CICERO; [DAVID, Henry (translator)].
Thoughts of Cicero,
Thoughts of Cicero,
on the following subjects, viz. I religion. II. man. III. conscience. IV. the passions. V. wisdom. VI. probity. VII. eloquence. VIII. Friendship. IX old age. X. death. XI. Scipio's dream. XII. miscellaneous thoughts. Published in Latin and French by the Abbé d'Olivet; to which is now added, an English translation, with notes.
Stock Code 125308
London, Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, and R. Griffiths, at the Dunciad in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1750.
First trilingual edition, first printing; 12mo (17 x 11 cm); text in English, French and Latin, woodcut ornaments, ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto; contemporary gilt-ruled calf, a little rubbed with slight loss to corners and spine ends, joints slightly split, but holding; [4], 367, [1]pp.
ESTC T144283.
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