603 - Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Moral Treatises by the Highly Renowned Philosopher and Teacher Lucius Annaeus Seneca. In which we find guidance and instruction on how a person should conduct himself in accordance with virtue in all that God (be it in temporal goods, in good fortune, or in misfortune), so that virtue may not be subordinated to anything that is not eternal and enduring like itself. Recently translated into German by Michael Herr, lover of the liberal arts and medicine. The table of contents and list of the separate and divided books can be found at the end of this first third. With numerous woodcut initials. Strasbourg, Beck, 1536. 6, 244, 8 (the last one blank) leaves, 31 x 21.5 cm. Contemporary blind-stamped leather binding over wooden boards with brass clasps. (Restored using the original cover material; spine replaced; clasps missing; upper corner of front cover (1 x 7.5 cm) broken off).

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Moral Treatises by the Highly Renowned Philosopher and Teacher Lucius Annaeus Seneca. In which we find guidance and instruction on how a person should conduct himself in accordance with virtue in all that God (be it in temporal goods, in good fortune, or in misfortune), so that virtue may not be subordinated to anything that is not eternal and enduring like itself. Recently translated into German by Michael Herr, lover of the liberal arts and medicine. The table of contents and list of the separate and divided books can be found at the end of this first third. With numerous woodcut initials. Strasbourg, Beck, 1536. 6, 244, 8 (the last one blank) leaves, 31 x 21.5 cm. Contemporary blind-stamped leather binding over wooden boards with brass clasps. (Restored using the original cover material; spine replaced; clasps missing; upper corner of front cover (1 x 7.5 cm) broken off). First German edition. - VD16 p. 5775 - Goed. II, 320,9 - Worstbrock 395 - NDB VIII, 679 (Herr). - The translation was done by the physician and humanist Michael Herr (d. c. 1550), a friend of Otto Brunfels. This edition is dedicated to King Ferdinand, the brother of Emperor Charles V. One of the most significant prints by the Strasbourg printer Balthasar Beck. The individual books: On Blessings, On the Order of Life, On God’s Providence, On Poverty, On Making the Best of Daily Circumstances, On Anger, On Mercy, On the Blessed Life, On the Peaceful Life, On the Brevity of Life, A Letter of Consolation for Polybius, A Letter of Consolation for Marcia, A Letter of Consolation for Albina, On the Four Cardinal Virtues, On Morals. - Old library label on the inside cover; the first few pages have minor wormholes; the upper margin has a narrow water stain in places; the first page has slight finger stains and is somewhat browned; the endpaper has been removed and replaced with blank pages. *