Shelfmark
En.9.01 - En.9.02
Author
Collective uniform title
Works. 1640.
Title
L. Annaei Senecae philosophi opera omnia / ex ult: I. Lipsii & I.F. Gronovii emendat. et M. Annaei Senecae rhetoris quae exstant ; ex And. Schotti recens.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugd. Batav. : Apud Elzevirios., 1640.
Physical description
3 v. : port ; 14 cm. (12mo)
Note
Vol. 1: [24], 552 p. ; v. 2: 718 p. ; v. 3: 442, [158] p (last 2 leaves blank).
Note
Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces.
Note
Vol. 1 has engraved ill. t.p.; v. 2-3 have letterpress title pages with printer's device (Le Solitaire) and imprint: Lugdun. Batavor. Ex officinâ Elzevirianâ, 1639.
Note
Title of v. 2: L. Annaei Senecae philosophi tomus secundus, in quo epistolae, & quaestiones naturales. Title of v. 3: M. Annaei Senecae rhetoris, Suasoriae, Controversiae, cum Declarationum excerptis.
Citation/references note
Willems, 508.
Provenance
Ownership inscription on front pastedown of vol. 1, partly obscured by later bookplate: Ex libris And. Griffiths.
Provenance
Topham stamp on t.p. : bequeathed to Eton College by Richard Topham in 1736. Topham's copy of Gronovius's notes on L. and M. Annaeus Seneca, published by Elsevier in 1649 and often described as v. 4 of this edition, is at En.7.14.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Contemporary Dutch stiff parchment case binding; yapp edges.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect copy: lacks v. 3. Previous shelfmark Bq.8.1-4 suggests that v. 3 was once at Eton.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: W.664, W.808, Bf.7.2-3, Bq.8.1-4.
Subject
Philosophy, Ancient.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
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Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B36369