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Sabatini, Prof. F.
GUIDE OF ROME AND ENVIRONS. Translated from Italian into English by Rudolph Capalozza.
pp. 216. 6 [Days and Hours for visiting Antiquities, Museums, Palaces, etc. printed on yellow paper]. Illustrated. Lacks rear fly leaf. 157mm. Original full red cloth binding, slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. TRAVEL BX 3
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Mead, G.R.S.
APOLLONIUS OF TYANA: The Philosophical Reformer of the First Century A.D. Foreword by Leslie Shepard.
pp. xxiv, 168. Tall thin 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in silver. Remains of original dust jacket. Inked owner name inside front cover. Hardbound. Very good. A new edition of the standard text that was issued in 1901. "With the exception of Christ, no more fascinating being appears on the stage of Western history" in the first years of the new era. OCCULT 14
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Irving, Christopher; Kerney, Martin Joseph.
IRVING'S CATECHISM OF CLASSICAL BIOGRAPHY: Containing an Account of the Most Celebrated Characters Among the Ancient Greeks and Romans with engraved illustration. Fourth American Edition, revised and improved by M.J. Kerney. Adapted to the Use of Schools
88p. Thin 16mo. 150 mm. Attractive printed paper covered boards binding; cloth backed. Hardbound. Very good. PA64
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Sewell, E. M.
THE CHILD'S FIRST HISTORY OF ROME.
255p. Damp stained. Age stained. Small tear top of title page not effecting text. 12mo. 6 1/4". Original leather spine over cloth covered boards. Gilt lettered spine. Extremities worn. Hardbound. PA71 FRONT
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Gallenga, A.
ITALY REVISITED. In Two Volumes.
Two Volumes. John Watts de Peyster's bookplate. Very XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings, very worn. Hardbound set. A scarce account of late 19th century Italy. Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1810-1895) [Pseudonym - Luigi Mariotti] was an Italian politician a forceful author on a variety of subjects. ohn Watts de Peyster, Sr. (1821-1907), was an author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard. He served in the New York State Militia during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. He was one of the first American military critics and noted for his histories of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and also published works of drama, poetry, military history, and military biography. TRAVEL/4.
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Pisani, Dr. Saverio.
A NEW GUIDE TO ROME AND ITS ENVIRONS. A Week In Rome. With 58 Illustrations, 7 Maps and 1 Plan of the City.
pp. xxiii, 287 + large color folding map (plan). Illustrated with maps and photographs. 16mo. Original printed wraps. TRAVEL/3
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Dudley, Donald R. T
THE ROMANS, 850 B.C. - A.D. 337. History of Human Society Series.
316p. + Illustrations. 8vo. DJ. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120
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Eutropius.
HISTORIAE ROMANAE BREVIARIUM. Secundum Editiones. Cum Versione Angelica.
pp. (12), 267 + Publisher's Advertisement. 12mo. Uncased. Latin text followed by the annotated English version. Written in a simple, concise style, Eutropius' history (especially in this edition) was probably originally intended for school use. SMALL BOX 1
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Florus, Lucius Annaeus.
L. ANNAEI FLORI EPITOME RERUM ROMANORUM.
108p. Woodcut devices, including that of the Regent's Classics. 24mo. Original full calf binding. Boards detached. Early American manuscript ownerships. Based on the edition edited by Johann Friedrich Fischer. Brunet II:1312. Regent's Classics Edition. SMALL BOX 4.
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Frichet, Henry.
FLESHPOTS OF ANTIQUITY. The Lives and Loves of Ancient Courtesans.
8vo. 252p. Figures and initials drawn in line by H. M. Bosse. Translated from the French by "A.F.N." Edition limited to 2000 copies. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CLASSICS BOX 4
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Guhl, Ernst & Koner, W.
