Second edition of the five works by Cicero (106-43 BC) which were considered his best at the time by the famous classical scholar Johann Georg Graevius (1632-1703). Born in Germany he went to Holland to study philology in Deventer with Gronovius and Daniel Heinsius in Leiden. In 1662 he moved to the University of Utrecht, where he first occupied the chair of rhetoric, and in addition, from 1667 until his death, that of history and politics. Graevius enjoyed a very high reputation as a teacher, and his lecture-room was crowded by pupils, many of them of distinguished rank, from all parts of the world. His most important work is the well-known Thesaurus antiquitatum Romanarum (1694-1699, in 12 volumes).
Prize-book from Deventer for Johann Jordens, a scion of one of the most prominent families in Deventer: handwritten inscription on fourth flyleaf by the rector of the Latin School at Deventer (later at Leeuwarden) Maevius Pollius (1669-1726), dated Deventer, 31 July 1700. Ownerships entry of Meinard Tydeman (Zwolle 1741-1825; NNBW, II, cols. 1464-66), professor of Law at Leiden and Harderwijk. Black seal with crowned coat-of-arms with three swimming ducks on paste-down. Some contemporary annotations by Tydeman. Binding a bit loose, ties gone with the traces still visible, otherwise a good copy. NNBW, IV, cols. 669-670; Sandys, II, p. 328.