Seneca ‘Tragoediae’ bound by Riviere 1645

Lucius Anneus Seneca (4BC – 65AD)  L&M Annaei Senecae Tragoediae. Cum Notis Th. Farabii    Amsterdami: Apud Ioahannem Blaeu. MDCXLV (1645)

Small 8vo  [8], 363, [1]pp collates complete. Fine. Minor marks only. All edges gilt.

Bound in dark green crushed Morocco binding by Riviere with blind tooled ventral lozenge, double blind rule to both front and rear boards. Lettered gilt to spine; raised bands.

Provenance:

Early signatures of Lancelot Hill, 1712 & Liber Iohannis Hill.

Bookplate of Arthur F Hill 1905; likely the violin-maker and writer on violins.

Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst.