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Butterworth, Hezekiah.
ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN CLASSIC LANDS; Or, Tommy Toby's Trip To Mount Parnassus.
318p. Profusely illustrated with many full page drawings. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. Age stained. Slight dampstaining. 1881 Christmas gift to George H. Clippingler from his uncle. Color pictorial endpapers. 8vo. Original full color pictorial stiff paper binding. Loss at corners. Extremities rubbed with slight loss. Rear cover has slight dampstaining. Hardbound. One in a series of popular books for children designed to broaden their horizons. This one explores the past and present of Greece and Rome, Sicily, Southern France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. TRAVEL/2.
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Norton, Charles Eliot.
NOTES OF TRAVEL AND STUDY IN ITALY.
pp. ix, 320. XLib bookplate. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine slightly faded. Hardbound. This is the first book written by Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), the famed American scholar and educator. As professor of the history of art at Harvard (1875-98) and as a man of letters he had a stimulating influence on his time. This account of his Italian travels (1855-1857) in journal form was first published in 1859. Concentrating on Italian history and art, it covers: the Italian Riviera; Genoa; Florence; Rome; Naples; Etc. Norton also has some unkind things to say about the Roman Church and Papal Government. Though XLib, this is still a nice copy. TRAVEL/2
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Pemberton, Morton H. ("Reuben").
REUBEN: HIS BOOK. From Plow Shoe to Patent Leather With Variations. Part I - Plow Shoe Days, or Reuben in the Rough. Part II - Patent Leather Stage, or Reuben Cuts His Eyeteeth. Reuben's European Travels. A Missouri Farmer in a Foreign Land. Reuben in Rom
297p. + tipped in paper photo Frontis. 8vo. Original full texture blue cloth binding. Titles embossed in blind and gold on front board. Very slight wear at extremities. Hardbound. First Edition. Very nice copy. AMERICANA BOX 3
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Terence. Publius Terentius Afer; Baskerville
PUBLII TERENTII AFRI COMOEDIAE
pp. (4), 308. The edition without the cancellans at G2. 12mo. [176 x 105 mm.] Foxed. It is very unusual to find in a Baskerville that some leaves (in two gatherings of this copy) were smudged during printing, and permitted to pass. Contemporary full sprinkled calf binding. Gilt tulip roll on the boards. Spine ornamented with gold crossed arrows. Joints tender. Printed ExLibris of John Rayner. Gaskell 47. Terence (Ca. 190-159 B.C.), the great Latin comic poet, was born in Carthage. He came to Rome as the slave of a senator, Terentius Lucanus. In the house of Lucanus he was educated like a free man and soon emancipated. His successful first play, 'Andria' introduced him to Roman society, and the circle of Scipio, Philus, and Laelius. His surviving six comedies are drawn from Athenian sources, especially from lost plays by Menander. Terence has been read for over two thousand years, and his influence on European literature cannot be overestimated. He imparted to Latin the sense of artistic elegance, consistency and moderation which made it a model for all literary epochs. In him we find a meeting-point for three great civilizations - the decaying Greece; Carthage, soon to pass away into oblivion; and nascent Italy, poised to absorb the world. John Baskerville (1706-1775) was the greatest printer of his era. Born in Wolverley, Hereford - Worcester, England, he became a writing master in Birmingham. He also carried on a successful japanning (varnishing) business there. In about 1750 he began to make experiments in letter founding, and produced the wonderful series of types now named after him. His first book, the Virgil of 1757, was also the first to be printed upon wove paper (manufactured by a process that he invented). In 1758 he be came printer to Cambridge University. All of his books bear show fine craftsmanship and a refined sense of design. In the last few years before his death, Baskerville published a few Latin classics in quarto and duodecimo. "All these bear the marks of unabated genius even in his declining days: and suffice, had he printed nothing else, to distinguish him as the first typographer of his time" - T. B. Reed, in 'Old English Letter Foundries' "Quot homines tot sentensiae; suo quoiqu e mos " So many men, so many opinions; a law of his own to each -- Terence. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! W154
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Frontinus, Sextus Julius (Ca. 40-103 AD).
