Lg. 8vo., full crushed, black, fine-grained morocco. Both covers decorated with an all-over, geometric design forming different size compartments, achieved entirely in blind; spine with four raised double bands, title in gilt in three of the compartments, the other two decorated in blind. Board edges gilt, elaborate inner gilt dentelles, glazed marble endleaves, a.e.g.; signed on one of the free endleaves: E. RAU, PHILA.A handsomely printed edition with a long (150 pp.) Introduction, followed by the text (412 pp.), printed on facing pages in Greek and Latin, with extensive scholarly notes below. Epictetus (ca. A.D. 55 to ca. 135) was a Stoic philosopher who attracted a large audience for his lectures, among them Flavius Arrianus who collected them, probably in eight books, four of which have come down to us, and later published a summary of his philosophy in the famous MANUALE. It was through these posthumous publications that Epictetus had great influence on the Emperor M. Aurelius. His main teaching was that the universe is the work of God, and that Divine Providence manifests itself in its unity and order.