Cicéron, Regnier Desmarais - Traité de la Divination de Cicéron 1714 - Complet avec Discours d'Isocrate - Amsterdam, Mortier - - 1714

Treatise on Divination. Translated from Latin by Cicero, by Mr. Abbé Regnier Desmarais, perpetual secretary of the French Academy. New edition augmented with a Discourse by Isocrates translated from Greek by the same.

Amsterdam: David Mortier, 1714.

Main Features

Format: In-12 (16.5 × 10.5 cm)
Pagination: 283 pages + preliminary pages
Binding: half-Veal with corner pieces, spine with raised bands decorated with gold fillets, red edges.
Good preservation, natural patina of the leather, complete specimen.

CONTENT

Dedication to Cardinal d'Estrées
✓ Book One (pages 1-123): Defense of divination by Quintus
✓ Book Two (pages 124-258): Skeptical Refutation of Cicero
Isocrates' Speech 'À Démonique' (pages 259-283): Translation from Greek.

Second edition of this major translation by François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais (1632-1713), perpetual secretary of the Académie française. Rare 18th-century copy, complete with intact period binding.

Cicero's *De Divinatione* is a fundamental source for understanding Roman divinatory practices and ancient skepticism.

State

Complete and well-preserved copy. Clean interior, good condition paper, clear typography. Period binding with signs of normal use (leather patina). No missing pages or major damage.

Will be shipped securely, well packaged in shock-absorbing materials (reinforced bubble wrap + rigid cardboard).