[Harangues, Ancient Lawyers] Cicero, 1519 3 vols
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VERY RARE FIRST ALDINE EDITION OF CICERO’S HARANGUES
[Cicero’s Harangues, Aldine] Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. T. Ciceronis Orationum volumen primum [secundum et tertium]. Venice: Aldus Manutius, January-August 1519.
3 volumes in 8vo, 18th century full green morocco with labels and gilt letterings, gilt decorations, blue edges, marbled fly-leaves, green silk bookmarks, ff. [12], 305, [3, the last two are blanks] for the first volume; ff. [7], 281, [3, the last two are blanks] for the second volume; ff. [6], 275, [5, the last two penultimate are blanks] for the third volume.
Aldine device (woodcut) on title pages and at the last leaf of volume 3.
Very rare first Aldine edition of Cicero’s collected Orations, the renowned harangues made during his profession as a lawyer.
All the harangues of the most famous lawyer of every time, in the precious Aldine edition: according to Renouard, a complete and fine set is «a thing of absolute scarcity».
Provenance: Ex-libris Spellow Hill at first paste-down, with a signature C.A. Smith(?) M.A.
References: Renouard, 85.1; 86.2 and 86.3: «Très belles éditions […] Un exemplaire complet et bien conservé de Cicéron […] est une chose de toute rareté». CNCE 12211. IT\ICCU\UM1E\001645 (locating very often single volumes or uncomplete sets). OCLC 5850509.
[Cicero’s Harangues, Aldine] Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. T. Ciceronis Orationum volumen primum [secundum et tertium]. Venice: Aldus Manutius, January-August 1519.
3 volumes in 8vo, 18th century full green morocco with labels and gilt letterings, gilt decorations, blue edges, marbled fly-leaves, green silk bookmarks, ff. [12], 305, [3, the last two are blanks] for the first volume; ff. [7], 281, [3, the last two are blanks] for the second volume; ff. [6], 275, [5, the last two penultimate are blanks] for the third volume.
Aldine device (woodcut) on title pages and at the last leaf of volume 3.
Very rare first Aldine edition of Cicero’s collected Orations, the renowned harangues made during his profession as a lawyer.
All the harangues of the most famous lawyer of every time, in the precious Aldine edition: according to Renouard, a complete and fine set is «a thing of absolute scarcity».
Provenance: Ex-libris Spellow Hill at first paste-down, with a signature C.A. Smith(?) M.A.
References: Renouard, 85.1; 86.2 and 86.3: «Très belles éditions […] Un exemplaire complet et bien conservé de Cicéron […] est une chose de toute rareté». CNCE 12211. IT\ICCU\UM1E\001645 (locating very often single volumes or uncomplete sets). OCLC 5850509.
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The second and the third volumes are shorter; otherwise, a nice set.
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[Harangues, Ancient Lawyers] Cicero, 1519 3 vols
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