1656 Boethius Consolation of Philosophy Medieval Latin CLASSIC Renatus Vallinus

1656 Boethius Consolation of Philosophy Medieval Latin CLASSIC Renatus Vallinus

 

“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.”

― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

 

“A golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully.”

– Edward Gibbon

 

A rare edition of “The Consolation of Philosophy” by Boethius, a work that has been described as “the single most important and influential work on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity and is the last great Western work of the Classical Period.” (‘Consolation of Philosophy’, Oxford 2000, introduction). This work in an imaginary dialogue between Boethius and the personification of philosophy, arguing that there is a higher power. Boethius engages questions such as the nature of predestination and free will, why evil men often prosper, and good men fall into ruin, human nature, virtue, and justice.

 

Printed in 1656, this edition was collected and edited by Renatus Vallinus, published by Hackium.

 

Item number: #24038

Price: $750

 

BOETHIUS

 

An. Manl. Sever. Boetii, Consolationis philosophiæ libri V. Ejusd. opuscula sacra auctiora

 

Lugd. Batavorum: Apud F. Hackium, 1656.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [30], 214, [14]; 117, [5]
  • Engraved title page and portrait of Boethius
• Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – The Right Hon^ble. Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex, Viscount Maldon, and Baron Capell of Hadham. 1701
  • Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex, PC (1670–1710) was an English peer, military officer and courtier. Between the years of 1691-1710, he held various distinguished positions within the British government and military including: Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King William III; Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and Colonel of the Hertfordshire Militia; Colonel of the 4th Dragoons; and Privy Counsellor to Queen Anne. Motto: FIDE ET FORTITUDINE
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Supralibros of an Earl’s crown and SX on front board (Earl of Essex)
• Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10.5cm)

 

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