Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ciceronianum Lexicon Graecolatinum (Cicero's Greek and Latin Lexicon) - 1557

1557 FIRST EDITION by Henri Estienne (1528-1598), two books in one volume, each with its own title and date and having as their subject the works of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), a Roman orator and philosopher. This first work/title, in particular, represents Henri Estienne's first original publication: it is a lexicon of Greek words and expressions translated into Latin from Cicero's works, followed by the Greek texts accompanied by their Latin translations. The second work/title is a collection of textual commentaries and corrections to Cicero's works, of great philological importance. These two works, often sold separately, are grouped here in one volume. Beautiful, antique leather binding in very good condition, richly decorated and with a large Renaissance gilded design in the centre of the covers. References; World Cat OCLC n°803782487 & 999784110; USTC n°450456; Adams S1755, 1778 & 1787; Schreiber 143, 144 & 199; Renouard, p. 116, no. 4; Cioranesco, n°9609 & 9623; Bibliothèque de Geneve, E-Rara n°6100; Biblioteca Digital Memoria de Madrid. Catálogo de incunables y obras s. XVI, 2002, n°203; Jean-François Gilmont, GLN 15-16: Les éditions imprimées à Genève, Lausanne et Neuchâtel aux XVe et XVIe siècles, n°2030; Toronto Library for Reformation and Renaissance Studies Shelfmark: PA6366 .E87 1557; Open Library n°OL16867189M; Cambridge, Houghton Library, Harvard University Shelfmark: Lc 39.931.

Henri Estienne's work is a comprehensive dictionary of Greek and Latin words used by Cicero in his speeches and writings. The work is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Cicero's linguistic style and literary technique, and provides a fascinating window into the intellectual world of ancient Rome. It is also an invaluable tool for anyone studying Latin or Greek and remains a popular reference work to this day. Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman orator and philosopher, was one of the most important figures of all antiquity. His vast literary production, ranging from political speeches to philosophical and rhetorical writings, besides offering a valuable portrait of ancient Roman society, remained an example for all authors of the 1st century BC, so much so that it can be considered the model of classical Latin literature. A great admirer of Greek culture, through his work the Romans were also able to acquire a better knowledge of philosophy. Among his major contributions to Latin culture was, without a doubt, the creation of a Latin philosophical lexicon: Cicero, in fact, committed himself to finding the corresponding Latin word for all the specific terms of the Greek philosophical language.

FIRST TITLE: Ciceronianum Lexicon Graecolatinum (Ciceronian Greek and Latin Lexicon). SECOND TITLE: In M.T. Ciceronis qua[m]plurimos locos castigationes (In many places of Marcus Tullius Cicero's castigations).
AUTHORS: Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated and commented by Henri Estienne (1528-1598). PUBLISHER: Robert I Estienne (1503-1559) in Geneva. DATE: MDLVII (both titles 1557), text in Latin and Greek.

DESCRIPTION: in-8° size height 169 x width 114 mm or 6.7 by 4.5 inches. Pages [16], 111, 1, 200, 114. Two books/titles in one volume, each with its own title page. Paper in good condition, pages are white and clean with well printed characters, small defects and rare stains or foxing, but nothing serious. Beautiful, solid, antique leather binding in very good condition, richly decorated and with a large Renaissance gilded design in the centre of the covers, gold floral decorations on the spine, splendid gold and embossed cuts with phytomorphic motifs, slight defects on the ends and hinges, as per photos. COMPLETE FIRST EDITION.

PUBLISHER: Henri Estienne (1528-1598), also known as Henricus Stephanus, was a French printer and classical scholar. He was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and typography by his father and would eventually take over the Estienne printing firm which his father owned in 1559 when his father died. His best-known work was the Thesaurus graecae linguae, which was printed in five volumes. It became the basis of Greek lexicology; no thesaurus would rival that of Estienne's for three hundred years. Among his many publications of Greek authors, his publications of Plato are the source of Stephanus pagination, which is still used to refer to Plato's works. Estienne was also responsible for the first printed Latin translation of the works of Sextus Empiricus in 1562, which scholars credit for the diffusion of Pyrrhonian skepticism in early modern Europe, and its adoption by highly influential skeptical philosophers such as Michel de Montaigne.

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