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Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare highlight from the volume of the 1576 - classics book.
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  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare highlight from the volume of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare notable image of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare highlight from the volume of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare detail of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare feature view of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare detail view of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare highlight from the volume of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare notable image of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare highlight from the volume of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare detail of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare feature view of the 1576 - classics book.
  • Rhetoricum Ad Herennium by Cicerone, Marco Tullio, a rare detail view of the 1576 - classics book.
Rhetoricorum Ad Herennium

Rhetoric Bound in Echoes: A Venetian Cicero in Recycled Parchment

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Rhetoricorum Ad Herennium
Libri IIII Et M.T. Ciceronis De Inventione Libri Duo

1576, Venezia, Apud Gryphios

$450 USD

Overview

This 1576 Venetian edition of Rhetoricorum ad Herennium and Cicero’s De Inventione is a double lesson in classical eloquence and Renaissance pragmatism.
Printed by the Gryphius press, known for sharp type and scholarly utility.

Inside the book

These two works, long paired in manuscript and print, formed the foundation of rhetorical education throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Together they provide both theory and technique, equipping students and statesmen alike with the tools of persuasive argument and polished expression.

Why La Fenice chose it

We like things with a history to tell (obviously), and if this little volume could talk, it would have plenty of stories, with its worn cover even hinting at today’s ecological concerns. A scholarly textbook, patiently waiting for a modern erudite with a soft spot for old things and a sensitivity to recycling.
Condition Report

Pp. 145.

Old limp vellum binding (recycled from an antiphonary leaf, now faded and illegible but with traces of red and black ink); remains of a paper label on the spine; small losses to the right-hand margin of the front cover. Endpapers also recycled, using printed leaves from another volume (Latin verse). Attractive engraved title page with printer’s device (griffin) and allegorical figures. Early manuscript ownership notes in ink at the lower margin (“ex dono,” etc.). Traces of a missing final leaf (?). Text within typographic borders. Internally a very fresh and well-preserved copy; fascinating binding though not handsome. Overall good.

Dimensions (inches): 6 x 4 x 0.3/4
About the author

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC), Roman orator, statesman, and philosopher. His early work De Inventione and the anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium, long attributed to him, shaped Latin rhetorical education and influenced Western thought on persuasion and style.

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