M. FABII QUINCTILIANI DE INSTITUTIONE ORATORIA libri duodecim collatione codicus Gothani et Iensonianae editionis aliorumque librorum ac perpetuo commentario illlustrati a Io. Matthia Gesnero accedit praefatio et indices copiosissimi.
Gottingen: Gottingae apud Abram Vandenhoeck, 1738.
Rubricated title page, occasional foxing. [xxxvi], 640, [240] indexes. Thick 4to, full brown calf, hinges weak, covers rubbed. Gottingen: Gottingae apud Abram Vandenhoeck, 1738. Very good.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was a famous Roman advocator and orator. Quintilian wrote and published his one surviving work, Institutione Oratoria, in twelve books. It describes the life and training of an orator from birth until maturity. Book 12 sums up the discussion of an ideal orator by elucidating the personal and moral characteristics "a good man who knows how to speak" (Quintilian quoting Cato the Elder). Quintilian insisted on eloquence as a moral force, but was most concerned with good content to help shape sensible men.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(-)
Language: Latin
Price: $850.00
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