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Demosthenis et Aeschinis principum Graeciae oratorum opera: cum utriusque autoris vita & Ulpani...

Demosthenis et Aeschinis principum Graeciae oratorum opera: cum utriusque autoris vita & Ulpani commentariis, nouisq[ue] scholiis, ex quarta eaq[ue] postrema recognitione, Graecolatina; sex codicum impressorum, & inter hos Parisiensis nuper editi, duorum manuscriptorum, alterius Pannonii, alterius ex Augustana bibliotheca fidelissimi collatione, a mendis repurgata, variis lectionibus adaucta, annotationibus illustrata

by Demosthenes (Demostene); Aeschines; Ulpianus; Wolf, Hieronymus; Schottus, Andreas

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Francofurti [Frankfurt am Main]: Apud Claudium Marnium, & Haeredes Iohannis Aubrii, 1604. Second edition. Quarterbound later morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. A 17x11 cm. section of the title page, which includes the printer's device, has been excised, the leaf neatly repaired; top edge lightly trimmed, boards and spine rubbed with scuffing to the top edges, otherwise very clean with occasional cross-references penciled in the margins, binding tight; a very nice copy.. [68], lxxiiii, [6], 1464, [42] pp. Illus. with 3 engravings, head and tail pieces, and initials. Folio (38 cm). Greek and Latin in parallel columns. Numerous typographical errors in pagination: nos. 1177-1178 omitted, nos. 1453-1454 duplicated. Publisher's device has been excised from the title page but is present on last page. Engraving of Hieronymus Wolf on 8th leaf. Hieronymus Wolf (1516 - 1580) was the sixteenth century German historian and humanist who coined the term Byzantium. The first printing of this edition with… Read More
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SYNTAGMA INSCRIPTIONUM ANTIQUARUM cumprimis Romae Veteris, quarum omissa est recensio in vasto...

SYNTAGMA INSCRIPTIONUM ANTIQUARUM cumprimis Romae Veteris, quarum omissa est recensio in vasto Jani Gruteri Opere cujus isthoc dici possit Supplementum; Opus Posthumum ..

by Reinesius,Thomas (1587-1667)

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Leipzig: Printed Johann Eric Hahn for Jo. Fritsch & Jo. Fr. Gleditsch, 1682. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved frontispiece includs the portrait of author in allegorical frontispiece by Johann Jacob de Sandrart + figures in the text + many foliated initial capitals & head- & tailpieces.. Folio vellum with black leather gilt spine label (tips rubbed) fine armorial bookplate with motto Tuum Est. Engraved f rontis + printed title +28pp prelims +1032pp + doublepage genealogical table. The titlepage in black only and title without the additional "cum commentariis absolutissimis et instructissimis indicibus nunc primu`m editum" on the titlepage. This edition thus without the index which seems to go with the red & black titlepage. Precedence unknown but usually the index is the last item typeset as the book has to be printed to allow page numbering so probably the those without index are the earlier state. Some inscriptions in Greek, most in Latin many now lost or indecipherable. A very clean, crisp copy of… Read More
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Trilingual Nomenclature: an English, Latin and Greek Vocabulary. Being a Combination of...
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Trilingual Nomenclature: an English, Latin and Greek Vocabulary. Being a Combination of Howard's Greek and Greenwood's Latin Vocabularies, with Many Additional Notes on Science and Classical Literatur

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Philadelphia: J. Whetham, 1839. First edition. Full leather. Published Philadelphia: J. Whetham, 1839. 12mo., 4 1/2" x 7 1/2", viii+160pp. Full calf with leather spine label. Scuffing/wear to the leather, sweating stain to top corner of first 20 pages, top corner of page 60 chipped with slight loss to text (supplied in facsimilie), mild foxing, label on fly leaf. Binding tight, text unmarked. Good. Scarce. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

by [Citron Press] Stephanie Copoulos-Selle.

