Marcus Fabius Quintilian - Instruction to the speaker. Gift book bound in leather.

Marcus Fabius Quintilian is a Roman rhetorician, poet, lawyer, writer, author of "Instructions to the Speaker" — the most complete textbook of oratory that has come down to us from antiquity. This book was studied in all the rhetorical schools, along with the writings of Cicero.

At first, Quintilian prepared himself for a career as a court speaker, but eventually became the first professional teacher to found a public school. "Instruction to the speaker" is the most complete ancient textbook on how to capture the attention of the public, how to build a speech, how to broaden your horizons, etc.