Botheius, Ancicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus. (480-525) Boece Console par La Philosophie, Traduction Nouvelle. Paris: Chez Estienne Loyson, au Palais a l’entrée de la Gallerie de Prisonnier, au nom de Jesus, 1676.
Quarto, 3.25 x 5.8 in. First French Edition by Regnier, π, a7, e4, i6, o2, A-X alternate 8 and 4, Y2; Engraved frontispiece. This book is bound in full contemporary sheepskin with a gilt spine. Spine leather is cracked and separted at the boards but book is holding nicely. The leaf edges are speckled and the leaves themselves are somewhat browned but in overall good condition. There are some contemporary notes in the top margin of the frontispiece.
Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius:‘Boethius a celebrated Roman philosopher and statesman, born 475 AD. He was liberally educated, and well instructed in Greek Philosophy. When about thirty-three, he was elected consul. His administration was beneficent and favorable to the oppressed. He translated the works of Plato and of the Greek writers into Latin, wrote commentaries on Aristotle, and acquired a great reputation as an author. He held several high offices under Theodoric the Goth, but having been accused by some envious courtiers of conspiring against the government, he was unjustly condemned by that king and executed about 525 AD. His principal work is ‘De Consolatione Philosophiae’ which was written in prison, where he was confined just before his death. It is composed of alternate portions of verse and prose. ‘Few books’ says Hallam, ‘are more striking from the circumstances of their production.
This book is a new translation from Latin into French by F. Nicholas Regnier. Regnier was the brother of Francois Regnier-Desmarais who was a principal author or editor of the Dictionary of the French Academy (Thomas).
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