De natura deorum libri tres. Accedunt Boherii, Davisii & aliorum insigniores lectiones variantes et conjecturae.
by CICERO, Marcus Tullius
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Octavo (222 x 138 mm). A an overall very good copy which exhibits some wear at the top and bottom hinge (still firm). In contemporary full brown calf with a refreshed red morocco label to style. First edition of the first substantial book published by Robert Foulis. The work was issued on three sizes of paper without priority, this being in demy octavo. Cicero was a mainstay of the Foulis brothers, with their press publishing a total of 24 editions of the author, partly to feed the demand from students at Glasgow University.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 175
- Title
- De natura deorum libri tres. Accedunt Boherii, Davisii & aliorum insigniores lectiones variantes et conjecturae.
- Author
- CICERO, Marcus Tullius
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Glasgow, Robert Foulis, printed in London by Andrew Miller
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1741
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greek Classics, Philosophy
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.