STRATEGMATICON, Sive De Solertibus Ducum Factis & Dictus. Samuel Tennulius variis Mss. contulit.
pp. (24), 348, (21). Handsome engraved title page by Decker. Fine woodcut initials and devices. All edges gold. 24mo. [127 x 72 mm]. Early 19th century English full crimson leather binding, modestly gold gilt, in the style of Sir John Thorold's Syston Park Library books. Engraved Ex Libris of Sir John Trollope, M.P. (1800-1874), who owned the hamlet of Ashton and was a book collector. The Trollopes were related to the great book collecting Thorold family, and probably used their binder for this book. Frontinus was the Roman Military Governor in Britain, and later, the superintendent of the water works at Rome. this book was bought from Maggs in 1977 by Edwin Wolf II, famed for his connections to the great bookseller Rosenbach and the Library Company of Philadelphia. This is a fine, Elzevier-like edition of this important treatise on the stratagems of war. Fine and scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 1
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Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) & Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus).
DECII JUNII JUVENALIS AQUINATIS SATYRAE DECEM ET SEX. AULI PERSII FLACCI SATYRAE SEX.
4to. [272 x 215 mm.] (192p.). Each page framed in a red printed floral border. All edges gold. Riviere binding of calf is worn and now needs re-backing. ** Eton Prize Book (Swann, 1850). Decimus Juniu s Juvenalis (Circa: 55 - 130 A.D.) was one of the greatest of Roman satirists. Born in Aquinum, Italy, he served in Britain and in Egypt as tribune in the army. He is best known for sixteen splendid s atires in verse, dealing with life in the Roman era under Domitian and his successors. He affected the attitudes an angry Stoic moralist. He exposed unnatural vices; anguished over the misery of pover ty; fooled with the precarious life of courtiers and status-seekers; and condemned the extravagance of the ruling classes. His works are often bound with those of Aulus Persius Flaccus (34?62 A.D.), a nother Roman satirical poet who was greatly attached to the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Cornutus. His writings (only six short satires), exposed to censure the corruption and folly of contemporar y Roman life, contrasting it with the ideals of the Stoics and of earlier Rome. The text of this edition is quite beautifuly printed. W112
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Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) & Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus).
DECII JUNII JUVENALIS SATIRARUM, Libri Quinque / AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS. Ex Recogniione Steph. And. Philippe.
Two volumes in one. pp. 68, 224. Attractive engraved vignettes, and culs-de-lampe. 12mo. [150 x 90 mm.] Edges decorated yellow. Full contemporary French plum morocco gold binding. Elaborately gold spine. Pink silk doublures. Very scarce - NUC records only the copies at Harvard and Yale. Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Circa: 55-130 A.D.) was one of the greatest of Roman satirists. Born in Aquinum, Ita ly, he served in Britain and in Egypt as tribune in the army. He is best known for sixteen splendid satires in verse, dealing with life in the Roman era under Domitian and his successors. He affected the attitudes an angry Stoic moralist. He exposed unnatural vices; anguished over the misery of poverty; fooled with the precarious life of courtiers and status-seekers; and condemned the extravagance of the ruling classes. His works are often bound with those of Aulus Persius Flaccus (34?-62 A.D.), another Roman satirical poet who was greatly attached to the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Cornutus. His writings (only six short satires), exposed to censure the corruption and folly of contemporary Roman life, contrasting it with the ideals of the Stoics and of earlier Rome. A rare and beautiful little book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 1
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Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius.
CATULLI. TIBULLI. PROPERTII. OPERA.
