Old books

[Belisarius]

Hey guys, today when looking through some boxes I found this book and with some help from Grim I Think I figured out what its date is and so on. The front pages are in od Italian and the text is in latin.

I will copy some down -

Elementi Delle Leggi Civili Romane (I think its italian)

Divisi in Quattro Libri
ed esposti nell Italiana favella

Dall'Abate Giuseppe Dall'olio
Giureconculto Romano

M. Tulli
Ciceronis
Epistolarum
AD
Pamiliares

Letters of Marcus Tulius Cicero to [I think] Pamiliares, though that last is pure guesswork
Quote:
Libri XVL

Book 35, so presumably letter 35 really.
Quote:
Cum Selectis (I think) Variantibus Lectionibus

With various selected speeches

VENETIIS MDCCLXXXVII

Venice, 1787.


I posted some random info from it, and I thought I'd post in the History because
- You history buffs might know something about old books
- To see what other old books some people have.


If anyone can help me find out more about this old book and its worth, please contact me.

[removeduser_426582376423734]

Hold on.. you got an original copy of a Cicero?? You gotta be kidding me.

[Sidus Preclarum]

Shouldn't that be Epistolarum ad Familiares (letters to friends) ?
there seem to be quite afew editions of those
http://www.barterbooks.co.uk/bb/bart...256E0A005AC814
http://piccolalibreriaminerva.com/bo...+LECTIBUS.html
http://www.maremagnum.com/libro/cice.../29831717.html
etc

nice find!

Elementi Delle Leggi Civili Romane (I think its italian)

Divisi in Quattro Libri
ed esposti nell Italiana favella

Dall'Abate Giuseppe Dall'olio
Giureconculto Romano

I don't speak italian, but from what I can make out :
Elements of Roman civil law
Divided in 4 books
exposed in the Italian language
By the Abbot Giuseppe Dall'Olio
Roman jurisconsult

[Belisarius]

Thats it, its the 4th Edition, the first being published in the late 1600's and this one in the 1780's.

[VandalCarthage]

My great-grandfather actually had a first edition copy of this (or another Cicero) at some point as I understand it, and I've been told by my great-uncle (who received it later) that most early editions from classical Roman authors are valued highly among collectors - though this one being more obscure would probably be a little more valuable. You could probably find someone on google that could report an accurate worth.

[Belisarius]

Cool, any more info on who I can ask would be helpfull.

[VandalCarthage]

One good place you could contact, particularly if you were interested in selling it, is http://www.forumrarebooks.com/forum/ . I browse around it every now and then, but I'm fairly sure relatives of mine have dealt similarly with them

[Tom Paine]

Shouldn't that be Epistolarum ad Familiares (letters to friends) ?

See, that's what I thought, but assumed Bel must be telling me what it was accurately...