{"product_id":"marcus-aurelius-meditations-london-1900-124664","title":"[Meditations].","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003efinely printed by the Chiswick Press\u003c\/h4\u003eA finely printed example of this important work of Stoic philosophy by the last of Rome's Five Good Emperors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcus Aurelius composed his \u003cem\u003eMeditations\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003e\u003ci\u003e8vo (18.5 x 13 cm); title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, ownership inscriptions in pen to front free endpaper recto, slight spotting throughout, but a nice well-margined copy; contemporary gilt-vellum, covers with oval gilt panel, gilt spine, top-edge gilt, others uncut, a little soiled, very good; [8], 237, [1]pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"AURELIUS, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57478936330615,"sku":"124664","price":800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/124664_01_16edfe81-fe6c-4468-9331-e192967a67e9.jpg?v=1790111248","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/marcus-aurelius-meditations-london-1900-124664","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}