pp. (2), 352. Cancellans at A2 & H3. 4to. [295 x 230 mm.] Printed on Baskerville's fine, smooth Writing Royal paper. Worn full contemporary mottled calf. All edges decorated red. Caius Valerius Catullus (Ca. 84-54 B.C.), Roman poet, born in Verona, of a well-to-do family. He went to Rome (62 B.C.) where he fell deeply in love, probably with Clodia, sister of Cicero's opponent Publ us Clodius. She was suspected of murdering her husband. Catullus wrote to his beloved, addressed as Lesbia (to recall Sappho of Lesbos), a series of superb little poems that run from early passion and tenderness to the hatred and disillusionment that overwhelmed him after his mistress was faithless. His works include, besides the Lesbia poems, poems to his young friend Juventius; epigrams, ranging from the genial to the obscenely derisive; elegies; a few long poems, notably "Attis" and a nuptial poem honoring Thetis and Peleus; and various short pieces. His satire is vigorous and flexible, his light poems joyful and full-bodied. He was influenced by the Alexandrians and drew much on the Greeks for form and meter, but his genius outran all models. Catullus is one of the greatest lyric poet s of all time. John Baskerville (1706-1775) was the greatest printer of his era. Born in Wolverley, Hereford - Worcester, England, he became a writing master in Birmingham. He also carried on a successful japanning (varnishing) business there. In about 1750 he began to make experiments in letter founding, and produced the wonderful series of types now named after him. His first book, the Virgil of 1757, was also the first to be printed upon wove paper (manufactured by a process that he invented). In 1758 he be came printer to Cambridge University. All of his books bear show fine craftsmanship and a refined sense of design. In the last few years before his death, Baskerville published a few Latin classics in quarto and duodecimo. "All these bear the marks of unabated genius even in his declining days: and suffice, had he printed nothing else, to distinguish him as the first typographer of his time" - T. B. Reed, in 'Old English Letter Foundries'. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Gaskell 44. W113
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Sallust (Gaius Sallustus Crispus) [86-34 B.C.] & Florus (L. Annaeus Florus).
C. CRISPUS SALLUSTIUS; ET L. ANNAEUS FLORUS.
pp. (4), 318. 4to. Beautiful polished Baskerville paper. Wide margined. Contemporary leather backed boards binding. Engraved armorial bookplate of Asa P. French, U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts, 1906-1914. Leather bookplates of Howard Lehman Goodhart and Phyllis Goodhart Gordon. John Baskerville (1706-1775) was the greatest printer of his era. Born in Wolverley, Hereford - Worcester, England, he became a writing master in Birmingham. He also carried on a successful japanning (varnishing) business there. In about 1750 he began to make experiments in letter founding, and produced the wonderful series of types now named after him. His first book, the Virgil of 1757, was also the first to be printed upon wove paper (manufactured by a process that he invented). In 1758 he be came printer to Cambridge University. All of his books bear show fine craftsmanship and a refined sense of design. In the last few years before his death, Baskerville published a few Latin classics in quarto and duodecimo. "All these bear the marks of unabated genius even in his declining days: and suffice, had he printed nothing else, to distinguish him as the first typographer of his time" - T. B. Reed, in 'Old English Letter Foundries' Gaskell 51; Brunet V:87; Grasse VI:242. Some age stain on the title page, but otherwise an attractive copy of a Baskerville classic. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W113
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Terence. Publius Terentius Afer (Ca. 190-159 B.C.).
PUBLII TERENTII AFRI COMOEDIAE.
364p. Slight foxing. 4to. [304 x 235 mm.] Contemporary straight grained plum morocco leather binding. Boards tooled in gold with a wide Greek key design, and in blind with an archway roll. Engraved bookplate showing a shield (Arms Barry of six Supporters); two unicorns; ermine Coronet of an Earl ; and the Motto A MA PUISSANCE. This is likely the plate of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845) Whig Prime Minister of Great Britain (1830-1834). There is also a manuscript inscription: "With B. Drury's Best Wishes, Eton, March 20 , 1820." John Baskerville (1706-1775) was the greatest printer of his era. Born in Wolverley, Hereford - Worcester, England, he became a writing master in Birmingham. He also carried on a successful japanning (varnishing) business there. In about 1750 he began to make experiments in letter founding, and produced the wonderful series of types now named after him. His first book, the Virgil of 1757, was also the first to be printed upon wove paper (manufactured by a process that he invented). In 1758 he be came printer to Cambridge University. All of his books bear show fine craftsmanship and a refined sense of design. In the last few years before his death, Baskerville published a few Latin classics in quarto and duodecimo. "All these bear the marks of unabated genius even in his declining days: and suffice, had he printed nothing else, to distinguish him as the first typographer of his time" - T. B. Reed, in 'Old English Letter Foundries'. Gaskell 46; Brunet V:71 8. A really handsomely bound copy of a beautifully printed book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W113
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Suetonius Tranquillus, Caius.
