Lot 08012

PETAU Denis, CICERO, “Διονυσίου του Πεταβιου του εκ της εταιρείας Ιησού Πάρεργα Αττα. τουτέστι του Κικέρωνος Παραδόξων, και του αυτού τινών ετέρων μετάφρασις. Dionysii Petavii e societate Iesu, Parerga quaedam: hoc est Ciceronis Paradoxa, & eiusdem alia Graece reddita”, Paris, Gramoisy, 1649. 12mo, pp. 1 blanc leaf, title page, [15], 2-125, [3], 1 blanc leaf. Text in parallel Greek & Latin. Very rare edition of the French Jesuit theologian Denis Petau work on Cicero, including Cicero’s Paradoxa, De Officiis and Epistolae to Markus Antonius. Full vellum, lightly soiled. Light water-stain on lower corner throughout. Round cachets “Centre Culturel des Premonres”. Rare edition, only a few copies tracked worldwide.