Valère Maxime - Valere Maxime - 1700

Rare edition of this collection that constitutes an erudite reappropriation of Valerius Maximus' antique work, author of the Facta et dicta memorabilia, a collection of memorable facts and sayings intended to illustrate examples of virtue and vice in Roman and foreign history -

The work gathers a multitude of historical anecdotes organized by moral and political themes, aiming to offer readers models of conduct drawn from the past. The compilers of the 17th century reinterpret this antique material by adapting it to the intellectual and moral demands of their era, marked by a strong interest in moral pedagogy and the formation of the elites -

The text highlights figures of courage, fidelity, piety or devotion, but also examples of betrayal, ambition or decline, in order to serve as moral instruction by contrast. The structure of the work rests on a systematic organization of the examples, allowing a reading that is both continuous and fragmented according to the themes addressed -

The editors’ comments enrich the original text by providing historical, philological and moralizing insights, intended to make the ancient narratives intelligible and useful to contemporary readers -

Valère Maxime - Valere Maxime - 1700 - Volume I and II - Horace Molin, B. Compagnon, V. Tomas & L. Declaustre - 668 p. + 2 ff. table / Title + 506 Pages.

Good condition of bindings, volumes in full brown leather of the period, wear from use, some minor defects on boards and spine, chipped heads, split seams, worn corners, red sprinkled edges, spines with raised bands, gold lettering on red maroquin pieces, gilt tops –

Good interior condition, some stains, beautiful drop cap, nice headbands, tailpieces, a small vignette on the title page, text in two columns –

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