Fd.1.14
[Works. 1632]
L. Annæi Senecæ philosophi Opera quæ exstant omnia: / a Iusto Lipsio emendata et scholiis illustrata.
Portion of title: Opera quae exstant omnia
Editio tertia atque ab vltima LipsI manu: aucta Liberti Fromondi Scholijs ad quæstiones naturales, et Ludum de morte Claudij Cæsaris.
Antuerpiæ : ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, M. DC. XXXII. [1632]
[16], xxxvi, 893, [5] p. : ill., port. ; Fo.
Text in Latin with small sections within text in Greek.
Includes index at end.
Woodcut historiated initials and end-pieces.
Four further illustrations (within text), all after originals by Peter Paul Rubens: frontispiece portrait of Justus Lipsius (engraved by Cornelis Galle; on verso of half title page), the Death of Seneca (also signed by Cornelis Galle), a portrait bust of Seneca (un-signed) and a small unidentified protrait (unsigned); all four plates were made for the second edition of 1614.
Half title page: L. Annæi Senecæ Opera a Iusto Lipsio emendata et scholiis illustrata. ...'
Engraved title page by Theodoor Galle first used in the Officina Plantiniana's 1605 'Opera omnia' of Seneca.
Illustration of Books Published by the Moretuses. Antwerp: Plantin-Moretus Museum, 1996, p. 139
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Contemporary dark brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border; blind tooled double fillet on spine, with two panels of hatching at head and tail; faded red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; five raised bands.
Previous shelfmark: Fd.2.15.
Moretus, Balthasar, 1615 - 1674 printer.
Lipsius, Justus, 1547 - 1606 editor.
Galle, Cornelis, 1576 - 1650 engraver.
Froidmont, Libert, 1587 - 1653 editor.
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Plantijnsche Drukkerij printer.
Belgium Antwerp.
lat grc
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