Seneca [Folio 36cm, 4kg] - Oeuvres de Lucius Annaeus Seneca - 1638

DESCRIPTION: I present at auction a PRECIOUS AND MONUMENTAL EXAMPLE of enormous dimensions, 36 x 23 cm, and 4 kg in weight, containing the COMPLETE WORKS OF SENECA, the famous Roman philosopher, and also those of his father, Marcus Annaeus Seneca (Old Seneca). Both works are independent books and have their own title pages and pagination, and both are annotated with marginal notes. TWO BOOKS BOUND IN A SINGLE VOLUME.

In our copy we will of course find the indispensable "Letters to Lucilius", De Beneficiis, De Providentia, De ira, De clementia, De vita beata, De serenitate animae, De firmitate animi, De brevitate vitae, Consolatio ad Polibium, Consolatio ad Marciam, Consolatio ad Helviam, the "Apocolocyntosis" or Calabacification of the divine Claudius, the Naturales Quaestiones (very popular during the Middle Ages and which include everything related to meteorology, mineralogy and oceanography). As for Old Seneca, we find his "Controversies" and the "Suasoriae".

PRECIOUS EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SENECA. DO NOT LET IT SLIP AWAY.

PUBLICATION YEAR: Paris 1638

LANGUAGE: French

SIZE AND PAGINATION: Dimensions: Folio, 36 x 23.5 cm. Pagination: Title pages in two inks (Seneca’s Works) + [8 unnumbered pages] + 507 numbered pages in the old system (1014 pages) + [15 unnumbered pages] + Title pages in two inks (Seneca’s Morals) + [10 pp] + 27 pp + Title pages of Old Seneca’s Works + 212 pp. Weight: 4 kg. COMPLETE WORK

CONDITION: LOVELY ORIGINAL BINDING in full leather, with some professional restorations, in good condition as shown in the photos. Spine with six compartments, magnificently adorned with the author’s name in gold letters. Boards bordered with a double gold fillet. Marble edges.

The book’s interior is in good condition as shown in the photos. The copy features two two-color title pages with portraits of Seneca on each; a black-and-white title page with an excellent printer’s engraving; beautiful initial letters, engraved bands, and cul-de-lampes. GOOD COPY.

PRECIOUS EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SENECA. DO NOT LET IT SLIP AWAY

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