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Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus

The Emperor Marcus Antoninus His Conversation With Himself

for Richard Sare London 1708 Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker. As also, The Emperor's Life, Written by Monsieur D'acier, and Supported by the Authorities Collected by Dr. Stanhope. To which is added the Mythological Picture of Cebes the Theban, &c. Translated into English, from the Respective Originals. By Jeremy Collier, M.A. The Second Edition Corrected. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Vander Gucht. 8vo. [197 x 118 x 32 mm]. [5]ff, 420pp. Bound in contemporary calf, the covers panelled in blind, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in the second on a red goatskin label and with paper labels with ink shelf-marks at the head and foot, plain endleaves, red sprinkled edges. Occasional light browning but a fine copy from Shirburn Castle, with the South Library bookplate and the Earl of Macclesfield's blind stamp. Collier's translation of Marcus Aurelius was first published in 1701, and reissued in 1702.

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