The Emperor Marcus Antoninus; his conversation with himself. Together with the preliminary discourse of the learned Gataker. As also, the emperor's life, written by Monsieur D'Acier, and supported by the authorities collected by Dr. Stanhope. To which is added the mythological picture of Cebes the Theban, etc. Tr. into English from the respective originals, by Jeremy Collier, M.A.

Accession number: 
PML 47224
Author: 
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180.
Published: 
London, Printed for R. Sare, 1701.
Description: 
[10], 240, 36, cxxv, [3], 241-270, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. (engraving) ; 20 cm.
Notes: 

Thomas Gataker's preliminary discourse first appeared in his edition and Latin translation of the Meditations (Cambridge, 1652); only the first part of it is included here, translated.
The French original of André Dacier's life (La vie de Marc Aurèle Antonin) first appeared in his Paris 1690-1691 translation of the Meditations.
The Mythological picture, incorrectly attributed to Cebes, is a translation of the anonymous Kebētos Thēbaiou pinax.
Translation of: Tōn eis heauton biblia 12, commonly known in English as: Meditations.
Pages [cxxvi] and [cxxviii] are blank, p. [cxxvii] is advertisement; p. [271-272] are publisher's advertisements.
Frontispiece (port.) lacking.

Binding: 
1/2 old brown calf; in brown case by Macdonald.
Provenance: 
From the Coleorton Papers; With autograph annotations by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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