DAS LEBEN DER GRIECHEN UND ROMER, Nach Antiken Bildwerken.
pp. (20), 820, 554 . Woodcut text illustrations. 8vo. Lacks spine. XLib. [Franklin & Marshall]. Manuscript ownership of George F. Mull. Significant study of ancient architectural and design motifs. . **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120
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Horace. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) [65-8 BC].
QUINTI HORATII FLACCI OPERA, ad Fidem Editionis I. M. Gesneri.
338p. + Frontis. 12mo. [160 x 101 mm.] Foxed. Nice straight grained English tan morocco binding. Marbled edges. Engraved Ex Libris. Mills 1071; Brunet III:324. . **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 3
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Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) & Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus).
D. JUN. JUVENALIS ET AULI PERSII FLACCI SATYRAE.
119p. + Engraved title page (which shows Baccus sitting on the globe). Light damp and age stain. Thin 32mo. [115 x 58 mm.] Contemporary full leather binding, varnished and cracked at joints. Juvenal was a great Roman satirical poet. His verse established a model for the satire of indignation, in contrast to the less harsh satire of ridicule of Horace. Little is known about his life except that during much of it he was desperately poor. A tradition tells that as a youth he was banished from court for satirizing an imperial favorite; later his work reveals a deep hatred for the Emperor Domitian. He is known chiefly for his 16 satires, which contain a vivid representation of life in Rome under the empire. They were probably written in the years between A.D. 100 and A.D. 128. The biting tone of his diatribes has seldom been equaled. From the stern point of view of the older Roman standards he powerfully denounces the lax and luxurious society, the brutal tyranny, the affectations and immora lity of women, and the criminal excesses of Romans as he saw them, especially in his earlier years. The rhetorical form of his verse is finished, exact, and epigrammatic, furnishing many sayings that have become familiar through quotation - Columbia Encyclopedia. Frequently joined with the satires of Juvenal are those of a fellow Roman satirist, Persius. Born in Etruria, a member of a distinguishe d family, he went to Rome in boyhood, was educated there, and came under the influence of the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, to whom he became attached in lasting friendship. Gentle and mo dest by nature, Persius had high moral standards. His writings (only six short satires), influenced in manner by Horace and Lucilius, preach Stoic moral doctrine. He exposed to censure the corruption and folly of contemporary Roman life, contrasting it with the ideals of the Stoics and of earlier Rome - Columbia Encyclopedia. An unusual and scarce little edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 3
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Petronius Arbiter, Gaius (fl. 65 AD).
THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER, Adapted from the Translation of W. C. Firebaugh. With an Essay by Charles Whibley.
8vo. 269p. DJ. The vivid, elegant, and mildly erotic Satyricon is usually attributed to Nero's friend, Gaius Petronius Arbiter. The surviving portions of the text detail the misadventures of the narrator, Encolpius, and his lover, a handsome sixteen-year-old boy named Giton. Throughout the novel, Encolpius has a hard time keeping his lover faithful to him as he is constantly being enticed away by others. Encolpius's friend Ascyltus (who seems to have previously been in a relationship with Encolpius) is another major character. It is one of the two most extensive examples of the Roman novel, the only other being fully extant Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which is quite different in style and plot. It is also extremely important evidence for the reconstruction of what everyday life must have been like for the lower classes during the early Roman Empire. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W121
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Plutarch.
PLUTARCH'S LIVES. Translated From the Original Greek with Notes. by John & William Langhornes.
Tall 8vo. 748p. Double columns. Foxed. Original decorated cloth binding. Bold comments and underlining by a modern reader. This Baltimore version is not recorded in AI, though see: AI 39645-6. Plutarc h was the greatest ancient biographer. His great work is The Parallel Lives comprising 46 surviving biographies arranged in pairs (one Greek life with one comparable Roman) and four single biographies . Plutarch displays evident pride in the culture and greatness of the men of Greece, he is nevertheless fair and honest in his treatment of the Romans. As a biographer Plutarch is almost peerless, alt hough his facts are not always accurate. Since his purpose was to portray character and reveal its moral implications, his technique included the use of much anecdotal material. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W121
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Scaliger, Joseph Justus (1540-1609); Early Fore-Edge Painting.
