1642 Scarce Latin Book (Arms binding) - Selected Writings by CICERO - M. TULLII CICERONIS SCRIPTORUM FRAGMENTA.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Title: M. TULLII CICERONIS Scriptorum Fragmenta A Roberto Stephano, Carolo Signonio, Andrea Patricio &c. collecta. Accedit Fr. Fabricii Marcoduran: Histoira Ciceroniana, Per Consules descripta, & in annos lxiv. distincta.
Language: Text in Latin.
Publisher: Lugd. Batavor, Ex Officinâ Elsevirianâ, 1642.
Size: 5 " X 3.5 ".
Pages : 318 pages + index.
Binding: Very good original 17th-century full calf leather "arms binding" (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed, unknown arms - crown, rhombus and arrow - on spine - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare foxing or staining - as shown, torn armorial bookplate on the first endpaper - as shown).
Estimate: (USD 350 - USD 500)
The book: Scarce and attractive 17th-century edition of the Selected Writings by CICERO in arms binding.
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