‎LIPSIUS, IUSTUS (+) ARITHMAEUS, VALENTINUS.‎
‎De constantia libri duo, qui alloquium praecipue continent in Publicis malis (+) Periculum epistolicum non tàm correctiùs reductum quàm selectioribus quibusdam adauctum.‎

‎Wittemberg, Meisnei, 1613 (+) (No place nor printer), 1617. 12mo. In contemporary full vellum with ruled fillets to boards. Small paper-label pasted on to upper part of spine. Wear and soiling to extremities. Inner hinges split. Underlinings in text thoughout and with occassional foxing. (14), 768 (i.e. 176), (24), 441, (3) pp. ‎

Reference : 61612

‎6th edition of this philosophical treatise written by the Dutch humanist Justus Lipsius first published in 1584. The book addresses the theme of maintaining inner peace and personal integrity in political and social turmoil drawing on Stoic philosophy. ‎