SENECA. Senece omnia opera.
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SENECA, Lucius Annaeus. Senece omnia opera. Impressum Venetiis: per Bartholomeum de Zanis de Portesio, 1503. die. vii. Nouembris.Folio, 305x215 mm. Legatura in pergamena su cartonato, con intarsi in pelle, unghie. Carte 211. Colophon nel verso dell’ultima carta “Impressum Venetiis per Bartholomeum de Zanis de Portesio, 1503. die. vii. Nouembris”. Titolo su occhietto, al verso tavola cool contenuto dell'opera, capilettera xilografici, spazi con letterina guida, carattere Romano. Forellino di tarlo sui primi 9 fogli che investe qualche lettera. Buon esemplare ad ampi margini. Rarissimo post-incunabolo stampato a Venezia. Il volume, impresso con i magnifici caratteri romani coniati dal tipografo bresciano Bartolomeo Zani, si apre con il carteggio apocrifo di Seneca e san Paolo, quattordici lettere scritte da un anonimo falsario del IV secolo, sei delle quali da lui attribuite all'apostolo Paolo e otto al filosofo e letterato romano. Contiene poi tutte le più importanti opere filosofiche di Seneca, fra le quali: Lettere a Lucilio; I rimedi della fortuna; Sull’ira; La clemenza; I benefìci, La brevità della vita; Questioni naturali.Edit16 CNCE 47790; BMC Ital. Books S. 621. Edizione sconosciuta a Moss, Dibdin, Adams.
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Folio, 305x215 mm. Vellum binding on hardback, with leather inlays, wide squares. Leaves 211. Colophon on the verso of the last leaf “Impressum Venetiis per Bartholomeum de Zanis de Portesio, 1503. die. vii. Nouembris”. Title on half-title, plate of contents of the work on the verso, woodcut Initials, spaces with guide letter, Roman type. Small wormhole on the first 9 sheets affecting some letters. Good copy with wide margins.
Very rare Venetian post-incunabulum. The volume, imprinted in the magnificent Roman types coined by the Brescian printer Bartolomeo Zani, opens with the apocryphal correspondence of Seneca and St. Paul, fourteen letters written by an anonymous forger in the fourth century, six of which he attributed to the apostle Paul and eight to the Roman philosopher and man of letters. It then contains all of Seneca's most important philosophical works, including: Letters to Lucilius; The Remedies of Fortune; On Anger; On Clemency; On Benefits; On the shortness of Life; Natural Questions.Edit16 CNCE 47790¸ BMC Ital. Books S. 621. Edition unknown to Moss, Dibdin, Adams.
Very rare Venetian post-incunabulum. The volume, imprinted in the magnificent Roman types coined by the Brescian printer Bartolomeo Zani, opens with the apocryphal correspondence of Seneca and St. Paul, fourteen letters written by an anonymous forger in the fourth century, six of which he attributed to the apostle Paul and eight to the Roman philosopher and man of letters. It then contains all of Seneca's most important philosophical works, including: Letters to Lucilius; The Remedies of Fortune; On Anger; On Clemency; On Benefits; On the shortness of Life; Natural Questions.Edit16 CNCE 47790¸ BMC Ital. Books S. 621. Edition unknown to Moss, Dibdin, Adams.
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