Shelfmark
Fq.3.05 - Fq.3.07 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Fq.6.09 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Gn.5.13 (copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1436.05 (copy 4)
Author
Uniform title
[Selections. 1672]
Title
L. Annæi Senecæ Opera, quæ exstant, integris Justi Lipsii, J. Fred. Gronovii, & selectis variorum commentariis illustrata. Accedunt Liberti Fromondi in Quæstionum naturalium libros & Apokolokyntōsin notæ & emendationes.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Opera quae exstant
Varying form of title
L. Annaei Senecae Opera, quae exstant
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amstelodami, : Apud Danielem Elsevirium, M DC LXXII. [1672]
Physical description
3 v. : ill., ports. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Language
In Latin, with some text in Ancient Greek.
Note
Title word "Apokolokyntōsin" transliterated from Greek.
Note
Vol. 2 title-page: L. Annæi Senecæ Operum tomus secundus. In quo Epistolæ, et Quæstiones naturales, integris Justi Lipsii, J. Fred. Gronovii, Lib. Fromondi, & selectis variorum commentariis illustratæ.
Note
Vol. 3 title-page: M. Annæi Senecæ Rhetoris opera quæ exstant ... integris Nicolai Fabri, Andr. Schotti, Joh. Fred. Gronovii, & selectis variorum commentariis illustrata ...
Note
Contains the younger Seneca's prose works only: Dialogi, De clementia, De beneficiis, Naturales quaestiones, and Epistulae morales ad Lucilium. Does not include his Tragedies.
Note
Turned Cs in imprint date.
Note
Printer's device on title-pages, with motto 'Ne extra oleas'.
Note
Added engraved general title-page depicting a bust of Seneca in vol. 1 (included in pagination and register).
Note
Pagination: Vol. 1: [56], 869, [1]; vol. 2: [4], 998, [60]; vol. 3: [24], 750, [2], 316, [28] p.
Note
Signatures: vol. 1: *-***⁸ ***⁴ A-Hhh⁸ Iii⁴ (Iii4 blank); vol. 2: *² A-Xxx⁸ Yyy⁶; vol. 3: *⁸ **⁴ A-Aaa⁸ a-x⁸ y⁴.
Citation/references note
Willems, 1477
Provenance
Copy 1: Topham stamp on title-pages: bequeathed to Eton College by Richard Topham in 1736. Topham stamp on front flyleaf of vol. 1 with ms. excerpt from Quintilian.
Provenance
Copy 1: 18th-century engraved bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Copy 2: Die-sinker bookplate of Eton Library.
Provenance
Copies 2 and 3: Ms. inscription on title-page: "Ar: Hele".
Provenance
Copy 3: Armorial bookplate of Eton School Library on front pastedown.
Provenance
Copy 4: Armorial bookplate of Eton Library on front pastedown.
Provenance
Copy 4: Ms. annotations in various hands: "C 48" in pencil on the verso of the front flyleaf, "B 15" in pencil on the back paste down, and "3 V. ii. n2. 2" in black ink on a back flyleaf.
Binding
Copy 1: 18th-century blind-panelled sprinkled calf; five raised bands; gold-tooled spine with neoclassical ornaments; red and black morocco spine labels.
Binding
Copy 2: 19th-century brown diced russia calf; double gold fillet to form a border; blind- and gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers and text block fore-edges.
Binding
Copy 3: ?17th/18th-century brown calfskin over pasteboard. Covers decorated with double gilt fillets to form a border; blind lozenge mesh pattern; double gilt fillets on board edges and gilt roll on turn-ins. Spine flat with gilt fillets and tools. Textblock trimmed and marbled. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated laid paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Binding
Copy 4: 19th-century brown diced russia calf; double gold fillet to form a border; marbled endpapers and text block fore-edges.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Previously Bf.7.06-Bf.7.09, Bf.7.19-Bf.7.21, EC D1.6-EC D1.8.
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Imperfect set; volume 3 only.
Copy-specific note
Copy 4: Imperfect set; volume 1 only.
Subject
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C. - 65 A.D. Criticism and interpretation.
Subject
Epistolary fiction Early works to 1800.
Subject
Ethics, Ancient.
Subject
Latin letters Early works to 1800.
Subject
Natural history Pre-Linnean works.
Subject
Philosophy, Ancient.
Subject
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Subject
Stoics Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form
Treatises.
Added entry--name
Lipsius, Justus, 1547 - 1606 commentator.
Added entry--name
Gronovius, Joannes Fredericus, 1611 - 1671 commentator.
Added entry--name
Froidmont, Libert, 1587 - 1653 commentator.
Added entry--name
Schottus, Andreas, 1552 - 1629 commentator.
Added entry--name
Elzevir, Daniel, 1626 - 1680 printer.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added Entry-Uncontrolled Related/Analytical Title
L. Annaei Senecae Operum tomus secundus. In quo Epistolae, et Quaestiones naturales.
Added Entry-Uncontrolled Related/Analytical Title
Epistolae, et Quaestiones naturales.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B21956