Binding: Parchment on boards. Rebound by Cockerell in 1960 with binder's note pasted inside back cover. Paper: 28.2x37.7cm. Text within ruled columns.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was a Roman philosopher, and a poet, lawyer, rhetorician and politician. His life coincided with the decline and fall of the Roman Republic. He played an important role in the political events of the time and his commentaries are now used as historical sources for the events leading to the end of the Republic. Philosophy was a secondary interest, taken up only when he was deprived of a role on the political scene.
William Guild (1582-1657) was an eminent theologian, becoming principal of Kings College, Aberdeen. He left 150 books from his library to St Andrews University.
Archibald Whitelaw (1415/16-1498) was a cleric, diplomat and classical scholar, serving as royal secretary for 31 years; he held the positions of the archdeaconry of Moray (14631467), the archdeaconry of Lothian (14701498), and the subdeanery of Glasgow (14821498). He was a leading humanist, collecting a fine library of classics. He used many references from them in his celebrated
A transcript, in three hands, of the philosophical works of Marcus Tullius Cicero seemingly taken from the
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Bequeathed to the library by William Guild when he died in 1657.
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