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Edition of 40
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Waukesha, Wisconsin:: Citron Press,, 2015.. Edition of 40. 3.75 x 3.25 x .9" tin box with hinged lid containing Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; Souvenirs in paper bag; folded map; and Addendum. Box and book printed with relief prints, letterpress, and digital images. Printed on Ingres, Stonehenge, Mi Teintes papers. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: 3 x 2". 20 pages. Fold out and pop up elements. Signed and numbered on the last page. ( Map "Ancient Greece, Anatolia, Egypt, and Mesopotamia C. 1540 B.C.": 7.25 x 5.25" single sheet laid out. 2 x 3.5" closed. Souvenirs: 2 x 3" shaped paper bag. Contains 7 shaped souvenirs. Addendum: 2 x 3.5"; 8 pages. Single strip double-sided accordion.) Stephanie Copoulos-Selle: "This book is a new edition of a classical antiquity guidebook. Travel guides to view the Seven Wonders were popular during the 1st and 2nd centuries B.C. The ancient Greeks used the word 'theamata,' which means 'sights'… Read More
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians,...
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, MacEdonians and Grecians . Translated from the French in Four Volumes

by Rollin, Charles

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New York: George Long, 1828 Four volumes in contempory calf w/ gilt decorations, title plate spine, gilt borders, boards tight. Extra engraved title page, frontisportrait of author. From the Latest London Edition, Carefully Revised and Corrected. Foxing, stains, shaken leaf rear vol. I. All foldout maps present. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Illustrated with Maps of Ancient Geography and Engravings Adapted to the Work. First American Edition.. Full-Leather. Good.
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L'Histoire Du Monde, De C. Pline Second, Collationee & Corrigee...&Enrichee d'Annotations En...
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L'Histoire Du Monde, De C. Pline Second, Collationee & Corrigee...&Enrichee d'Annotations En Marge...A Quoy'a Este Adjouste Un Traite Des Poix et Mesures Antiques, Reduites a La Facon Des Francois Par Antoine Pinet & Seigneur De Neroy....Derniere Edition

by Secondus Gaius Plinius [Pliny the Elder]; Pinet, Antoine [Translator]

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Cologne: De L'imprimerie Jacob Stoer, 1625. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (super). Two volumes in one. Place of publication stamped out, with "Geneue" stamped below printer. On second title page, no placeof publication, but "Geneue" stamped in place. Bound in full vellum with red leather spine label, slightly raised bands. Text in French. Vol. I: [56] 533 p.p., plus table [219 p.p., unpaginated]; Vol. II: [22] 624 p.p. plus table [142 p.p. unpaginated]. Early doodles to front and rear boards. Vellum chipped to bottom corners with bruising to corners and spine ends. Doodles also to f.f.e. and fly leaves, with early ownership signature on title page of Vol. I. Light sporadic stains and smudges to pages. Some pages trimmed, with sporadic tears to edges and margins throughout. Noticeably on p. 103 (partially affecting text), and bottom corner of p. 441 in Vol. I, and in Vol. II small tear to p. 83 (partially affecting text), head of 167 and p. 361. Otherwise in very good condition. These two books… Read More
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Two Early Sixteenth Century Editions of Classical Histories, One Edited by Erasmus
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Two Early Sixteenth Century Editions of Classical Histories, One Edited by Erasmus

by Attractive Editions of Quintus Curtius and Orosius

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Quintus Curtius Rufus, De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni. Cum annotationibus D. ErasmiFolio. [4], LXXXIX leaves; [10], 124 pages. Late sixteenth (?) century leather; light scuffing, hinges cracked but cords holding tightly; insect damage to text block with loss of text throughout; margins in Orosius trimmed close, affecting title image. First printing of Erasmus' critical edition of Quintus Curtius. This first century Roman biography of Alexander the Great was an early Renaissance bestseller, with editions from at least a dozen printers throughout Europe by 1517. Erasmus brought it as reading material on a voyage to England in 1517, and finding the text incomplete and corrupt, he prepared his own critical edition. This was first published by his friend Strasbourg printer Matthias Schürer in 1518. Erasmus' version proved so popular that five more printers had issued their own editions of his text by 1541; these in turn were reprinted a total of five more times by 1575. This first edition is… Read More
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A Handbook for Travellers in  Greece
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A Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing The Ionian Islands, the Kingdom of Greece, the Islands of the Aegean Sea, With Albania, Thessaly, and Macedonia.

