Epicurus; Walter Charleton
Epicurus&Apos;S Morals
London, W. Wilson, 1656 . First edition. Leather. The exceptionally scarce, first English translated edition of the moral teachings of Epicurus, translated by Walter Charleton and illustrated with a frontispiece. The first English edition, translated by Walter Charleton.Illustrated with a frontispiece. Register runs from A4, a4-e2, B-Z4, Aa4. The a4-e2 contain the 'Apologie for Epicurus' and the contents. Collated, complete. A collection of Epicurus's moral teachings, collected partly from his own Greek text, and artly out of the writings of Marcus Antonius, Plutarch, Cicero and Seneca. With topics including Friendship, Fortitude, Modesty, and more. Translated by natural philosopher and author, Walter Charleton, with 'An Apologie for Epicurus' to the front. Bound in full calf. Externally, worn with rubbing and damp staining to the boards. Loss to the spine head and chipping to spine label. Lacking paper covering paste downs. Free endpapers are chipped, with areas of loss. Bookplate to front paste down. Hinges are strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are cockled due to water damage, with tide marks and a few areas of spotting. A little loss to the extremities of the frontispiece. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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