[DE VITA CAESARUM]. IN HOC VOLUMINE HAEC CONTINENTUR. C. Suetonij Tranquilli XII Caesares. Sexti Aurelij Victoris a d. Caesare Augusto usq; ad Theodosium excerpta. Eutropij De gestis Romanorum lib. X., Pauli Diaconi libri VIII ad Eutropij historiam additi
ff. [60], 320 numbered leaves. Woodcut Aldine anchor and dolphin printer's device on the title page and last leaf. Latin Italic type. Some age stain, especially on first and last leaves. In several places the name of Erasmus is obliterated in ink by a censor. An early ownership on the title has been washed out, and a small marginal chip has resulted. Small 8vo. 160 mm. Edges decorated red. Early nineteenth century full vellum binding. Lacks front fly leaf. This second and improved Aldine edition is essentially a reprint of the edition of 1516, edited by Giovanni Battista Cipelli, called Egnazio (1478-1553), with the addition of annotations by Erasmus, which were first published in the Froben edition of 1518. Both Aldine editions contain the relevant texts of Aurelius Victor and Eutropius with the continuation by Paulus Diaconus. The full work was once the common manual of almost everyone who wished to study Roman history, and because of this long and hard use, it is extremely difficult to obtain a clean and perfect example - Renouard. This second edition is considered the more valuable, as containing an 'Index Memorabilium' and the notes of Erasmus and the Venetian philologist Joannes Baptista Egnatius (ca. 1473-1553). Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius (ca. 69/75-after 130). Suetonius was a close friend to Senator and letter-writer Pliny the Younger. Pliny describes him as 'quiet and studious, a man dedicated to writing'. Through Pliny, Suetonius came into favor with Trajan and Hadrian. Under Trajan he served as secretary of studies (precise functions are uncertain) and director of Imperial archives. Under Hadrian, he became the Emperor's secretary. In 122, Hadrian dismissed him for disrespectful behavior towards Empress Vibia Sabina. Suetonius may have later regained imperial favor under Hadrian and returned to his position. It was probably in Hadrian's time that he wrote his most important surviving work - this set of biographies on the Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Entitled 'De Vita Caesarum' it deals with successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian. It also includes other texts on Roman history, notably Eutropius. This collection of ancient Roman historians is dedicated to the great book collector - Jean Grolier, and is followed by a letter from Erasmus commending the edition as well as Egnatius' scholarship. Renouard 91:7; Schweiger 974-975; Adams S-2035; UCLA A4S93; Graesse VI, 521; Ahmanson-Murphy 201 (incomplete); Bibliotheca Erasmiana Bruxellensis 499 (incomplete); Dibdin II, p. 439; STC Italian p. 651. Very good. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ALDINE BOX SAFE
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Lucan (Marcus Annaus Lucanus); Marmontel, Jean Francois.
LA PHARSALE DE LUCAIN, Traduite en Francois par M. Marmontel.
Two volumes. I. [1], LXXIX, 304. II. [1], 415, [1](Errata), [4](Approbation) + Eleven (11) engraved plates. French text. 8vo. 200 mm. Edges decorated red. Some age stain and foxing. Original decoratively mottled full leather bindings. Spines worn, but some gilt remains. Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 CE), was an important Roman poet, born in Cordoba. One of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, his youth and speed of composition set him apart from others. The Pharsalia is an epic poem on the Roman Civil War. It is considered the greatest epic in Latin after the Aeneid. It depicts the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC) where Julius Caesar defeated Pompey. Lucan's poetic talent apparently aroused the jealously of the Emperor Nero. After the publication of Pharsalia the Emperor forbade him to write, or even plead in the courts, and then later compelled him to commit suicide for alleged treason. The engraved plates in this edition are mostly by the famous French engraver and book illustrator, Hubert Francois Gravelot (1699-1733). The original art was by: Antoine-Jean Duclos; Emanuel Jean Nepomucene Ghendt; Noel Le Mire; Francois Denis Nee; Jean Francois Rousseau; and Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet. See: Schweiger II, 568; Cohen & DeRicci 662. Apparently not in Ray. Very good. CHEST 2/1.
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Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.); Davidson, James (1732-1809); Clarke, John (1687-1734).