NOTITIA GALLIAE. Item Ejusdem Notae Super appellationibus locorum aliquot, & Gentium apud Caesarem.
The second volume (of two?). Thick 8vo. pp. 501-862, (50), 224 + Engraved folding map, and engraved portrait plate. Edges colored brown. **Painted vellum binding and hidden lettered fore-edge** Early full vellum binding, decorated with small, bold pen drawings of ships sailing below a seven line motto in Latin (this text, no longer easily legible). On the rear board is an ink drawing of a Tudor rose. Painted under the brown fore-edge, and visible only when fanned, is the following text: "TULLIUM M. C. JULIUS CAESAR CICERONEM OB E GRECIAS EJUS / DOMITUM SALVUM ET INCOLUMEM / ESSE JOBEMUS C. JA BOIENUS / NOSTRIS ARMIS VIRTUTEQUE". Later manuscript vellum spine label: "INCERTA" (meaning uncertain or doubtful). Was this perhaps a critic's warning about the accuracy of the notes on Caesar that Scaliger gathered together? A UNIQUE AND ENTIRELY REMARKABLE ITEM. CHEST 2/2
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Velleius Paterculus.
CAII VELLEII PATERCULI HISTORIAE ROMANAE LIBRI DUO.
pp. 24, 238 + Frontis, vignettes and culs-de-lampe, engraved by Fessard. Woodcut printer's device. All edges gold. Text and plates clean and bright. Small 8vo. [150 x 85 mm.] Worn original French full leather gold. Engraved Ex Libris of Theodore Martin. Edited by Stephano-Andraa Philippe. Includes a bibliography of Velleius Paterculus. Lovely edition of this "universal" Roman history. A brief history of the Barbou Classics is given by Schweiger (II 1269). In 1742 Lenglet de Fresnoy persuaded Coustelier to start a series which was meant to be a French rival to the Elzeviers - even surpassing th em in tersms of schoalrship and typography. Though this effort soon exhausted itself, it was revived by Jean Joseph Barbou in 1753. Seven of these attractive little books appeared in 1753-1755, and th ough there were more issued in the next decade, there was not enough market interest to support a sustained publishing program. They still stand as a monument to French scholarship and typography. Brunet IV:430. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 4
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Virgil. (Publius Vergillius Maro) [70-19 BC].
THE WORKS OF VIRGIL, Translated Into English Prose. With the Latin Text and Order of Construction on the Same Page; and Critical, Historical, Geographical, & Classical Notes in English.
Two volumes. pp. (56), 353; 478. 8vo. Original full mottled leather (roan) binding. Boards detached. "Third American Edition. For the Use of Schools, as well as of Private Gentlemen." Apparently based on the work of James Davidson (1732-1809). AI 14772. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120
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Workman, John Rowe.
ARX ANTIQUA. A Selection From the Early Roman Poets. Translated and edited by John Rowe Workman.
Tall 8vo. 26p. W121
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Froude, James Anthony (1818-1894).
CAESAR. A Sketch.
12mo. 568p. + Ads + Engraved frontis portrait. Leather backed boards.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120
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Florus, Lucius Annaeus (fl. 2nd century AD).
