A wonderful edition of Seneca's Morals, a classic of Stoicism written contemporarily to the life, death, and resurrection and to the composition of much of the New Testament. Many scholars see a connection between Stoic philosophy and the language of Paul.
Bound in very attractive crimson read straight-grain calf Cecil & Larkins, a fine 19th century British bindery.
Additionally, the present was published by the important 17th century female printer and publisher, Joanna Brome. Joanna was the widow of printer and publisher, Henry Brome, and continued his trade after he died in 1680. They ran the press from their home. Interestingly, the author of the present publication, Roger L'Estrange, was Surveyor of the Press and had his office upstairs in the Brome house, perhaps to keep on eye on the Bromes, who were prone to print pro-dissenting publications.
L'Estrange, Roger; Seneca. Seneca's Morals by Way of Abstract. Of Benefits, Part I. [with] Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life; Of Anger and Clemency. Part II. [with] Seneca's Morals. The Third, and Last Part. Digested into XXVIII. Epistles. Second Edition. London. Printed by Thomas Newcomb / Miles Fischer for Joanna Brome, at the Gun in S. Paul's Church yard. 1682. [8] + [12] + [12] + 113pp + 115-335 + 331-432 + 441-597pp.
Good + to very good straight grain calf. Very attractive with some rubbing and abrasion on hinges and head and tail of spine as shown, though consolidated and sound. Very nice on the shelf. Attractive marbled endpapers and text block brilliantly gilt in gold with some darkening at head of foredge. Textually bright and crisp, all present and in textual order, but with non-continguously pagination [as usual].