by Murray, John (Firm)

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Edition of 1854: "New edition, for the most part re-written." 460 pages plus fold-out map. Rebound in 1959. Bears name of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and his initials on spine. Very little age-darkening, spine somewhat tanned, Small abrasion on upper left corner of front board. Small tear and inexpert (tape) repair on fold-out map, but all present and readable. Binding tight, all pages tight, bright, unstained and untorn. Bound with 1859 Murray's Handbook Advertiser.John Murray's famous Handbooks for Travelers accompanied Victorians as they traveled throughout Europe, Asia and North Africa.in an era of burgeoning railroads and flourishing British imperialism. This is a through compendium for the well-to-do traveler in Greece in the middle of the 19th century, with many practical hints and "maxims," information and advice on routes, traveling with servants, hiring horses, preserving health, shooting and firearms, the state of the Greek church,… Read More
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes

by Lang, Andrew

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Salem, Oregon
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Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Read More
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A Collection of Antique Vases
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A Collection of Antique Vases: Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi, &c.

by Henry Moses

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Tokyo, Tokyo
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From Various Museums and Collections. Engraved on 170 Plates.An influential compendium of the decorative motifs of the Greco-Roman world.With 151 engraved plates (numbered 1-150 with additional plate 115*), 18 additional engraved vignettes in the text, and engraved title page (slightly foxed as usual). Including 10 hand-coloured plates of vases, the Portland Vase and paterae in the British Museum, and 11 mezzotints of Roman tombs and sepulchral chambers.Henry Moses (1781-1870) was an English engraver who worked on Ancient Marbles in the British Museum (1812-1845), Select Greek and Roman Antiquities (1817), Vases from the Collection of Sir Henry Englefield (1819), as well as book illustrations to Faust (1821), Fridolin (1824), etc.First published in 1814 under the imprint of Richard and Arthur Taylor, Henry G. Bohn acquired the remainders from his father in 1831 and released them under his own name soon after.Rebound in brown cloth with new endpapers, a few signatures springing loose. One plate, No.… Read More
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One Hundred and Eight Plates of Antique Gems
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One Hundred and Eight Plates of Antique Gems: Marlborough Gems Enlarged

by Francesco Bartolozzi

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Complete set of 110 engraved plates (of 108) with ink library stamps in the plate.Victorian re-issue of the Duke of Marlborough's Gemmarum antiquarum delectus, first published in 1783. The plates were drawn by Giovanni Battista Cipriani and stipple engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.The images record a selection of the carved gemstones in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. The cameos and intaglios show portraits of Roman emperors, Greek philosophers, gods and goddesses from Greek and Roman mythology. This volume corresponds exactly to the copy scanned at the Internet Archive.Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), was an Italian engraver who specialized in the delicate toning effects of stipple engraving. After moving to London in 1784, he became Engraver to the King (George III).Ex-Denver Library with ink stamps on all plates inside the plate marks, a few in the image, and catalog numbers on rear. The blue cloth portfolio is in three pieces and in need of repair. Heavy book will… Read More
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Opera omnia nunc primum cum codd. Vaticanis collata praefatione, variantibus lectionibus, notis...

