CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). Opera cum optimis exemplaribus accurate collata. Leiden: B. & A. Elzevir, 1642.
10 volumes, 12° (130 x 75mm). Engraved title and engraved portrait in volume I, woodcut device on other titles. 18th-century red morocco gilt by Derôme le Jeune, gilt spines, turn-ins and edges, later morocco boxes for each volume by Riviere including a single box for vols IX and X (small chip to one box). Provenance: Mariguas (book label) -- Mortimer L. Schiff (book label) -- John Roland Abbey (book label).
FIRST ELZEVIER EDITION. The editors followed Janus Gruter's text, first published in Hamburg 1618. Willems 535.
CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). Opera cum optimis exemplaribus accurate collata. Leiden: B. & A. Elzevir, 1642.
10 volumes, 12° (130 x 75mm). Engraved title and engraved portrait in volume I, woodcut device on other titles. 18th-century red morocco gilt by Derôme le Jeune, gilt spines, turn-ins and edges, later morocco boxes for each volume by Riviere including a single box for vols IX and X (small chip to one box). Provenance: Mariguas (book label) -- Mortimer L. Schiff (book label) -- John Roland Abbey (book label).
FIRST ELZEVIER EDITION. The editors followed Janus Gruter's text, first published in Hamburg 1618. Willems 535.
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