1642 M. Tullius Cicero Epistolae Ad Atticus, Aliosque - Original Elzevir Binding M. Tullius Cicero Rare Book Room

M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolæ ad Atticum, Aliosque; Ad optimas editiones collatæ. Lugd. Batauor. Ex Officina Ezeviriana. 1642, Original vellum binding, Printer's device, 685 pp, 5 x 3", 32mo. In fair condition. Vellum boards scuffed at edges and bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Black painted lettering at head of spine bright and clean. General shelf-wear to boards causing light soiling. Previous ownership signature exhibited at top edge of front end-page. Toning around edges of leaves throughout text-block. Some light instances of age or finger-staining. Some instances of exposed cording throughout text-block. Binding is intact. Please see photos. Elzevir is the name of a family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The duodecimo series of "Elzevirs" became very famous and very desirable among bibliophiles (like ourselves), who sought to obtain the tallest and freshest copies of these books. Although it appears the family was involved with the book trade as early as the 16th century, it is only known for its work in some detail beginning with Lodewijk Elzevir. The fame of the Elzevir editions rests chiefly on the works issued by the firm of Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevir. Their Greek and Hebrew impressions are considered inferior to those of the Aldines and the Estiennes, but their small editions in 12mo, 16mo, and 24mo, for their elegance of design, neatness, clearness, regularity of type, and beauty of paper, cannot be surpassed. A clean & attractive Elzevir printing of Cicero's works in Latin. Gift quality! RAREE1642DLOB 03/24 - HK1364