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CICERO, Marcus Tillius

Opera quae extant omnia ex mss. codicibus emendata studio atque industria, Edited by J. Gronovius

Leiden
Petrus Van der Aa
1692

€120 - €180

4 parts in 2 volumes, in 4, (86), 714; (2) 717-1447 (103) pp, with 4 engraved title-pages, woodcut printer's device on each title page, (motto: Hac itur ad astra), 4 engraved plates, featuring a portrait of Jacobus Gronovius alongside other classical portraits. one folded plate (tear without loss). Slightly age-toned. Both volumes fully covered in blind-tooled vellum, soiled, title pieces on the spines. The vellum on the spine of volume II is torn (with some loss), volume I shows weak hinges. Red sprinkled edges. Overall, good copies

Provenance:
bibl. Hageveldensis. In the first volume, ownership inscriptions in brown ink on the inside of the back cover, as well as on the first flyleaf

Classics