1693, Cicero's Orations

Updated August 6, 2026

Lot number9
Auction1066: Rare Books & Bookworm, ONLINE-ONLY Sale
DateAugust 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Auction houseAddison & Sarova Auctioneers
LocationSocial Circle, Georgia

Estimate: 70 / 700 Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106–43 B.C.). M. T. CICERONIS DE ORATORE AD Q. FRATREM LIBRI TRES. EIUSDEM DE CLARIS ORATORIBUS LIBER, QUI DICITUR BRUTUS. EIUSDEM AD M. BRUTUM ORATOR. Dillingen: Bencard, 1693. 6.2" x 3.5". 470 pp. Bound in period blind-stamped pig, clasps wanting. A nice 17th c. Jesuit edition of three of Cicero's principal rhetorical works: De Oratore, his dialogue on the ideal orator; Brutus (De Claris Oratoribus), a history and critical survey of Roman eloquence; and Orator ad M. Brutum, his mature exposition of perfect rhetorical style. Printed at the Jesuit academic press in Dillingen, a major center of Catholic scholarship during the Counter-Reformation. Condition: Vellum lightly soiled and stained, contents with some light foxing and occasional minor stains, front endpaper absent, Good overall.

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