1778 - The Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Hardcover. Condition: Good (Binding Copies). 1778. Dodsley. Third Edition. Complete in three volumes.

The letters of the Roman statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) form the most extensive surviving correspondence from the ancient world. Rediscovered by Renaissance humanists like Petrarch, the collection of over 900 letters provides an unfiltered, intimate look into the political turmoil and daily life of the late Roman Republic

Leather bound with marbled end pages. Boards detached in most volumes. Interior clean.

From the personal library of James Wakeman-Newport (1764–c.1838). He and his family were prominent 18th and 19th-century residents of Hanley Court, a historic country mansion located in Worcestershire, England.