Rare book 1584 Edition of Cicero’s Collected Sentences and Apophthegms, Turin.

Rare book 1584 Edition of Cicero’s Collected Sentences and Apophthegms, Turin. Title: M. T. Ciceronis Sententiarum Illustrium Apophthegmatum, Similium, Nonnullarum Item Piarum Sententiarum Collectio, edited by Petrus Lagnerius. Printed: Taurini (Turin), by Io. Baptista Ratterius, 1584. Pages: 435 pages + Index. Binding: Full original with handwritten inscriptions on the cover and front pastedown. Lacks front endpaper. Tight and intact spine. Condition: Good condition overall. Light wear consistent with age, soiling to cover, a few small tears. Textblock darkened and uniformly aged. Some period owner’s inscriptions, adding to its historical value. This compact 16th-century compendium gathers moral and philosophical quotations (sententiae) and apophthegms attributed to Marcus Tullius Cicero, as well as excerpts from other ancient Roman and Greek authors including P. Terentius and Demosthenes. Edited by the Renaissance humanist Pietro Lagnerio, the book reflects the early modern fascination with classical wisdom and rhetorical eloquence, especially within the context of moral instruction and political theory. Size 14x9x3,5cm.