1562 Scarce Latin Book - Letters of Cicero to his friend Atticus, to Brutus and his brother Quintus.
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Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero; Jean Boulier.
Title :Epistolae M. Tullii Ciceronis ad Atticum, Brutum et Q. fratrem. Ex diversorum exemplarium, praecipue Victorii ac Manutii, collatione diligentissima castigatae. Ex castigatione Joannis Boulierii.
Language : Text in Latin.
Publisher : Lugduni : Apud Antonium Vincentium, 1562.
Size : 7 " X 4.5 ".
Pages : 610 pages.
Binding : Good original 16th century full calf leather binding (hinges worn but still tight, overall worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some foxing and staining, ex libris name of a previous owner on first endpaper and last page - as shown).
The book : Scarce Rare and attractive 16th century edition of Letters of Cicero to his friend Atticus, to Brutus and his brother Quintus. The letters in this collection, together with Cicero's other letters, are considered the most reliable sources of information for the period leading up to the fall of the Roman Republic. The letters to Atticus are special among Cicero's works in that they provide a candid view into his personal character — containing confession, frank self-revelation, and a record of his moods from day to day, without alteration.
The author : Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.