(De Officiis). Tres Officioru(m) Libri ad Marcum filiu(m). Marcus Tullius Cicero

(De Officiis). Tres Officioru(m) Libri ad Marcum filiu(m).
Only 3 other copies known.
Author	Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher	Leipzig: Valentin Schumann , 1515
Edition
Weight	330 gram
CF	VD 16 C 3164. Not in Adams, nor BM, LOC or NCC.
Keywords	Cicero, Julius Caesar, Dictatorship, Dictatuur, Moraal, Morale, Duty, Plicht, Rome, Klassieken, Classical authors, Letters, Brieven, Briefe
Booknumber	21347
Category's	Old & Rare (16th Century) History & Archaeology (Classical Antiquity) Mental Sciences (Philosophy) Literature (Letters)
4-to ( 15 x 21 cm). Lvs 70 (of 71). Later half-vellum, marbled boards. Collatio: Quires A-N consist of 6 leaves, where quires C, G and K consist of 4 leaves. In our copy leaf Lvi replaced by a facsimile and leaf Nvi ( = blank) wanting. Very rare Leipzig-edition; we could trace only 3 other copies (M�nchen, M�nster and Luzern, whereas the Berlin copy was lost during the war. A nicely printed postincunable, almost still an incunable with minuscules for initials. Title printed in black and red with a broad figurative ornamental border. Title-page reads: Marci Tullij // Ciceronis Eloquij Ro//mani Principis tres // Officioru(m) libri ad // Marcum filiu(m). The colophon on leaf Nv-v reads: Excusum Lypsi, in aedibus Valentini // Schumans Calcographi diligen- // tissimi. Quinto Idus Septem // bris. Anno Millesimo // q(ui)ge(n)tesimo Deci- // mo quinto. Valentinus Schuman published this same work again in 1516. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 � 43 BC) wrote this essay on Duties, Obligations and Ideals of Public Behavior shortly before he was assassinated and it was therefore published posthumously. It is divided into three books in which he writes on how to observe moral obligations, how to behave and how to live. It is shaped as a letter to his son (with the same name), advising him not to lead a life of pleasure and indolence, but Cicero obviously had broader public in mind. And in fact, he got that audience, because it was highly esteemed in the Middle Ages and, although not a Christian work, it nevertheless became considered as a moral authority by several Church Fathers. But the work was at the same time highly critical of Julius Caesar and dictatorship in general. Slightly browned; throughout the work several pale traces of (older) marginal notes. Although one leaf wanting, otherwise a very well-preserved copy of a very rare edition.
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