[SENECA, Lucius Annaeus c. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.]. L. Annaei Senecae Opera, quae exstant / integris Justi Lipsii, J. Fred. Gronovii & selectis variorum commentariis illustrata. Accedunt Liberti Fromondi in quaestionum naturalium libros & apokolo-kyntōsin notae & emendationes. Amstelodami : Apud Danielem Elsevirium, cIↄ Iↄc LXXII-III [1672-1673].
Hardcover. Reprint. In three volumes (complete). Vellum-bound. Thick octavos (200 x 130 mm), pp. [48], 869; [4], 998 [86 index]; [24], 750, (1). Errors in pagination: vol. 2: 757 misnumbered 657; 799 misnumbered 699 ; vol. 3: 221 misnumbered 121. Signatures: [ ]⁴ 2-3*⁸ 4*⁴ A-3H⁸ 3I⁴, *2 A-3X⁸ 3Y⁶, *⁸ 2*⁴ a-x⁸ y⁴ A-3A⁸. Contemporary full vellum, with titles hand-written in black ink to spine heads. Red dyed page edges. Initial and terminal blanks present. Latin text, with some words and passages in Greek. Roman letter. The imprint dates use turned Cs. Vol. I has added engraved title-page, and three engraved portraits in the text. Apokolokyntōsin in title is in Greek script. Title-page printer's device/ vignettes, with motto 'Ne extra oleas'. Decorative initials. Head- and tail-pieces. Footnotes - bibliographical references. Indexes. Bookplate of John Thornton to front pastedown of vol.1 only. Title variations. Vol. 2 title-page: L. Annaei Senecae Operum tomus secundus. In quo Epistolae, et Quaestiones naturales, ... Vol. 3 title-page: M. Annaei Senecae Rhetoris opera, quae exstant, integris Nicolai Fabri, Andr. Schotti, Joh. Fred. Gronovii, & selectis variorum commentariis illustrata, ... Accedunt Johannis Schultingii in eundem notae & emendationes, hactenus ineditae. Vol. 3 includes commentaries by N. Faber, A. Schott & J.F. Gronovius, and notes by J. Schulting. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings secure. Mild markings to covers. Contents largely clean with light tanning and a few ink spots.
Note: Ebert writes: "This neat edition contains the last and most complete Gronov edition of Seneca and is at the same time one of the rarest and most sought after cum notis varior". Joh. Schulting's notes to Seneca's rhetorical writings first appear in this rather rare edition. It contains the younger Seneca's prose works: Dialogi, De clementia, De beneficiis, Naturales quaestiones, and Epistulae morales ad Lucilium. [Ebert 20862; Rahir, E. Elzevier 1581; Willems, A. Elzevier 1477; Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.) volume 5, column 277].
