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.