Shelfmark
Go.7.16 - Go.7.18
Author
Uniform title
[Epistolae ad familiares. English]
Title
The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends: with remarks by William Melmoth, Esq; In three volumes. Vol. I. [-III.]
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-mall., 1753..
Physical description
3 v. ([4], 477, [3]; [2], 468, [4]; [2], 384, [4] p.) ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Signatures: v. 1: [A]² B-2H⁸; v. 2: [A]²(-[A]2) B-2G⁸ 2H⁴; v. 3: [A]²(-[A]2) B-2B⁸ 2C².
Note
A free translation by Melmoth of the Ad familiares, arranged according to their supposed dates and divided into 15 books, with an index at the end of each volume referring to the order in which they stand in the edition of Graevius.
Note
With engraved title page vignettes (medallion portraits of Cicero); signed: "Boitard sc.".
Note
Errata (vol. 1-3) on final leaf at end of vol. 3.
Note
Printed marginalia.
Note
Advertisement on [A2]r of v.1.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T136975
Provenance
Black bookplate of Eton College Library, undated, with college crest and initials "RS" (Reynolds Stone) on front pastedown of v.1 and 3; plain label of Eton College Library in v.2.
Binding
?18th-century speckled calfskin over pasteboards. Covers undecorated; gilt roll on board edges (now faded). Spine rebacked with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets and titling over red morocco label ("Melmouth's Cicero"). Textblock trimmed and sprinkled red. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's pencil notes on flyleaves.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: Go.7.01 - 03.
Subject
Cicero, Marcus Tullius Correspondence.
Subject
Authors, Latin Correspondence.
Subject
Latin letters Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Melmoth, William, 1666 - 1743 commentator.
Added entry--name
Dodsley, Robert, 1703 - 1764 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Graevius, Joannes Georgius, 1632 - 1703 associated name.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B51087