![CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). Opera Omnia. Lyon: Antonius Gryphius [ex officina Jeremiae des Planches], 1585. 4 volumes, 2º (397 x 250mm). Titles printed in red and black. With the 2 blanks in volume II. Woodcut device on titles. (Without the blank in volume IV, 3k5 in vol.II cut round and mounted, tear in o8 in vol.III, some discolouration, browning and waterstaining.) Contemporary Roman red morocco, gilt arms of Cardinal Peretti on sides and with the Peretti motifs of stars and 3-mounts at corners and in spine compartments, gilt edges (upper cover of vol.I nearly detached, occasional minor repairs). Provenance: Cardinal Alessandro Damasceni Peretti (1571-1623; binding) -- Turin, Carmelite Library (washed inscription on titles) – Maurice Barras (bookplate dated 1837).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10266_0068_000(cicero_marcus_tullius_opera_omnia_lyon_antonius_gryphius_ex_officina_j093445).jpg?w=1)
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CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). Opera Omnia. Lyon: Antonius Gryphius [ex officina Jeremiae des Planches], 1585. 4 volumes, 2º (397 x 250mm). Titles printed in red and black. With the 2 blanks in volume II. Woodcut device on titles. (Without the blank in volume IV, 3k5 in vol.II cut round and mounted, tear in o8 in vol.III, some discolouration, browning and waterstaining.) Contemporary Roman red morocco, gilt arms of Cardinal Peretti on sides and with the Peretti motifs of stars and 3-mounts at corners and in spine compartments, gilt edges (upper cover of vol.I nearly detached, occasional minor repairs). Provenance: Cardinal Alessandro Damasceni Peretti (1571-1623; binding) -- Turin, Carmelite Library (washed inscription on titles) – Maurice Barras (bookplate dated 1837).
BOUND FOR CARDINAL PERETTI, great nephew of Pope Sixtus V. The edition reprints that of 1584 with the recension of Denys Lambin whose chef-d’oevre was the 1563 edition of Lucretius. 'Scholarly yet passionate, his editorial work expresses a deep sympathy for his subject and the prefaces and notes are a monument of erudition and fine vigorous Latinity’ (PMM). Adams C-1665 (variant collation); cf. PMM 87.
BOUND FOR CARDINAL PERETTI, great nephew of Pope Sixtus V. The edition reprints that of 1584 with the recension of Denys Lambin whose chef-d’oevre was the 1563 edition of Lucretius. 'Scholarly yet passionate, his editorial work expresses a deep sympathy for his subject and the prefaces and notes are a monument of erudition and fine vigorous Latinity’ (PMM). Adams C-1665 (variant collation); cf. PMM 87.
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