1554 Opera M.Tullii Ciceronis Lutetiae Carolus Stephanus (Estienne) 3/4 In-Folio

Description: [LATIN LITERATURE - CHARLES ESTIENNE PRINTING - PRINT PARIS 16th century] Charles Estienne1504-1564 King's printer Doctor, agronomist, anatomist, printer, linguist, translator, botanist Estienne familyFatherHenri EstienneMotherGuyonne Viart (d)SiblingsFrançois EstienneRobert EstienneChildNicole Estienne Charles Estienne, born in 1504 in Paris and died in 1564, is a French doctor, printer and writer. He is also known by the Latin name Carolus Stephanus.BiographyBeginningsHe belongs to the great family of printers of the same name (third son of Henri Estienne), and was the stepson of Simon de Colines. He was brought up in the knowledge of literature and ancient languages. He worked a little in the workshop then studied medicine in Paris with Jacobus Sylvius at the same time as Vesalius.Medical careerBefore becoming a printer himself, he devoted himself to ancient languages and then to medicine, like Rabelais. Lazare Baïf entrusted him with the education of his son and, as such, took him to his embassies in Germany and Italy, so that he could continue his care for his student. In Venice, Estienne became friends with Paul Manucius, who speaks of him in some of his letters, in very honorable terms.He engaged in the publication of an illustrated anatomy with his friend Estienne de la Rivière, surgeon and engraver, who began wood engraving in 1530.In 1542, he became Doctor Regent of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris and practiced medicine until 1550. We owe him several important anatomical discoveries. In osteology, he discovered the nourishing holes of bones which he understood the physiological role. In neurology, it describes the trigeminus, the phrenic nerve and the pneumogastric sympathetic chain. He was the first, in 1539, to mention the venous valves of the liver in his book De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani Libri Tres (which appeared in 1545); in 1751, Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) nicknamed him "first author of valves" (primus valvularum auctor), but the veins of the liver are difficult to observe, and history will record a another name for the discovery of these valves, Girolamo Fabrizi d'Acquapendente (1537-1619).Printer activitiesIn 1550, following the flight of his brother Robert Estienne to Geneva, he must take over the management of the family printing company and signs his misfortune. Based on the manuscripts of the king's library, in 1551 he published the first edition of the Greek text by the historian Appian, in Garamond characters. Charles Estienne receives the title of king's printer, in a letter patent of February 26, 1552.Convicted in 1557 in the affair of the "King's Greeks", his property is seized several times in 1561, 1562 and 1563. He died ruined in 1564. His daughter Nicole Estienne jointly renounces with her husband Jean Liébault, to her succession.According to Michel Maittaire, the beauty of the editions published by Charles Estienne has never been surpassed: he would have equaled, in his erudition, the most learned printers, and there are few who have published more works than him in one such a short space of time.-ORIGINAL EDITION FROM THE 16TH CENTURY!!first printThis copy was offered much later as first prize in Latin Rhetoric to the student Charles Adrien Du Cauroy, in 1747 College of Dormans in Beauvais (Dormano-Bellovacum) as attested by an added (repeated) interfoliated sheet, printed and filled in in pen, with Coffin's autograph signature Text in LatinCICERO(Marcus Tullius Cicero)-106-43 BC. J.C. Opera M. Tullii Ciceronis. Opera. Operum M. Tullii Ciceronis, omnes eius epistolas complectens. Lutetiae (Paris) Carolum Stephanum (Charles Estienne), 1554-1555 3 volumes out of 4 publishedWe sell hereT.II - T.III - T.IV 3 folio volumes (37.52 x 24.5 cm), 764, 572 & 670pp.-[1f.errata],full speckled Havana leather, back with 6 nerves, Havana morocco title pieces,slices marbled with blue, (18th century binding)Titled and golden monograms (a B in a larger D) which are found on the spines and also at the 4 corners of the dishes Monumental edition of the complete works of Cicero printed in Roman characters, one of Charles Estienne's masterpieces. The text repeats that of the octavo edition given by Robert Estienne in 1543-1544, with revisions and enlargements due to the discovery of two manuscripts as well as new indexes, one per volume, adapted to changing uses. Volume I (absent here) contains the Rhetoric - Volume II, the oratory works - Volume III, the epistles and volume IV the philosophical works. This edition of Cicero's works represents the most important and largest publication by Charles Estienne. Each volume has its own title page and its particular index. Typographic mark of the Estienne with the olive tree and their motto engraved on the titles. Historical initials. In most of the listed copies of this edition, the four volumes are bound in 2 volumes. It is very rare to find them, as here, in four separate volumes. Copy well preserved overall, solid and fairly clean, with various usual binding defects for old works, brands, usual wear or friction various on back, caps, plates, edges, slots, bits, leveled caps, various wear and scratches, mvarious leather corners on corners, flats, caps or edges, sometimes significant slots on joints, pleasant general appearance, cbody of work standing perfectly see visuals... Good copy, printed on strong laid paper, sometimes a little yellowed as is often the case, but well preserved, large margins,clean and fresh internally overall, with a few browned leaves without excess, usual small dirt, bites or small foxing without much seriousness Beautiful copy of cand Rare work!! The Work is voluntarily left in the condition described, as found, without untimely restorations, hazardous retouching, etc... He belongs to the great family of printers of the same name (third son of Henri Estienne), and was the stepson of Simon de Colines. He was brought up in the knowledge of literature and ancient languages. He worked a little in the workshop then studied medicine in Paris with Jacobus Sylvius at the same time as Vesalius. He was the first, in 1539, to mention the venous valves of the liver in his book De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani Libri Tres (which appeared in 1545); in 1751, Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) nicknamed him "first author of valves" (primus valvularum auctor), but the veins of the liver are difficult to observe, and history will record a In 1550, following the flight of his brother Robert Estienne to Geneva, he must take over the management of the family printing compan

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