P. OVIDII NASONIS METAMORPHOSEON LIBRI X, OR, TEN SELECT BOOKS OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES; With an English Translation, Compiled from the Two Former Translations by Davidson and Clarke; A Prosody Table and References (after the manner of Mr. Stirling) Pointing out, at one view, the scanning of each verse, and Davidson's English notes.
pp. iv, [40], 328. 8vo. 200 mm. Scattered age stain. Autograph ownerships of: Henry cotton; Hugo Cotton. Original full plain leather binding; front board detached. Hardbound. Good. The short introduction calls this present edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses "the first that has ever been attempted in America." Metamorphoses in English & Latin, with extensive notes. Evans 22753. PAIMP 6
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Sallust (86-34 B.C.); Crespin, Daniel (1640-1716).
C. SALLUSTII CRISPI OPERA OMNIA QUAE EXTANT, Interpretatione et notis illustravit Daniel Crispinus in usum Serenissimi Delphini. In hac 2. editione Americana pleraque Londiniense [sic] errata, diligentissime animadversa, corriguntur.
pp. [2], 260. 8vo. 200 mm. First two leaves worn. Text browned, but not brittle. XLib with a stamp on the title page. Original full leather; worn, with both boards detached. Hardbound. Fair. EARLY MANUSCRIPT COMMENTS on rear flyleaf: 'Vox populi Vox Dei, The voice of the people is the voice of God. (A false saying).' Also: 'Mondacium ab ovo a Mala. A lie from beginning to end.' AI /S&S 32707. Though a poor copy this early Americanm schoolbook is rendered interesting by its little bit of American Latin manuscript. PA IMP 6
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Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques.
TRAVELS OF ANACHARSIS THE YOUNGER IN GREECE. DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY, BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN ERA. The First American Edition. Four Volumes.
pp. xviii, 419; 403; : vii, 463; vii, 496. Lacks the folding map. Worn original full leather bindings. 8vo. 215 mm. ExLib. Early (1814) autograph ownership. Some foxing and browning. Jean-Jacques Barthelemy (1716-1795) was a French writer who was especially interested in the classics and numismatics. He worked as the Keeper of the Royal Collection of Metals, and continued his post during the French Revolution. This, his most famous work, was first published in 1788. It tells a story of a young Scythian man, a descendant of the philosopher in the title, who tours Greece and writes about the customs and idiosyncrasies of each place he visits. It was considered a useful handbook for Greek classical studies, and helped students to real insights about early Greek culture. Translated from the French by William Beaumont for the original English language edition. S&S/AI 5808. EVANS2
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Justinus, Marcus Junianus; Trogus, Pompeius; Florus, Lucius Annaeus; Rufus, Sextus.
JUSTINI HISTORIA EX TROGO POMPEIO quattuor & trigi[n]ta epithomatis collecta. Lucii Flori Epithomata quattuor q[uae]cultissima in decem Titi Liuii decadas; Sexti Ruffi co[n]sularis viri ad Valentianu[m] Augustum de Historia Romana opus dignissimum. [Historiae Philippicae].
Apparently lacks the general title page with Jean Petit's device, and probably the following 17 preliminary leaves. ff. CXL [i.e. 141] leaves. Woodcut initials. Some repeats in foliation. Small 4to. 190 mm. Latin text. Some old marginal dampstain. A few marginal manuscript notes. Attractive in a later full vellum binding. Armorial bookplate of Wm. G. Mack, LLB. A decent post-Incunabula edition of classic texts of Roman history. Edited by Marco Antonio Sabellico. SAFE ADD 1
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Herodianus; Politan; Zosimus; Estienne.
