Martij Tullij Ciceronis philosophie totius: ac facundie principis: de Officijs. Amicitia: Senectute paradoxis: Illustria monimenta. Cum diligentissima Iodoci Badij Ascensij textus explanatione. Necnon elegantissimis consummatissimiso Petri Marci commentarijs. Preterea. addidimus Francisci Maturantij Perusini. In libros officiorum. n modo perfecti oratoris: sed eti philosophi per excellentes in eiusdem Ciceronis Paradoxis commentarij ... Deinde. tabula fideliter impressa ... aucta: ad amussimo castigata. Et de nouo emendatus per Nicolaum Cappusotum ..
1952. Lyon: Simon Vincent, 1511.
Squat 4to, 8, 281, [1] ff. Below the heading is a woodcut. Below the title is a printer's mark, and below this a fleur-de-lis in red. Title in black and red. Bound by Aarom von Hemmersbach in a colored tattoo binding with the bust of Cicero on the upper cover and a Roman landscape on the lower cover; raised bands with floral decoration. Initially a somewhat crude rebinding by Pierre Thibaudeau brilliantly reworked by von Hemmersbach.
§ Very rare early edition. Colophon: Absolutum hoc preclarum Opus Lugd ... impensis vero Simonis vincent ac industria Iacobi myt Io i de la place ... anno d i. m. ccccc. xi. Recto of last leaf is blank;verso has mark of Simon Vincent. Manuscript notes and ownership inscriptions partially erased. Although Cicero had been printed from 1470 on, the earliest editions of this version of Cicero were 1509 (2) and 1511 (2, including this one recorded in only one copy in First Search, in Sweden.) Binder's note: "“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”- Cicero.
An early 16th century printing, the front cover depicting a portrait of Cicero, more accurately, a portrait of a bust of Cicero. On the rear cover, a Roman garden with ruins and green vegetation surrounding a stone patio. On the spine, a cascade of chickpeas and leaves. The Latin word for chickpea, is cicer, and although there are several theories as to why he was given this name, it stuck officially throughout time as Cicero." A. von Hemmersbach. Item #125440
Price: $9,750.00