Abbé Colin - Traité de l’orateur de Cicéron - 1751
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Abbé Colin's French translation with notes of Cicero's De Oratore, Traité de l’orateur de Cicéron, 1st edition published in Paris in 1751, 536 pages, 17 x 10 cm, in full calf binding, good condition.
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CICERO / [COLIN, Abbot]
Translation of Cicero's Orator Treatise, with Notes
In Paris, at De Bure l'aîné, Quay des Augustins, on the Pont Saint-Michel side, at Saint Paul, 1751.
This volume offers the classical French translation of the famous rhetorical treatise by Cicero (De Oratore), enriched with explanatory and philological notes by the Abbot Colin, with the Latin text presented afterwards. It also opens with a dedicatory letter addressed to Monseigneur the Dauphin.
New edition revised and corrected, printed with the approbation and privilege of the king in Paris at Guillaume de Bure l’aîné in 1751.
Volume elegantly bound in full period calf, with a smooth spine ornamented with gilt tooling (floral motifs and ears) and a red morocco title piece, with gilt borders on the boards and gilt edges. Excellent overall condition of the binding.
Pages of text very clean, well bound, adorned with headpieces and ornamental initials at the beginning of sections.
Fine copy.
CICERO / [COLIN, Abbot]
Translation of Cicero's Orator Treatise, with Notes
In Paris, at De Bure l'aîné, Quay des Augustins, on the Pont Saint-Michel side, at Saint Paul, 1751.
This volume offers the classical French translation of the famous rhetorical treatise by Cicero (De Oratore), enriched with explanatory and philological notes by the Abbot Colin, with the Latin text presented afterwards. It also opens with a dedicatory letter addressed to Monseigneur the Dauphin.
New edition revised and corrected, printed with the approbation and privilege of the king in Paris at Guillaume de Bure l’aîné in 1751.
Volume elegantly bound in full period calf, with a smooth spine ornamented with gilt tooling (floral motifs and ears) and a red morocco title piece, with gilt borders on the boards and gilt edges. Excellent overall condition of the binding.
Pages of text very clean, well bound, adorned with headpieces and ornamental initials at the beginning of sections.
Fine copy.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Philosophy
Book title
Traité de l’orateur de Cicéron
Author/ Illustrator
Abbé Colin
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1751
Height
17 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
10 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
536
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