Research Catalog

Title

Seneca's morals by way of abstract. : To which is added, a discourse under the title of An after-thought / By Sir Roger L'Estrange.

Author

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

Publication

London : Printed for G. Strahan, S. Ballard. S. Birt [and 8 others], 1746.

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Details

Additional Authors

• L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
• Strahan, George, -1752
• Ballard, S.
• Birt, Samuel, -1755.
• Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Description

[24], 406 pages; 17 cm

Subject

• Conduct of life > Early works to 1800
• Ethics > Early works to 1800
• Stoics

Note

• Engraved head and tail pieces and initials.

Access (note)

• Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Indexed In (note)

• Sealts, Merton M. Melville's Reading

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed, in ink: "Thomas Melville from Herman Melville My dear Tom, this is a round-of-beef where all hands may cut and come again. Jan. 26th 1854 Pittsfield, Mass."

Contents

Of benefits.--Of a happy life.--Of anger.--Of clemency.--Epistles.--Postscript.

Call Number

Mss Div GL Sealts 458

OCLC

155915771

Author

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

Title

Seneca's morals by way of abstract. : To which is added, a discourse under the title of An after-thought / By Sir Roger L'Estrange.

Imprint

London : Printed for G. Strahan, S. Ballard. S. Birt [and 8 others], 1746.

Edition

The fifteenth edition.

Type of Content

text

Restricted Access

Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Indexed In:

Sealts, Merton M. Melville's Reading, 458

Provenance

Inscribed, in ink: "Thomas Melville from Herman Melville My dear Tom, this is a round-of-beef where all hands may cut and come again. Jan. 26th 1854 Pittsfield, Mass."

Added Author

L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.

Strahan, George, -1752, printer.

Ballard, S., printer.

Birt, Samuel, -1755.

Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Research Call Number

Mss Div GL Sealts 458