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Opera Philosophica. Epistolae
[Philosophical Works. Letters]

Item date(s): 1475

Lucius Annaeus Seneca  (Approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.)
Blasius Romerus  - (edited by)
Bernardinus, (from Colonia)  - (printed by)


Pages: 214 leaves (other copies described but possibly missing some)
Size: 320mm (this copy is taller than most described: e.
Binding: Full vellum
Language: Latin

Sub-type: Incunubula

Place publication: Naples, Italy
Publisher: Mathius Moravus

Additional notes:
Imperfect copy of incunabulum [edited by Blasius Romerus]. Original pigskin binding from a manuscript showing on the inside covers, with remains of ties still extant. Rubricated initials in red and blue throughout with manuscript illustrations; indications of provenance and additional cursive text in some margins and on endpapers

Bernardinus, de Colonia, active 1477-1478, printer

Incunabula — Italy. Printed books — Italy — Treviso — 15th century. Books in Latin — 15th century. Vellum bindings (Binding) — 15th century — Italy

General Notes: Title from leaf 213 [ should be but not found].

Capitals drawn throughout in red or blue.

Underlining and marginalia of a later date.

Laced-case binding of parchment. Title and date in pencil on inner cover.

Reference note:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.

Exhibition notes:
Beyond Words

JGCBA

20 June - 11 Aug 2023



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