L. ANNAEUS FLORUS [RERUM ROMANARUM]. Cl. Salmasius addidit.
pp. (8), 336, (8) + Title engraved by Duysend. 24mo. [129 x 73 mm.] Lightly damp stained. Later full dark brown morocco gilt binding. This rare variant edition has the uncorrected errors in pagination, but the engraved title has the correct S.P.Q.R. Old collector's manuscript note relating to this edition is attached. Florus was a Roman historian and poet. This is his Epitome of Roman History. Florus was said to have addressed the well-known lines to Hadrian beginning, "Ego nolo Caesar esse" [I do not wish to be a Caesar], which provoked Hadrian's satirical parody, "I do not wish to be a Florus," quoted by Spartianus. This important edition was edited by the great "monarch and tyrant of literature", Claude Salmasius (1593?-1653). The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. Brunet II:1311; Dibdin II:10; Willems 467. RARE. SMALL BOX 2
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
CHRESTOMATHIA CICERONIANA Oder: Auserlesene Stellen Aus den Schriften M. Tvllii Ciceronis Nach den besten Ausgaben Gruteri, Graeuii und Gronouii recensirt, An unterschiedenen Orten verbessert, mit ausfuhrlichen Anmerkungen und einer Erzehlung von dem Lebe
pp. [6], LII, 550, [29]. Small 8vo. 18 cm. Very Scarce German Latin reader. Latin text with notes in German.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
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Dunlop, John.
HISTORY OF ROMAN LITERATURE FROM ITS EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE AUGUSTAN AGE. In Two Volumes. From the Last London Edition.
Two volumes. 354; 286; 60 (2) [Appendix] + Publisher's advertisements. Deckle edged, uncut. Foxed. Original boards and label binding, worn, but presentable. Scarce. As a youth John Colin Dunlop was studious and retired in disposition. He was admitted an advocate in 1807, but was only nominally at the bar. The first edition of his well-known 'History of Fiction' was published at Edinburgh in 1814. Dunlop was appointed Sheriff Depute of the Shire of Renfrew, in 1816. This office he retained until his death. In 1823 he produced the first two volumes of this 'History of Roman Literature' which is noticeable for useful abstracts of the writings described, and illustrations drawn from modern European literatures. He died at Edinburgh in February 1842. "People sometimes wondered how so feeble and so retired a creature could venture as a penal magistrate among the strong sailors of Greenock or the ill fed rebels of precarious Paisley; but he did his duty among them very well. (In appearance he was exceedingly like a little, old, gray cuddy) a nice kindly body, with a clear, soft Scotch voice" - Henry Cockburn. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W118
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Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774); Grimshaw, William (1782-1852).
GOLDSMITH'S ROMAN HISTORY, FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. Revised and Corrected, and a Vocabulary of Proper Names Appended; With Prosodical Marks, to Assist in Their Pronunciation. By William Grimshaw. Improved Edition.
235 p. 12mo. 20 cm. Contemporary full leather binding. Contemporary manuscript ownership of Margaretta Slaymaker (White Chimneys, Lancaster County, PA).
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Gratius Faliscus; Nemesianus, Marcus Aurelius Olympius; Barth, Kaspar von; Vliet, Jan van; Johnson, Thomas; Bruceus, Edwardus; Caius, John; Lage, Matthias von der; Calpurnius Siculus, Titus; Titi, Roberto; Martelli, Ugolino; Guidalotti, Diomede; Badius, J
POETAE LATINI REI VENATICAE SCRIPTORES ET BUCOLICI ANTIQUI: VIDELICET GRATII FALISCI ATQUE M. AURELII OLYMPII NEMESIANI, CYNEGETICON HALIEUTICON & DE AUCUPIO.
Two volumes in one. pp. (62), 583, (16); 335 + Handsome engraved frontis. Engraved head and tail pieces, Foxed. 4to. Original full leather binding, boards detached. Wonderful collection of classical Latin poems on hunting and the bucolic life. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W112
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Gueullette, Simon; Watterston, George (1783-1854).
AN EASY METHOD OF LEARNING THE ROMAN HISTORY. WITH A CHRONOLOGY OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS, AND AN ABRIDGED ACCOUNT OF THE ROMAN USAGES AND CUSTOMS. Designed for the use of Schools Translated from the French, with Additions, by George Watterston, Esq., Librar
204 p. 12 mo. 19 cm. Foxed. Very nice modern buckram binding. The text is a sort of catechism on Roman history and culture. ** The publisher is of special interest - Daniel Rapine, was a bookseller and printer whose bookshop was located on Capitol Hill as early as 1801. The site was later engulfed in an expansion of the capitol building.During the War of 1812 (1812 & 1813) he served as Mayor of Washington. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
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Harless, Hermann.
