M.T. Cicero's Cato major, or his Discourse on old age / with explanatory notes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author)
Corporate Author: Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles (Bookseller)
Other Authors: Logan, James, 1674-1751 (Translator), Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Printer, Bookseller), Pratt, W. (bookbinder.)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Printed and sold by B. Franklin, 1744.
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Physical Description:viii, 159 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Inscriptions in pencil on front fly-leaves, including: "MSC[?] 6/57 cp[?]" and "1st edition second issue with word "only" on line 5 p 27. 1st issue is ony[.] fine clean large copy very rare"; inscription in pencil at head of first front fly-leaf recto (mostly erased): "W.A. White, 30 [...] 1887"(?); inscription in pencil on verso of title page: "1/86[?] cc[?]".
MSS 466 box 2 folder 101
Bound in late 19th-century black morocco; boards, spine, outer edges, and turn ins tooled in gilt; boards and spine stamped in gilt; spine lettered in gilt; gilt edges; maroon paste-downs; binding signed in gilt at foot of front turn-in: "Bound by W. Pratt for H. Stevens & Son".
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MSU: Exhibit label available in MSS 466.
Format: Book

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Call Number: XX PA6308.C2 L6 1744
XX PA6308.C2 L6 1744 Library Use Only Get this