Author: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus [ca. 55 B.C. - ca.. 39 A.D.]. Schottus, Andreas [1552 - 1629]
Title: M. ANNAEI SENECAE RHETORIS, Suasoriae, Controversiae, cum Declamationum Excerptis. Ex ultima Andreae Schotti recensione. Tomus Tertius
Description: Lugdun. Batavor: Ex Officina Elsevitiana, 1639. 1st edition thus. Not in Willems (who notes a 1640 edition, cf. 508). Berghman, in his supplement to Willims, discusses the 1639 publication in entry 673 (for the 1649 edition). Period full vellum binding, yapp edges, with hand-inked title to spine crown. 442, [154] pp. T.p. printer's device. Head-- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 24mo: A - 2B12. Last leaf blank. 13.5 cm x 7 cm. Binding a bit aged. A few unobtrusive ex-lib markings to prelims. Early annotations/pos to eps & t.p. which has had 'Tomus Tertius' erased. Lacking rfep & rear hinge paper starting. Withal, a VG copy. Stand-alone 3rd volume of the 1639 - 1640 Elzevir edition of the works of Seneca the Elder & Younger; the first 2 volumes contain the works of Seneca the Younger, while this volume contains the works of his father. Additionally, this volume includes 2 indexes, the first covering vols. 1-2 & the 2nd for this 3rd volume.

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