Cassiodorus Opera omnia 1656 in fine binding
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BINDING. CASSIODORUS, MAGNUS AURELIUS. Opera omnia quae extant, ex fide manuscr. auctoria & locupletoria. Collatis etiam exemplaribus tam veteribus, quam recens edita... Genevae (sumptibus Philippi Gamonet) 1656.
4to (215x165 mm). (16), 1-779, (33, last blank) pp.
Contemporary full calf binding, slightly worn and rubbed to edges, covers with richly gilt noble coat-of-arms of François Brunet de Montforan with gilt crowns in the corners, covers slightly warped, richly gilt spine in compartments, gilt title, marbled edges. Notes pasted in on inside of cover, notes on first free endpaper. Ex library copy with stamp on title and endpaper. Bookdealer´s stamp J. B. Mercier, Livres Dijon. Title mounted on old paper, text with some browning and spotting, some worming at a few pages to the end, not affecting text.
Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (c. 485 - c. 585), commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman statesman and writer, serving in the administration of Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Senator was part of his surname, not his rank.
Cassiodorus spent his career trying to bridge the 6th century cultural divides: between East and West, Greek culture and Latin, Roman and Goth, and between a Christian people and their Arian ruler. He speaks fondly in his Institutiones of Dionysius Exiguus, the calculator of the Anno Domini era. (Wikipedia).
Auktionsnummer:
6350
Datum:
2017-11-21