Historia de la vida de Marco Tulio Ciceron. Tomo IV
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1588
Author
Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750
Title
Historia de la vida de Marco Tulio Ciceron. Tomo IV
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
Benito Cano
Series
Not identified
Printer
En la Imprenta Real, siendo regente don Pedro Julian Pereyra
Date
1792
Imprint (isbd)
Madrid: Benito Cano; en la Imprenta Real, siendo regente don Pedro Julian Pereyra, 1792
Original language
English
Language
Spanish
Number of volumes
4 volumes
Volume described
Volume IV
Tirage
Spanish illustrated edition of the eighteenth century
Collation
[2], approximately 509 pages; final index; interleaved engraved plates
Illustrations
Engraved frontispiece with bust of Carneades; engraved plates and Roman medals
Format
Quarto
Dimensions
Approximately 22 cm
Typographic signatures
Not verified in the supplied images
Paper type
Laid rag paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Roman type; sharp and well-inked impression; includes engraved plates
Binding type
Contemporary full leather binding
Colours
Mottled hazelnut brown
Decoration
Gilt tools on boards and spine; ornamental rolls; red label with gilt title
Spine
Smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments and red label
Endpapers
Handmade marbled paper in blue, green, white and pink tones
Content description
Fourth and final volume of the Spanish translation of the celebrated biography of Marcus Tullius Cicero written by Conyers Middleton. The work covers Cicero's final years, the Roman political context and the struggles between Caesar, Antony and Octavian. Includes historical, philosophical and numismatic references accompanied by plates and scholarly commentary
Note 1
Eighteenth-century Spanish edition translated by José Nicolás de Azara
Note 2
Illustrated copy with quality engraved plates
Note 3
Preserves uniform contemporary binding
Note 4
Final volume of a complete work in four volumes
Note 5
Includes index of subjects for the four volumes
Main subject
Roman history and biography of Cicero
Subsubjects
Roman Republic; classical philosophy; oratory; Roman politics; Enlightenment humanism; eighteenth-century historiography
Shelfmark
1588
Condition
Good; solid binding; slight staining and scattered oxidation; engravings well preserved
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Preserves original marbled endpapers and gilt decoration in good condition