LINEAMENTA HISTORIAE GRAECORUM AC ROMANORUM LITTERARIAE SCHOLARUM IN USUM.
pp. xiv, 169. 8vo. Original marbled boards. Spine taped. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 8
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Hogarth, David George (1862-1927) - Editor.
AUTHORITY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, SACRED AND PROFANE. Essays on the relation of monuments to Biblical and Classical Literature.
pp. xv, 440. 8vo. 24 cm. Mildly XLib. Original full cloth binding. Includes: Hebrew Authority, by S. R. Driver; Classical Authority: Egypt and Assyria, by F. L. Griffith; Prehistoric Greece, by D. G. Hogarth; Historic Greece, by E. A. Gardner; The Roman World, by F. Haverfield; Christian Authority, by A. C. Headlam; With an Introductory Chapter on the Nature of Archaeology, by David G. Hogarth. Sc arce. W121
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Horace. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 B.C.).
ODES & EPODES OF HORACE. Latin Text-Edited by Clement Lawrence Smith. With Versions, Paraphrases and Explanatory Notes by Eminent Scholars, Statesmen and Poets. With an Introduction by Archbishop Ireland.
Six volumes, bound in eight. Horace's text complete, but without the bibliographical volume. Wonderful etched plates and woodcuts by Howard Pyle, W. H. W. Bicknell, and others. Includes extra plates printed on Japan Vellum. Some plates signed in pencil. Square 8vo. Beautifully printed on beautiful paper. Uncut and unopened. Paper boards backed in a simulated vellum. Slightly chipped and soiled at spine, but still an attractive set. This is the first publication of the famed Bibliophile Society. This is set number 369 of an edition limited to only 467 copies. Mills 2296. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W126
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Horace. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 B.C.); Marshall, John (1845-1915).
THE ODES AND EPODES OF HORACE. Translated into English Verse Corresponding with the Original Metres by John Marshall.
pp. xxviii, 307 + Photogravure frontis of a portrait medal of Horace. 12 mo. 18 cm. Fore edge uncut. Top edge gold. Original full cloth binding. Horace's laudatory poetry [Carmina] in Latin and Englis h. Very nice copy. W120 Rt/Front
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Justinus, Marcus Junianus; Cantel, Pierre Joseph (1645-1684); Durand, David (1680-1763); Bongars, Jacques (1554-1612).
DE HISTORIIS PHILIPPICIS, ET TOTIUS MUNDI ORIGINIBUS. Interpretatione & Notis illustravit Petrus Josephus Cantel. In Usum Serenissimi Delphini.
pp. 329, [100]. 8vo. Disbound. Manuscript ownership of Frank M. Etting (and Gratz Etting), who was responsible for the restoration of Independence Hall for the Centennial in Philadelphia. That Etting owned this Delphini edition might make it worthy of further research. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W121 L/Front
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Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) & Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus).
D. JUNII JUVENALIS ET AULI PERSII FLACCI SATYRAE. Tabulis Aeneis Illustravit, et Notas Variorum Selectas Suasque Addidit G. S.
pp. (12), 207 + Fifteen unusual engraved plates. Bound by Cecil & Larkins in full English calf. Boards detached. An extremely fine copy internally. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 5
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Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) & Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus).
D. JUNII JUVENALIS SATYRAE, Omni Obscoenitate Expurgatae, Cum Interpretatione ac Notis. Editio secunda.
pp. 250, (1); 83, (1). Small 12mo. 15 cm. Worn contemporary French full leather binding. Early manuscript Archambault ownerships. This version of Juvenal was edited by Joseph de Jouvency (1643-1719). Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 6
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L'Homond, C. F. (1727-1794).
