1590 Scarce Latin vellum Book - Cicero Orations / Speeches - Orationum Marci Tullii Ciceronis.

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Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Title  Orationum Marci Tullii Ciceronis volumen Primum. Editio ad Manutianam & Brutinam conformata. Adiectæ sunt annotationes & castigationes, ex variis doctorum virorum scriptis selectæ. (Complete 1st volume of the Orations of Cicero).
Language: Text in Latin.
Publisher: Francofurdi : Apud Andreæ Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium & Ioann. Aubrium, 1590.
Size: 6.5 " X 4.5 ".
Pages: 536 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original 16th-century vellum binding with working clasps (hinges fine, overall slightly worn, soiled and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Good content (bright, tight and clean, some foxing and staining - as shown, handwritten exlibris of a previous owner on the title page - as shown, some small holes throughout pages - as shown, some outer page margins repaired by a previous owner - as shown).

Estimate: (USD 600 - USD 750)

The book: Scarce and very attractive 16th-century edition of 12 complete speeches / orations of Cicero including Pro P. Quinctio, Pro Sext.Roscio Amerino, Accusationis in C. Verrem, Pro M.Fonteio and Pro A.Cecina.

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