L. Annaei Senecae Philosophi. Tomus Secundus (1639)
by L. Annaei Senecae (Seneca the Younger)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Ex Officina Elzeviriana, Lugdun. Batavor. (Leiden), 1639. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Standalone second volume from a three-volume series of the works of Seneca the Younger (BCE 4 - 65 CE) & Seneca the Elder (BCE 54 - c. 39 CE), completed 1640. This volume includes (1) "Ad Lucilium Epistulae," or "(moral) letters to Lucilius"; (2) the seven-book "Naturalium Quaestionum," an encyclopedia of the natural world, and (3) the "Claudii Caesaris Apokolokyntosis" - this last word transliterated from the Greek - literally, the "gourdification" of Emperor Claudius, a political satire often attributed to the younger Seneca. 718 pages. Leather scuffed with moderate rubbing to edges and points of fraying at fore-edge corners; leather dry and cracked over the spine. Inner hinges split, but binding sound and else intact. Pages age-toned. Fire damage to fore-edge margin of pages 331-336, with no impact on text. Bookplate belonging to "Richard Cox" adhered to front paste-down, another to verso of FFEP, interior else clean and free of markings. Engraved vignette at title page, and engraved header and initial at text. 3" x 5". (BP-023)
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- Title
- L. Annaei Senecae Philosophi. Tomus Secundus (1639)
- Author
- L. Annaei Senecae (Seneca the Younger)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ex Officina Elzeviriana, Lugdun. Batavor. (Leiden)
- Date Published
- 1639
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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