HERODIAN HISTORIARUM LIBRI VIII.
pp. [viii], 182, [ii], 79, [i]. Woodcut Estienne device on title page. Greek and Latin in parallel columns. Text uniformly foxed. Manuscript description of the acquistion (in 1800) of this copy and other bibliographic points. 4to. 26 cm. 18th century full limp vellum binding. Herodianus, supposed to have been a Syrian Greek, flourished during the third century A.D. In 203 he was in Rome, where he held some minor posts. His great historical work was written in Greek and narrates the events of the fifty-eight years between the death of Marcus Aurelius and the proclamation of Gordianus III. (180-238). The narrative is of special value as supplementing Dion Cassius, whose history ends with Alexander Severus. Chronicling the events of his own times, gifted with ordinary powers of observation, indubitable candour and independence of view his work is of inestimable value. He gives a lively account of many events such as: the death of Commodus; the assassination of Pertinax; how Didius Julianus bought the Roman Empire at auction; etc. Extensive use has been made of Herodianus by later chroniclers, especially the 'Scriptores historiae Au gustae' and John of Antioch. Poliziano did the first translation into Latin (1493) which conferred celebrity status on Herodian for the duration of the Renaissance. This Herodian was described by Dibdin as `an elegant, rare and critical edition', with notes and textual revisions by Henri Estienne. This is the first edition of any part of Zosimus (Editio Princeps), although Estienne only printed the first two books, translated by Leunclavius. The volume was dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney. Estienne (Etienne) (Latinized as Stephanus) was a great family of Parisian and Genevan printers of the 16th and 17th century, distinguished through five generations in scholarship as well as in their craft. Henri Estienne , Jr. (1531?-1598), was the greatest scholar of the family. He inherited his father's (Robert) press on the express condition that it should not be moved from Geneva. He was a well-trained scholar and devoted years to searching for manuscripts. Although humanism was far advanced, he, nevertheless, discovered numerous works of classical authors of which he issued first editions. His editions of Greek and Latin works are remarkable for their accuracy and textual criticism. Renouard 149/7; Schreiber 209; Dibdin II, 15; Adams H388, S1738. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Small Box OST 1
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Terence; Commentary by A. Donatus, et al.
P. TERENTIA AFRI POET LEPIDISSIMI COMOEDIAE:
Full Title: P. TERENTIA AFRI POET LEPIDISSIMI COMOEDIAE: Andria, Eunuchus, Heavtontimorvmenos, Adelphi, Hecyra, Phormio, ex emendatissimis ac fide dignissimis codicibus summa diligentia castigat, metris in suum ordinem recte restitutis, ac uarijs lectionibus in margine appositis ex collatione prostremarum editionum Aldini & Gryphiani exemplaris. Elenchum interpretum, qui in had comoedias docte simul & erudite scripserunt, proxima subinde pagina demonstrabit. Eorum qu in his interpretum commentarijs annotata sunt, index amplissimus. pp. [22], 154 [i.e. 308], 117 [i.e. 234, [8]. Lacks two leaves of front matter (*2 & *3). Various errors in pagination as recorded in other examples. Folio. 320 mm. Old full vellum binding. Double and triple column Latin text in Italic and Roman. Great many bold woodcut illustrations of the scenes appear throughout the volume, and add to its charm. The various early paper 'repairs' to the title probably cover up old ownerships. Written some time after these repairs is an ink manuscript notation: Della Libreria de S(an) Vincenzo (in Tuscany). CEdit Iniquos - which seems to identify the text and/or editing as unjust, evil, and/or wicked. not too unusual for pagan works. On the front flyleaf is the 18th or 19th century autograph ownership of A. Wallis (unidentified). Publius Terentius Afer (195/185-159 BC), better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170-160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. Terence apparently died young, probably in Greece or on his way back to Rome. He only wrote six plays. All survived, and are printed here. In this famous 1545 edition of Terence, Scoto, provided three summaries for the action of each scene by different humanist scholars of note. The innovation was immediately popular. The basic layout problem in the case of Terence was that the text consists of short scenes with much back-and-forth badinage while the apparatus was typically very lengthy. Early printers of these texts arranged the commentary for each scene all around the base text, creating a window or windows for the words of Terence. The resulting window-and-frame layouts are visually very lively, with each spread slightly different from the last, depending on the length of the commentary with respect to the text. As the sixteenth century progressed, however, it became more usual to employ a simple two-column format that placed the base text of each scene first and the commentary afterwards, alternating but running continuously from column to column. The four columns on a spread owned variety and visual interest because the text of Terence was set in larger type and more generously leaded than the commentary, but the result was rarely as handsome as the older layouts. This two-column format took over because it was much easier to set, correct, revise, and reprint than a window-and-frame. Similarly, fewer and fewer options were exercised in ornamenting and illustrating the folio text as the century wore on. Virtually the only ambitious editions from this point of view are this 1545 Scoto and the 1553 Cesano. These books preserve something of the grace of earlier folios, with scene-by-scene illustrations that characterized some folio editions in the fourteen nineties. Illustrations of individual scenes disappeared entirely after the 1555. The wonderful woodcuts are valued mainly for what they tell us of the Italian stage in the 15th and 16th century. BM STC Italian p. 664. ADD1 Safe
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Valerius Flaccus, Gaius.
