Shelfmark
Fq.3.05 - Fq.3.07
Additional shelfmark
Fq.6.09
Additional shelfmark
Gn.5.13
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)
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
[Fq.3.05 - Fq.3.07] 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
[Fq.3.05 - Fq.3.07] 18th-century engraved bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
[Fq.6.09] Die-sinker bookplate of Eton Library.
Provenance
[Fq.6.09 ; Gn.5.13] Ms. inscription on title-page: "Ar: Hele".
Provenance
[Gn.5.13] Armorial bookplate of Eton School Library on front pastedown.
Binding
[Fq.3.05 - Fq.3.07] 18th-century blind-panelled sprinkled calf; five raised bands; gold-tooled spine with neoclassical ornaments; red and black morocco spine labels.
Binding
[Fq.6.09] 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
[Gn.5.13] ?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.
Copy-specific note
[Fq.3.05 - Fq.3.07] Previously Bf.7.06-Bf.7.09, Bf.7.19-Bf.7.21, EC D1.6-EC D1.8.
Copy-specific note
[Gn.5.13] Imperfect set; volume 3 only.
Subject
Subject
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 Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rhetoric, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Subject
Stoics Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
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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--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B21956