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Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Ex officina Henrici et viduae Theodori Boom, 1682. Hardcover. The philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian Seneca (circa 4 BCE - 65 CE) was Rome's leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century and was virtual ruler with his friends of the Roman world between 54 and 62, during the first phase of the emperor Nero's reign. Octavo: [lx], 785, [xxxix] p. with the engraved title page. Full vellum binding, with yapp edges and a later gilt-stamped leather spine label. Mild toning to the index. The armorial bookplate of Maurice Benedict de Worms (1805-67) appears on the front pastedown. Some general dust staining to the top edge. The vellum is soiled, more so along the spine, with a bit of loss to the spine label (not affecting the title).

Amsterodami: Sumptibus Societatis, 1668. 4 3/4" x 2 1/2". 284 pages. text in Latin. Engraved title page with printer s mark of Blaeu, Amsterdam, a sundial. Bound in contemporary calf, Good, loss of leather to back, top corner clipped blank front end page, first flyleaf missing. . Calf. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Contemporary parchment binding. Front and back with blind tooling frame and folded edges. 115 x 60 mm, 24º: pi1 A-S#8, [2] 287 [1] pp.; (ad 2:) A-P#8, 240 pp.; (ad 3:) A-G#8 H#2, 126 pp. All three copies with engraved title page with the printer’s mark of Blaeu. Good copy.Three texts by Latin poets that were published in the same year. Wiillem Janzs. Blaeu, an Amsterdam bookseller and cartographer, began in 1619 with publishing classical texts in small format and so he did this before Elzevier began to do this, although he then still went under the name of Willem Jansz. The works of these three lyrical Latin poets Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius were often published together. Rare copy. ZKL0071

1646 SENECA Tragedies Stoic Philosophy Stoicism Mythology Hercules Amsterdam

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
― Seneca

A rare early-16th-century printing of the works of Seneca the Younger. Seneca wrote essays, dialogues, and letters, all of which offer valuable insight into Ancient Rome. His tragedies, however, are his most iconic and recognizable works. These works tell many of the famous stories of mythology including those of Hercules, The Trojan Women, Oedipus, and Agamemnon.
This 1646 pocket-size edition was published in Amsterdam and features a fine, illustrated title page.

Item number: #20498
Price: $499
SENECA, Lucius Annaeus
L. Annaei Senecae et aliorum Tragoediae : serio emendatae
Amsterodami: Apud Ioann. Ianssonium, 1646.
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Collation: complete with all pages
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263, [1]
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Includes engraved title page
· Provenance: Handwritten – [P. Nicolais Zannini], 1773
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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