CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS.

Opera Omnia, in sectiones, Apparatui Latine locutationis respondentes, distincta. Praeter hectenus vulgatam DION. LAMBINI editionem, accesserunt D. GOTHOFREDI IC. Notae: in queis Variae lectiones, propriè infinitae: Synopses generales & speciales singulis vel libris vel paginis adiectae: Ciceronis loca praecipua & difficiliora, inter se primò: aliis deinde authoribus Grammaticis, Rhetoribus, Poëtis, Historiciis, Iurisconsultis maximè collata: ut & Formulae, quae ad ius, leges, senatusconsulta, & actiones pertinent, explicatae. Index generalis brevitate, & arte summa compositus praeter superiora, ediectus est. 4 vols.

Geneve, Typis Jacobi Stöer, 1646. 4to. Bound in one cont. full vellum w. traces of wear and some overall soiling . Front-hinge cracked, but board not loosening. Occational brownspotting. Broad woodcut ornamental title-border. Woodcut initials and vignettes. Cont. and 18th century annotations to inside of boards and free end-papers: Before final free end-paper a full-page handwritten note in French in 18th century hand has been inserted, beginning thus: "Essai sur les Eloges_de M: Thomas...", 17 lines. First free end-paper w. a half-page manuscript inscription in Latin in 18th cent. hand beginning: In Lectione librorum philosophicorum..." and ending: "Approbatur.", 10 lines. Early 18th cent. owner's inscription by Gustav Adolph Rautsenfeldt as well as a presentation-inscription from his parents. Late 18th century owner's inscription by L.E. Broberg, stating taht the book was bought at the sale of "Westerås Kungl./ Gymnasium." Three cont. manuscript dates: 1671, 1679, 1681. Additional 18th cent. handwritten indexes on blank leaves and blank versos at the end of each volume. (8) pp, 436, 958, 635, 714 columns, (103 pp. - Index).

The 1646 Geneva-edition of one of the most celebrated and important Cicero-editions, Gothofredus' 4 volume-edition with the notes of former commentators, especially the famous ones by Lambinus. The first edition appeared in 1588 and was reprinted several times during the 17th century. Graesse does not have the 1642 Geneva-edition, but only the Geneva-edition from 1659.

The Gothofredus-edition of Cicero is considered one of the most important ones. Denys Godefroy (1549-1621) also distinguished himself as the editor of the "Corpus Juris Civilis". Lambinus, or Denis Lambin (1520-1572) was a famous Latin scholar. After having studied the best Latin and Greek authors, he entered the service of Cardinal de Tournon and accompanied him on visits two Italy, which, due to the contact with important scholars, enabled him to gain access to the manuscripts of the Vatican. His collation of these manuscripts helped him becoming an authority on the Latin Classics. In 1566 he issued a brilliant edition of the whole of Cicero, and by then he had won a wide reputation as a highly important editor of Latin authors.

Graesse 2:157 (first edition and later Geneva-edition), Dibdin II:399 (first edition), not in Brunet

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