet orationes omneis quae extant): pp. 679, [133]. Ultima carta bianca. Frontespizio entro bella cornice architettonica in legno; vol. III: pp. 452, [88]. Numero del volume sul titolo entro elegante bordura figurata in legno; vol. IV (Quo continentur philosophici libri omnes): pp. 515, [121]. Marca tipografica al titolo. Ultima carta bianca. Pergamena rigida coeva, dorso a quattro nervi con tassello in marocchino e titolo in oro, tagli picchiettati (piccola mancanza al dorso del secondo volume). Sui titoli firma di appartenenza di un certo Giovanni Battista Gritti. Leggera brunitura uniforme, fioriture sparse, ma nel complesso buona copia genuina e ben legata.   Si tratta di una ristampa dell'edizione di Ginevra del 1596, che unisce il classico e più volte ristampato commento di Denis Lambin a quello del giurista Denis Godefroy.   Schweiger, I, 106.