Illustrated by Neil Bousfield
First Printing
Selected and introduced by Andrew Sillett
Rome’s greatest orator, Cicero, offers a vivid insight into the late Republic through his powerful letters and speeches. Curated by classics expert Andrew Sillett, this Folio edition features Neil Bousfield’s evocative illustrations.
Editor’s Note
- James Rose, Editor
Rome’s most celebrated orator, Cicero, lived through some of the Republic’s most turbulent years. Through a carefully curated selection by the University of Oxford’s Andrew Sillett, this volume invites readers into the political and intellectual heart of the late Roman Republic, a world shaped by ambition, betrayal and Cicero’s unyielding commitment to republican ideals.
Cicero’s words have an enduring resonance, and his eloquence and insight resonate as much today as they did two millennia ago, speaking to ideals of justice, duty and integrity.
Printed in two colours throughout, bound in cloth and illustrated by award-winning artist Neil Bousfield, this edition is a celebration of one of history’s greatest voices.
Bound in three-quarter blocked cloth with a printed paper front board
Set in Haarlemmer
664 pages
7 double-page spread colour illustrations
Prints 2 colour throughout in red and gold
Printed endpapers
Gilded top edge
Ribbon marker
Blocked slipcase
Sized at 10˝ x 6¾˝
Printed in Italy
‘Cicero was the master of eloquence, and Rome was his pupil.’
- Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Rome’s greatest orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero, dominated Roman rhetoric at a defining time in the Republic’s history. This unique Folio edition, curated by Andrew Sillett, brings together Cicero’s most powerful speeches and letters, and encapsulates the events surrounding the fall of the Republic. From his defence of Murena and his suppression of the Catilinarian conspiracy, to his tragic and vehement opposition to Mark Antony in the Second Philippic, Cicero’s life and achievements stand as a history of a republic on the brink.
Pairing Sillett’s illuminating introductions with Neil Bousfield’s illustrations, this collection spans the political drama of Cicero’s age, his personal and political reflections and his mastery of rhetoric.
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