Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Lucii Annaei Senecae Tragoediae: Ad doctorum virorum emendationes recognitae - 1612

Splendid and rare 16mo-format copy of Lucius Annaeus Seneca's Tragedies, published in 1612 by the presses of the prestigious Plantiniana printing house in Leiden for Raphelengius (Ex Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii). The edition bears the classic typographic emblem with the compass and the motto "Labore et Constantia".

The volume gathers the principal Latin tragedies of the philosopher and Stoic dramatist, including:
Hippolytus
Agamemnon
Hercules furens
Thyestes
Oedipus
Medea
Troas

Coeval binding in full soft parchment, worn but solid, with signs of time, natural creases of the skin/parchment and small defects at the corners and margins, coherent with its more than four centuries of history. On the back there is an old handwritten catalog card.

Crisp paper with healthy margins. Text sharp and well printed. Browning and foxing from the period are scattered, but overall the copy is complete and genuine.

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