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Author

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 55 B.C.-approximately 39 A.D. author.

Uniform title

Works. Latin. 1515

Title

Ioannes Frobenius uerae philosophiae studiosis S.D. En tibi lector optime, Lucij Annæi Senecæ sanctissimi philosophi lucubrationes omnes, additis etiam no[n]nullis, Erasmi Roterodami cura, si no[n] ab omnibus, certe ab innumeris mendis repurgatæ. In his euoluendis si dilige[n]ter uersaberis, & linguam tuam reddent expolitiorem, & uitam emendatiorem. Bene uale, & nostram industriam, tuo fauo re uicissim adiuua..

Varying form of title

Ioannes Frobenius verae philosophiae studiosis S.D.

Varying form of title

Ioannes Frobenivs verae philosophiae stvdiosis S.D.

Imprint

In inclyta Germaniæ Basilea. : [Joannes Froben], An. M. D. XV. Mense Iulio. [1515]

Physical description

643, [23] pages ; 31 cm (fol.)

Note

Colophon on verso of leaf Ii9: "In inclyta Germaniæ Basilea, Anno.M.D.XV. Mense Augusto. ... Omnes sunt terniones, præter P, qui est quaternio, & Ii, qui est quinternio." Below this is the printer's device.

Note

Signatures: a-z⁶ (p4 wrongly signed n4) A-O⁶ (D4 wrongly signed 4F) P⁸ Q-Z⁶ Aa-Hh⁶ Ii¹⁰.

Note

Title set within an illustrated woodcut border, signed VG [Urs Graf]. Printer's device on title page.

Note

Numerous errors in pagination.

Note

There are also woodcut borders on p. [3] (signed VG [Urs Graf]) and on page 609 (unsigned).

Note

Includes also: Declamationum libri decem and Suasoriarum et controversiarum libri sex, by L. A. Seneca, rhetor. B. Rhenani in ludum L. A. Senecae de morte Claudii Caesaris scholia. De quatuor virtutibus liber unus, and De moribus liber unus, by St. Martin, Abp. of Braga.

Note

Includes index.

Note

Printer's name from shield in border of page [3]: "Ioannes Frobenius suis typis excudebat".

Citation/references note

CLC, S1031

Citation/references note

Adams, S883

Citation/references note

David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), S45

Provenance

Inscription at foot of page [3]: "Liber claustri Roffensis ex dono magistri Ioannis bambrogh vicarii de mallynge"

Provenance

Identified by David Selwyn as having belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577)

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” pasted over Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”

Binding

19th-century; half. -bound in tan sheepskin; boards covered with marbled paper; blind rolls on the edges of the sheepskin, where it meets the marbled paper; spine with three raised bands and blind rolls and stamps; "Senecæ Opera Eradmi cura Roterodami" in gilt on spine; title in ink on fore-edge and on tail-edge: "Senece Opera"; press mark on fore-edge: R6.

Copy-specific note

Extensive manuscript marginal annotations in ink in 16th-century hand (not Guest's hand).

Added entry--name

Rhenanus, Beatus, 1485-1547 author.

Added entry--name

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536 author.

Added entry--name

Martin, of Braga, Saint, approximately 515-579 or 580 author.

Added entry--name

Graf, Urs, approximately 1485-approximately 1527 artist.

Added entry--name

Froben, Johann, -1527 printer.

Added entry--name

Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 former owner.

Added entry--name

Saint Andrew (Church : Rochester, Kent, England) former owner.

Added entry--place

Switzerland Basel

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24010$aWorks.$lLatin.$f1515

24510$aIoannes Frobenius uerae philosophiae studiosis S.D. En tibi lector optime, Lucij Annæi Senecæ sanctissimi philosophi lucubrationes omnes, additis etiam no[n]nullis, Erasmi Roterodami cura, si no[n] ab omnibus, certe ab innumeris mendis repurgatæ. In his euoluendis si dilige[n]ter uersaberis, & linguam tuam reddent expolitiorem, & uitam emendatiorem. Bene uale, & nostram industriam, tuo fauo re uicissim adiuua..

2463#$aIoannes Frobenius verae philosophiae studiosis S.D.

2463#$aIoannes Frobenivs verae philosophiae stvdiosis S.D.

260##$aIn inclyta Germaniæ Basilea. :$b[Joannes Froben],$cAn. M. D. XV. Mense Iulio. [1515]

300##$a643, [23] pages ;$c31 cm (fol.)

500##$aColophon on verso of leaf Ii9: "In inclyta Germaniæ Basilea, Anno.M.D.XV. Mense Augusto. ... Omnes sunt terniones, præter P, qui est quaternio, & Ii, qui est quinternio." Below this is the printer's device.

500##$aSignatures: a-z⁶ (p4 wrongly signed n4) A-O⁶ (D4 wrongly signed 4F) P⁸ Q-Z⁶ Aa-Hh⁶ Ii¹⁰.

500##$aTitle set within an illustrated woodcut border, signed VG [Urs Graf]. Printer's device on title page.

500##$aNumerous errors in pagination.

500##$aThere are also woodcut borders on p. [3] (signed VG [Urs Graf]) and on page 609 (unsigned).

500##$aIncludes also: Declamationum libri decem and Suasoriarum et controversiarum libri sex, by L. A. Seneca, rhetor. B. Rhenani in ludum L. A. Senecae de morte Claudii Caesaris scholia. De quatuor virtutibus liber unus, and De moribus liber unus, by St. Martin, Abp. of Braga.

500##$aIncludes index.

500##$aPrinter's name from shield in border of page [3]: "Ioannes Frobenius suis typis excudebat".

5104#$aCLC,$cS1031

5104#$aAdams,$cS883

5104#$aDavid G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017),$cS45

561##$aInscription at foot of page [3]: "Liber claustri Roffensis ex dono magistri Ioannis bambrogh vicarii de mallynge"

561##$aIdentified by David Selwyn as having belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577)

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” pasted over Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”

563##$a19th-century; half. -bound in tan sheepskin; boards covered with marbled paper; blind rolls on the edges of the sheepskin, where it meets the marbled paper; spine with three raised bands and blind rolls and stamps; "Senecæ Opera Eradmi cura Roterodami" in gilt on spine; title in ink on fore-edge and on tail-edge: "Senece Opera"; press mark on fore-edge: R6.

590##$aExtensive manuscript marginal annotations in ink in 16th-century hand (not Guest's hand).

7001#$aRhenanus, Beatus, 1485-1547,$eauthor.

7001#$aErasmus, Desiderius,$d-1536$eauthor.

7000#$aMartin, of Braga, Saint, approximately 515-579 or 580,$eauthor.

7001#$aGraf, Urs, approximately 1485-approximately 1527,$eartist.

7001#$aFroben, Johann,$d-1527$eprinter.

7001#$aGuest, Edmund,$d1514?-1577$eformer owner.

7102#$aSaint Andrew (Church : Rochester, Kent, England),$eformer owner.

752##$aSwitzerland$dBasel