The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Emperor. Translated by George Long.

OVERALL CONDITION: VG

Undated but published between circa 1890 - 1910 by Chapman & Hall in London. First edition thus, first printing. 226 pages. Bound in period full green leather. Octavo, 7.5” x 5.75”

The book was luxuriously bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London in full green calf leather with triple fillets paneling - two gilt fillets and a blind-stamped inner fillet. The spine features five raised bands and compartments filled with intricate gilt design work. Second compartment with a gilt titled red leather spine label. Top edge gilt. Gilt Inner dentelles. High quality endpapers. Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe on the FFEP of each volume. A sewn-in silk ribbon placeholder. Thick, high-quality paper leaves. A beautiful finely bound copy!

ABOUT MARCUS AURELIUS

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (April 121 – March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calm, and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161.

ABOUT THE BINDERY:

Sangorski & Sutcliffe is a firm of bookbinders established in London in 1901. It is considered to be one of the most important bookbinding companies of the 20th century, famous for its luxurious jeweled bindings that used real gold and precious stones in their book covers. It became recognised as one of the leading bookbinders in London. The bindery moved to Poland Street, and managed to survive through the First World War, the Great Depression, the Second World War, and post-war austerity.

CONDITION DESCRIPTION:

The book is in VERY GOOD condition - strongly bound with a square spine, firm hinges and joints and tight pages. Rubbing to spine, edges, joints, boards and corners. Sunning and fading to spine and nearby board leather. Front board color faded. Dentelle offsetting to endpapers. Interior is clean with no writing, bookplates or stickers. Toned frontispiece tissue guard. Overall, the pages of text are impressively tight, clean and white; through several dozen pages have a small brown stain in the upper corner of the fore-edge side.

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