Opera omnia nunc primum cum codd. Vaticanis collata praefatione, variantibus lectionibus, notis rerum verborumque indice locupletissimo aucta et illustrata.: 2 parts bound in two volumes

by Prudentius, Aurelius

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Engraved title-vignette, 5 unnumb. leaves, 71, (3), 361, (3) pages ; engraved title vignette, 2 unnumb. leaves, 284 (2) pages. Cont. green half morocco, flat spine richly gilt with gilt stamped title. Covers lined with shell marbled paper, endpapers lined with an unusual pattern of multiple coloured shell marbled paper. All edges yellow. 4to (290 x 210 mm). Extremeties rubbed. Brooks, 361 ; Weiss 101. "Edizione sorvegliata da Bodoni e ben lo scorge chi ne esamina i pregi tipografici" (De Lama II, p. 53). A fine copy broadmargined and fresh inside.
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One Hundred and Eight Plates from Antique Gems
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One Hundred and Eight Plates from Antique Gems: in the Possession of Various Collectors

by James Vallentin

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A new edition of Thomas Worlidge's etchings of antique gems reprinted from the original 18th century copperplatesComplete with engraved calligraphic title page and 108 fine etchingsThe gems were carved and engraved precious stones depicting figures from Greek and Roman myth, emperors, poets, philosophers, including Jesus Christ, Nero, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Sappho, Homer, Socrates, etc. The stones were from the collections of Duke of Marlborough, the Duchess of Portland, Lord Bessborough, Lord Montague, etc."The copperplates were formerly the property of the Grace Family but now belong to James Vallentin who publishes them for his Friends to whom they are respectfully presented."Sir James Vallentin (1814-1870) was a rectifier or distiller, Knight Sheriff of London and Master of the Worshipful Company of Distillers. He is buried in the church of St Mary the Virgin, Walthamstow. Thomas Worlidge (1700–1766) was a portrait painter and etcher who painted portraits of George II and David Garrick. Like… Read More
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Works of J. Fenimore Cooper
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Works of J. Fenimore Cooper: Complete in Ten Volumes

by J. Fenimore Cooper

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First Editions
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P. F. Collier, New York, 1892, Ten volume set. First Editions. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. 7,233 pp in ten volumes. Text clean, no foxing, lightly yellowed with age, no prior owner attributions or markings in any of the volumes. Illustrated with 54 wood-engravings, including a a depiction of the author on the frontispiece of volume one. Gilting on front cover and spine of each volume shows various evidence of shelfwear. Speckled outer edges.Volume I has a small tear near tail of spine and contains: The Deerslayer, The Pathfinder and The Pioneers. Volume II contains: Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie and The Spy. Volume III has light markings on rear cover and contains: The Pilot, The Red Rover and The Two Admirals. Volume IV has pages 119-120 partially missing and contains: The Sea Lions, Afloat and Ashore and The Water Witch. Volume V has a large tear in pages 607/608 and two tears on page 717-718 (all tears intact) and contains: The Crater, Miles Wallingford and… Read More
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Thucidides’ History, Eleutherios Venizelos Translation, In Greek
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Thucidides’ History, Eleutherios Venizelos Translation, In Greek

by Thucydides / Eleutherios Venizelos

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Ekdotikos Oichos Patris E.P.E., Athens, 1960; 8vo (7" x 9 3/4"), 520 pages; illustrated. Landmark translation of Thucydides’ fifth century B.C. History, from the original Classic Greek into Modern Greek, by eminent Greek scholar and statesman Eleutherios Venizelos, seven times Prime Minister of Greece, who was instrumental in the formation of the modern Greek State. Painstakingly written over a period of seven years, Venizelos’ translation is noted, among other aspects, for his use of katharevousa, a modern Greek style closer to classic Greek than the demotic vernacular, in order to correct later accretions and bring the language closer to that of Thucydides’ original. Copious commentary and analysis by Venizelos, plus substantive prefaces by Stefanos I. Stephanou, Dimitrios Kaklamanos, Andreas Mikalopotaos and Konstantin D. Stergiopoulos. Illustrated with frontispiece Venizelos portrait plate, five color fold-out maps, six full-page b&w photo plates of various associated Greek… Read More
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