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<dl><dd>[140] leaves ; 32 cm (fol.)</dd>
<dd>Title from half-title (a1 recto)</dd>
<dd>Imprint derived from colophon (z6 recto): Venetiis: per Lazarum Isoarda de Saviliano. M.cccc.lxxxxii. die .xii. Decembris</dd>
<dd>Commentator's preface (a2 recto) with heading: Gellius Bernardinus Marmita Parmiensis eminentissimo ac humanissimo D.D. Guielmo de Rupeforti magno cancellario Franciae S.D</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a⁸ b-z⁶.</dd>
<dd>Chancery folio; commentary surrounds text, a3 recto: 60 lines of commentary surrounding text, 243 x 144 mm; types: 104R (text), 81R (preface and commentary), 150G (half-title); initial spaces with guide letters</dd>
<dd>"The line 'Cum priuilegio ...' on leaf z6r has been added with a stamp after printing off; it does not appear in all copies. Reprinted from the edition of Lambillon and Saracenus, Lyons, 1491 (IB.420033)"--Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.63 FOLIO without ink-stamped "Cum privilegio ..." on z6 recto. Leaf dimensions 303 x 202 mm.</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.63 FOLIO with the bookplate of Sir Charles Frederick and leather book ticket of Frederick Spiegelberg. Bookplate of the BPL Benton Fund on rear pastedown. Dealer's notes, etc. Unidentified typescript description tipped to front flyleaf recto. Inscribed on title page, "Leeds 1769," and in a later hand, "Leeds 1901." Heavily annotated in multiple hands, all washed away and nearly illegible. Purchased in November, 1937.</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.63 FOLIO bound in ca. 18th-century sprinkled sheepskin, rebacked in modern brown goatskin. All text block edges sprinkled blue.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Criticism and interpretation</div>
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<dl><dd>Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.</dd>
<dd>Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D</dd></dl></div>
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