C. VALERII FLACCI ARGONAUTICA. Io. Baptistae Pii carmen ex quarto Argonauticon Apollonii Orphei Argonautica innominato interprete.
ff. 148 leaves. 8vo. [161 X 97 mm.] [a-i8, K8, l-s8, t4]. Aldine devices on first and last leaves. Some age stain on preliminaries. Handsome 18th century red morocco binding, nicely tooled in gilt. Manuscript shelf title the on bottom edge. Large engraved bookplate of Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford, 1st Baronet (1858-1932), Born Charles Thomas, he was a British Conservative Party politician from Brighton, and sat in the House of Commons 1914-1922. Also with the small ms. ownership for Edwin Wolf II. First and only Aldine edition. First Century saga on the quest for the Golden Fleece. The work was probably composed to glorify Vespasian's conquest of Britain. The 'Orpheus' was translated into Latin by Leodrisio Cribello, a Milanese friend of Francesco Filelfo. Also contains a brief 'Life' prepared by Pietro Crinito. "Fine copies are obtained with some difficulty" - Dibdin II:515. Renouard 97:3; Adams V-77; UCLA II/192; Schweiger II 1099; Brunet V:1045. A lovely pocket sized Aldine. SAFE ALD 1
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Angeli Diego
Roma- Origini a Costantino- da Costantino al Rinascimento-Rinascimento – Barocca e Moderna- 4 vol.
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Sanfilippo M.
Roma – I negozi della tradizione - 2° ed.
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Beccarini P.
Roma – illustrata con 227 fototipie
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Montecchi Leo
Nemi – Il suo lago – le sue navi – con 32 tavole in rotocalco – 20 illustrazioni
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Frangipani Antigono
Istoria dell'Antichissima città di Civitavecchia – ristampa anastatica
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Muyden ( van ) Evert
Souvenirs d la Campagne Romaine – Ornè d'un portrait et 23 planches hors texte -Intr. De Paul Seippel – ediz originale N° IV di 10
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Anonimo
Guida del toscano a Roma – 1° ed.
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Bertolotti A.
Streghe Sortiere e Maliardi nel secolo XVI° in Roma – ristampa anastatica dell'ediz. Del 1883
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Dandolo T.- Wiseman N.
Corse estive nei dintorni di Roma – Roma antica e Roma moderna
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Durante Checco
Acquerelli – poesie Romanesche – pref. di Ceccarius . Acquerelli di Aristide Capanna – dialetto
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Cecchelli Carlo
Il Campidoglio LXIV tavole con introduzione e note
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Ara Pacis Augustae – origine – Storia – Significato
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Caffè – Concerto - ( Gente de servizio-la consegna der potierato ecc. ) Sonetti romaneschi – dialetto – 1° ediz.
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Brehier Louis
Le Basiliche cristiane – dalla 3° edizione francese – coll. “ Scienza e religione “ studi per i tempi presenti
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Grisar H.
Anacleta ronana – dissertazioni ,testi,monumenti dell'arte riguardanti la Storia di Roma nel Medio Evo – vol 1°
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Munoz Antonio
Campidoglio
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Wey Francesco
I musei del Vaticano con 51 incisioni – 2° ed.
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Belli Gioacchino
Duecento sonetti in dialetto romanesco co prefazione e note di Luigi Morandi
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Didier Charles
Rome souterraine – 2 vol.
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Borda, Maurizio
La pittura romana. - (200 a.C./ 300 d.C.).
432 p., 21 tav. in b/n e a colori f/t ; 29 cm. Collezione : le grandi civilta’ pittoriche, con ampia bibliografia. Prima edizione. Cartonato con sovracoperta. Come nuovo. **** Peso 1,5 Kg.
