M. Tullii Ciceronis De philosophia : prima pars, id est Academicarum quæstionum editionis primæ liber secundus, editionis secundæ liber primus ; De finibus bonorum & malorum libri V ; Tusculanarum quæstionum libri V ; quibus in libris, quæ in alijs editio

Accession number:

PML 1308-09

Author:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Published:

Venetiis : Paulis Manutius Aldi F., M.D.XLI [1541].

Description:

2 v. ; 16 cm (8vo)

Notes:

Vol. 2 has Scholia Pauli Manutii, at end.
Title page of v. 2 reads: M. Tullii Ciceronis De philosophia volumen secundum, id est, De natura deorum libri III. De diuinatione libri II. De fato liber I. De legibus libri III. De uniuersitate liber I. Q. Ciceronis De petitione consulatus ad Marcum fratrem liber I. Quæ sunt omnia, collatis libris manuscriptis, & adhibito iudicio, locis non paucis emendata.
Wtih dedication to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza.
Imprint from title pages, date from colophon (vol. 1); vol. 2 dated: M.D.XLI. mense Avgvsto [August 1541].
Aldine device appears on t.p. and at end of text, v. 1; on t.p., end of text, and end of commentary, v. 2.
Vol. 1: [4], 251, [1] leaves; v. 2: [3], 150, 157-193, 195-214, [32] leaves.
In v. 2, leaf 191 is misnumbered 181.
Errata: 5th sequence, v. 2, l. [29]v-l. [31]r.
"Scholia Pauli Manutii, quibus Ciceronis philosophia partim corrigitur, partim explanatur" ([32] leaves, v. 2), has separate t.p.

Binding:

16th-century Italian brown morocco, gold tooled and painted in a geometric interlace pattern, with Greek-style back and end caps. Gilt and gauffered edges. 2 fore-edge ties, missing.

Provenance:

Noailles(?), signed at bottom of title pages: "Jaques(?) Noailles" (not part of Comte de Noailles sales: Catalogue des livres provenant de la bibliothèque de M***, Paris, 20-21 June 1806 or Catalogue of the Splendid Library, Imported from Paris, of a Distinguished Collector, Evans, 12 May 1835); Samuel Butler, Bishop of Lichfield, Bibliotheca Butleriana sale, Christie & Manson, 23 March 1840, lot 339, presumably purchased by: Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), purchased 1840, armorial booklabel and shelfmark: B6/A6 (vol. 1/vol. 2, front pastedowns), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.

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