{"product_id":"marcus-aurelius-meditations-london-1905-122498","title":"[Meditations].","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eA sweet copy of this important work of Stoic philosophy offering a fascinating insight into the mind of the last of Rome's Five Good Emperors, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (AD 121-180). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcus Aurelius composed his Meditations between 170 and 180 AD as a private work, intended for his own moral guidance and self-improvement. The first definite mention of the text was made by Arethas of Caesarea in the 10th century, who sent a copy of the Emperors' '[writings] to himself' to Demetrius, Archbishop of Heracleia sometime before 907 AD. Although now lost, this edition is considered the likely source of the two extant manuscripts on which the present-day text is almost entirely based. The work survives to offer us a unique insight into the mind of a Roman emperor and 'philosopher king'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8vo (17 x 11 cm); wood-engraved title, 2pp publisher's ads to rear, slight spotting to endpapers; publisher's brown cloth, tooled in gilt to an Art Nouveau design, top-edge gilt, spine slightly faded very good; [8], 254, [2 ads]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"AURELIUS, Marcus Aurelius Antonius.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56941748879735,"sku":"122498","price":174.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/122498_967d1fd0-73a6-46d8-9074-91e814dc5256.jpg?v=1775862801","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/marcus-aurelius-meditations-london-1905-122498","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}