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Vicenzoni, Guido ; AA.VV.
Frascati n.163.
Cm. 30, pp. 16. Fascicolo illustrato de’ le cento citta’ d'Italia. Ristampa. Foto in b/n. Come nuovo. ****.
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Vicenzoni, Guido ; AA.VV.
Lago di Nemi n.113.
Cm. 30, pp. 16. Fascicolo illustrato de’ le cento citta’ d'Italia. Ristampa. Foto in b/n. Come nuovo. ****.
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Vicenzoni, Guido ; AA.VV.
Roma antica n.1.
Cm. 30, pp. 16. Fascicolo illustrato de’ le cento citta’ d'Italia. Ristampa. Foto in b/n. Come nuovo. ****.
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Vicenzoni, Guido ; AA.VV.
Roma moderna n.2.
Cm. 30, pp. 16. Fascicolo illustrato de’ le cento citta’ d'Italia. Ristampa. Foto in b/n. Come nuovo. ****.
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Guida tascabile della citta’ di Roma e i suoi dintorni. - Illustrata da 11 incisioni e (pianta topografica prospettica) (mancante). Aggiuntavi la cronologia degli Imperatori e dei Papi.
174 p., (2) : ill. con 11 incisioni di Vajani e altri (pianta topografica prospettica mancante); 13 cm. Incisioni: Colonna, piazza San Pietro, Pantheon, Colosseo, Campidoglio, Castel Sant’Angelo, fontana di Trevi, basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, reliquie del Tempio della Pieta’ a San Nicolo’ in Carcere, tempio di Antonio e di Faustina, Curia Giulia. Collezione : guide. Brossura riparata, ricucito, dorso muto. Note a matita, soprattutto al primo risguardo, pagine interne in ottimo stato. Buono. ****.
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De Rinaldis, Aldo
La R. Galleria Borghese in Roma. - (115 illustrazioni) terza edizione.
54 p. (su velina), 124 p. : ill. in b/n ; 19 cm. Collezione : itinerari dei musei e monumenti d'Italia ; 43. Con testo in italiano e inglese. Brossura editoriale. Ottimo. ****.
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Ricordo di Roma. - 32 vedute.
32 cartoline in b/n a fisarmonica ; 16 cm. Cartonato. Didascalie in quattro lingue. Ottimo. ****.
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Civilta’. - Anno II. Numero 6. Rivista trimestrale della Esposizione Universale di Roma.
100 p. : illustrato in b/n e a colori ; 35 x 27 cm. Splendide tavole in b/n a doppia pagina sul mondo marino (Ist. Luce). Articoli: Dalmazia; senso dello strumento musicale (con foto di strumenti a corda antichi); marmi e marmorari all’Esposione Universale di Roma; urbanistica romana a firma di Gustavo Giovannoni; logge di Raffaello (tav. doppie a colori); stampe giapponesi (ill. in b/n). Brossura illustrata. Tracce colorate ad una pagina. Ottimo. ****.
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Civilta’. - Anno III. Numero 8. Rivista trimestrale della Esposizione Universale di Roma.
100 p., (4) sciolte di indice dei primi 7 fascicoli (1940-1941) ; illustrato in b/n e a colori ; 35 x 27 cm. Articoli: Giappone guerriero (ill. in b/n); Galileo; la piazza a Esedre dell’Esposizione Universale di Roma (E.U.R.) con prospetti a doppia pagina; gioventu’ di Giotto (tav. doppie a col.); l’aviazione da guerra; case coloniche in Toscana a firma Bino Sanminiatelli (ill. in b/n). Brossura illustrata. Ottimo. ****.
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Aurigemma, Salvatore (Monteforte Irpino, Av 1885 - Roma 1964)
Le Terme di Diocleziano e il Museo nazionale romano. - (149 illustrazioni).
176 p., CIV tav. f/t : illustrato con foto in b/n ; 18 cm. Collezione : itinerari dei musei e monumenti d'Italia ; 78. Quarta edizione. Brossura editoriale (tracce di scritte a penna e di pagine incollate all’angolino del margine inferiore). Buono. ****.
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