Marcus Tullius Cicero - De Officiis - 1552

Rarissime edition of this major practical moral treatise aimed at defining the duties of the virtuous man in private life as in public life - Beautiful bound with cold tooling and a florid fleur-de-lys scatter -

The work, written at the end of Cicero's life, is addressed to his son and draws heavily on Stoic philosophy, while preserving a deeply Roman dimension centered on the notion of civic duty and moral responsibility -

In the first book, Cicero examines the nature of the honorable good (honestum) and grounds morality on reason, justice, dignity, and conformity to the laws of human nature. He distinguishes the various fundamental virtues, notably wisdom, justice, courage of the soul, and temperance, which he presents as the pillars of any moral conduct -

The second book deals with usefulness (utile), that is, the practical advantages individuals seek in life, and Cicero strives to show that true usefulness can never be separated from moral honesty: what is truly useful must be in accordance with duty -

He also addresses questions related to the management of public affairs, the pursuit of glory, enrichment, and social behavior, stressing the need to subordinate personal interests to the common good -

Marcus Tullius Cicero - De Officiis - 1552 - Sebastian Gryphius -
412 pages

Good condition of the binding, the work in its original full calf, boards gilded with a floral scatter, wear from use, minor defects on the cover, all edges gilded, spine with gilt tooling, inlaid panels gilded, gilded titling, gilded lines on the boards -

Good interior condition, browning, restoration on 2 leaves, beautiful title-page vignette, text framed by red rules, marbled endpapers in good condition, rare copy -

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