1680 1st Edition (Thus) , With Provenance
ENCHIRIDION (WITH CEBES, THEOPHRASTUS, PRODICUS & SPURIOUS DE EXILIO) EPICTETUS ET AL.
Prodici Hercules, et M. T. Ciceronis de Exilio Dialogus. Cum versione Latina. Denuo recognita & notis illustrata.
By Charles Aldrich (Carolus Aldrichius)
Author Bio: ALDRICH (Charles) — Carolus Aldrichius. English classicist, active at Oxford in the 1670s–1680s, associated with Bishop John Fell’s Sheldonian press. Frequently credited as the (often un-named) editor of the Oxford pocket edition of Epictetus and allied Greek moral texts (first issued 1670; reissued 1680) with Latin apparatus for student use. Firm personal details are scarce in the record; his reputation rests on these Sheldonian school editions.
Provenance: Sandys armorial ex-libris (Barons Sandys family); substantive early Greek marginalia, suggesting academic use.
Synopsis: Contains several foundational classical moral and philosophical texts in Greek and Latin parallel, typically used for university instruction:
Epictetus – Enchiridion (“The Handbook”) - A Stoic manual on ethics, virtue, and self-control, compiled by his student Arrian.
Cebes of Thebes – Tabula (“The Tablet”) - An allegorical dialogue describing a symbolic picture representing human life, moral education, and philosophical progress.
Theophrastus – Characteres Ethici (“Ethical Characters”) - A series of moral sketches describing different human vices and follies — a forerunner to modern character psychology.
Prodicus – Hercules (Hercules at the Crossroads) - A Socratic allegory describing Hercules choosing between Virtue and Vice.
Cicero – De Exilio (On Exile) - A pseudo-Ciceronian moral dialogue concerning exile and philosophical endurance.
The text was likely prepared by an Oxford don (possibly John Hudson, who edited similar texts later in the 1690s).
Binding: Hardcover, duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7 3⁄8 in 127 × 187 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: PP [12], 99, [1], 79, [1], 25, [2], 12, 9
Language: Greek/Latin
Published By: e Theatro Sheldoniano (Sheldonian), Oxford
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Contemporary full calf, blind-stamped with floral corner ornaments. Early armorial bookplate “Lord Sandys” on front pastedown (the Sandys of Ombersley; eighteenth-century hand). Old scholarly annotations/emendations in a neat hand on the front blank and occasional marginalia—useful evidence of academic use. Early price mark in graphite on the same leaf. Binding worn and scuffed; joints with short cracks but holding; corners bumped. Leaf edges toned; scattered foxing and the usual faint damp-mottling to prelims; one leaf with a small corner chip (not touching text). A good, complete copy with appealing provenance.
The final item, De Exilio, is traditionally printed under Cicero’s name but is pseudepigraphic; inclusion here is typical of 17th-century Oxford school editions issued under the Sheldonian Press (Bishop John Fell’s regime).
12mo
ESTC: R234821
Wing E3148.
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
SKU: BTETM0002457
1680 1st Edition (Thus) , With Provenance
ENCHIRIDION (WITH CEBES, THEOPHRASTUS, PRODICUS & SPURIOUS DE EXILIO) EPICTETUS ET AL.
Prodici Hercules, et M. T. Ciceronis de Exilio Dialogus. Cum versione Latina. Denuo recognita & notis illustrata.
By Charles Aldrich (Carolus Aldrichius)
Author Bio: ALDRICH (Charles) — Carolus Aldrichius. English classicist, active at Oxford in the 1670s–1680s, associated with Bishop John Fell’s Sheldonian press. Frequently credited as the (often un-named) editor of the Oxford pocket edition of Epictetus and allied Greek moral texts (first issued 1670; reissued 1680) with Latin apparatus for student use. Firm personal details are scarce in the record; his reputation rests on these Sheldonian school editions.
Provenance: Sandys armorial ex-libris (Barons Sandys family); substantive early Greek marginalia, suggesting academic use.
Synopsis: Contains several foundational classical moral and philosophical texts in Greek and Latin parallel, typically used for university instruction:
Epictetus – Enchiridion (“The Handbook”) - A Stoic manual on ethics, virtue, and self-control, compiled by his student Arrian.
Cebes of Thebes – Tabula (“The Tablet”) - An allegorical dialogue describing a symbolic picture representing human life, moral education, and philosophical progress.
Theophrastus – Characteres Ethici (“Ethical Characters”) - A series of moral sketches describing different human vices and follies — a forerunner to modern character psychology.
Prodicus – Hercules (Hercules at the Crossroads) - A Socratic allegory describing Hercules choosing between Virtue and Vice.
Cicero – De Exilio (On Exile) - A pseudo-Ciceronian moral dialogue concerning exile and philosophical endurance.
The text was likely prepared by an Oxford don (possibly John Hudson, who edited similar texts later in the 1690s).
Binding: Hardcover, duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7 3⁄8 in 127 × 187 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: PP [12], 99, [1], 79, [1], 25, [2], 12, 9
Language: Greek/Latin
Published By: e Theatro Sheldoniano (Sheldonian), Oxford
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Contemporary full calf, blind-stamped with floral corner ornaments. Early armorial bookplate “Lord Sandys” on front pastedown (the Sandys of Ombersley; eighteenth-century hand). Old scholarly annotations/emendations in a neat hand on the front blank and occasional marginalia—useful evidence of academic use. Early price mark in graphite on the same leaf. Binding worn and scuffed; joints with short cracks but holding; corners bumped. Leaf edges toned; scattered foxing and the usual faint damp-mottling to prelims; one leaf with a small corner chip (not touching text). A good, complete copy with appealing provenance.
The final item, De Exilio, is traditionally printed under Cicero’s name but is pseudepigraphic; inclusion here is typical of 17th-century Oxford school editions issued under the Sheldonian Press (Bishop John Fell’s regime).
12mo
ESTC: R234821
Wing E3148.
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
SKU: BTETM0002457
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