Historia de la vida de Marco Tulio Ciceron. Tomo II
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1586
Author
Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750
Title
Historia de la vida de Marco Tulio Ciceron. Tomo II
Original title
The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Writer
Conyers Middleton
Translator
Don Joseph Nicolas de Azara
Statement of responsibility
Escrita en inglés por Conyers Middleton; traducida por Don Joseph Nicolas de Azara
Place of publication
Madrid
Publisher
Imprenta Real
Series
Not identified
Printer
Imprenta Real, siendo regente Don Lazaro Gayguer
Date
1790
Number of volumes
4 volumes
Volume described
Volume II
Imprint (isbd)
Madrid: en la Imprenta Real, siendo regente Don Lazaro Gayguer, 1790
Original language
English
Language
Spanish
Tirage
Illustrated edition of the Spanish Royal Printing Office, eighteenth century
Collation
380 pages
Illustrations
Frontispiece and engraved portraits
Format
Octavo
Dimensions
Not determined
Typographic signatures
Not verified in the supplied images
Paper type
Late eighteenth-century laid paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Manually composed roman type; clean and well-inked impression; title page printed in two colours
Binding type
Contemporary full leather binding
Colours
Brown
Decoration
Gilt fillets and rolls on boards and spine; red title label; marbled edges; marbled endpapers
Spine
Raised bands; gilt decoration; red label with title and volume numbering
Edges
Marbled
Endpapers
Marbled
Content description
Historical and critical biography of Marcus Tullius Cicero centred on his political life, oratorical activity and historical context of Republican Rome. Illustrated Spanish translation of Conyers Middleton's classic work
Chapters
Includes preliminary notes on the plates and various biographical, political and oratorical episodes related to Cicero and figures of Classical Antiquity
Subject matter
Roman history; classical oratory; humanism; political philosophy; Roman Republic
Notable illustrations
Engraved portraits of classical figures and engraved frontispiece
Note 1
Illustrated edition of the Spanish Royal Printing Office, eighteenth century
Note 2
Translation by José Nicolás de Azara
Note 3
Printed on laid paper
Note 4
Preserves engraved plates and old decorated binding
Note 5
Corresponds to the second volume of a complete work in four volumes
Main subject
Life and work of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Subsubjects
Roman history; classical oratory; humanism; political philosophy; Roman Republic; historical biography; classical literature
Shelfmark
1586
Condition
Good overall condition; solid binding; slight wear to edges and spine; occasional foxing and stains inside
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not observed in the supplied images
Copy notes
Illustrated copy with engraved portraits; preserves original marbled endpapers and gilt decoration on binding