1683 Rare Latin vellum Book - Selection of the Letters of Cicero to his friends - Selectarum epistolarum
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero. Melchior Junius.
Title : Selectarum epistolarum ex M.T. Ciceronis familiaribus : volumen primum[-tertium], autore Melchiore Junio Wittebergensi. (Complete 3 volumes bound in one).
Language : Text in Latin.
Publisher : Hamburgi : apud Johannem Naumannum, 1683.
Size : 5.5 " X 3.5 "
Pages : 84, 163, 227 pages.
Binding : Very good original 17th century full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare foxing and staining, small hole on the last page - as shown).
Estimate: (USD 250 - USD 350)
The book : Rare and attractive 17th century edition of the Letters of Cicero to his friends.
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