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SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS, attributed to. Les Motz Dorez. [140] (of [142]) leaves (a-s[superscript]8), including penultimate blank s7 (used as rear pastedown); lacks title and final blank s8. Bâtarde type. 8vo, 19th-century marbled wrappers, backstrip imperfect, front cover loose; marginal soiling. (Paris: Simon Du Bois for widow of Antoine Vérard, 20 April 1527)
Scarce edition of the translation by Jean Courtecuisse of a 6th-century tract on the four cardinal virtues by St. Martin of Braga. Brunet V, 280; Renouard-Moreau III, 372; for the printer Du Bois see Rothschild IV, 8-9.
