Cicero, De philosophia, Venice, 1552, 2 volumes, contemporary French limp vellum

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis De philosophia, prima pars, id est, academicarum quaestionum editionis primae liber secundus, editionis secundae liber primus, de finibus bonorum et malorum libri V. Tusculanarum quaestionum libri V. Cum scholiis et coniecturis Pauli Manutii. Corrigente Paulo Manutio Aldi filio. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1552

[And:] De philosophia volumen secundum, id est De natura deorum libri III, De divinatione libri II, De fato liber I, De legibus libri III, De universitate liber I, Q. Ciceronis De petitione consulatus ad Marcum fratrem liber I cum scholiis et coniecturis Pauli Manutiis de locis aliquot obscurioribus. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1552

See lots 350 and 351 for other volumes from this set.

2 volumes, 8vo (162 x 99 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: (1) a-u⁸ aa-oo⁸: 272 leaves. (2) A-Z⁸ AA-EE⁸: 224 leaves. (Some light dampstaining, heavier in the first volume, particularly at beginning and end.)

binding: Contemporary French limp vellum (160 x 103 mm), double gilt fillet on sides surrounding a gilt arabesque, traces of ties, all edges gilt. (Some cords separated, slightly cockled and dustsoiled.)

provenance: Early inscription on title-page, "P. Terrassina" — John Rutherfurd (1748-1834), of Edgerston, printed booklabel — sale, Sotheby's, Hodgson's rooms, 22-23 April 1971, lot 334 (with 4 other uniformly-bound volumes from a set of Cicero). acquisition: Purchased at preceding sale. references: UCLA 431; Edit16 12309; Renouard 154/7