EPITOME HISTORIAE SACRAE, AD USUM TYRONUM LINGUAE LATINAE. Editio Secunda Americana, Juxta Ultimam Parisiensem Stereotypam.
142 p. Small 12mo. 15 cm. Foxed. Contemporary full leather binding, spine ruled in gold. Intended for use as a Latin reader in schools. Scarce. AI 25861. SMALL BOX 6 **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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L'Homond, C. F. (1727-1794); Ironside, George E(dmund).
EPITOME HISTORIAE SACRAE. Editio Nova. Quam Prosodiae Signis, Novaque Vocum Omnium Interpretatione, Ardonavit Georgius Ironside. Editio Sex. Quam Correxit et Emendavit Thomas S. Joy. Stereotyped Edition.
156 p. Small 12mo. Foxed. Contemporary full leather binding, with some loss on spine. Incised initials of H. L. Smyser (York, PA). A popular school reader with Bible stories in Latin. This issue is ve ry scarce. SMALL BOX 7
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Ovid. (Publius Ovidius Naso) [43 B.C.-18 A.D.]
OVID'S ART OF LOVE; Together with his Remedy of Love. Translated into English Verse. To Which are Added, The Court of Love and The History of Love. A New Edition, with Plates.
pp. xii, [13]-214 + Frontis, and one unusual engraved plate. Small 12mo. 14 cm. Slight marginal damp stain. Well foxed and browned. Disbound. Very mildly XLib. Rare American edition of Ovid. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7.
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Pliny the Younger [Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus](62-113 A.D.).
C. PLINII CAECILLII SECUNDI EPISTOLARUM LIBRI X & PANEGYRICUS. Accedunt variantes lectiones.
pp. (12), 414 (i.e.404), [28]. Printer's device (the Hermit) on title page. 24mo. 13 cm. Latin text. Worn original full leather binding, boards detached. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him. Pliny the Younger wrote hundreds of letters, of which 247 survive and are of great historical value. Some are addressed to reigning emperors or to notables such as the historian Tacitus. Pliny served as an imperial magistrate under Trajan and his letters to Trajan provide one of the few surviving records of the relationship between the imperial office and provincial governors. Willems 506; Copinger 3646. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 4
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Sallust (Gaius Sallustus Crispus) [86-34 B.C.]
C. SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS, CUM VETERUM HISTORICORUM FRAGMENTIS.
pp. [16], 310, [34] + Engraved title page by Duysent. Foxed. Latin text. 24mo. 14 cm. Lovely 18th century full leather binding, joints cracked. Copinger 4054; Willems 412n. Edited by Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn (1612-1653), to whom the dedication is addressed. The Elzeviers published four distinct editions under this date. This issue is the second reimpression. Early manuscript ownerships. Scarce. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 6
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Sallust (Gaius Sallustus Crispus) [86-34 B.C.]
C. CRISPI SALLUSTII BELLI CATILINARII ET JUGURTHINI HISTORIAE, Notis Brevissimis, Criticis, Historicis, Geographicis, &c. Editio Secunda.
pp. (4), 196. 12mo. 18 cm. Foxed and damp stained. Contemporary full leather binding. Early manuscript ownership of Albert G. Buel. This American edition was edited by Peter Wilson (1746-1825). SMALL BOX 5
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Valerius Maximus (Ca. 20 B.C.-50 A.D.).
VALERII MAXIMI DICTORUM FACTORUMQUE MEMORABILIUM LIBRI IX.
pp. [8], 328. Engraved title page. Foxed. 24mo. 13 cm. Worn contemporary full leather binding. This is a page-for-page reprint of the 1650 Elzevier editions; and the second of two impressions of 1671 (without the preliminary headpiece). Willems 1462n. Valerius Maximus was a widely read Roman author, but little is known of his life. This work, [Nine Books of Memorable Deeds and Sayings] was written around A.D. 30 and is a miscellany of anecdotes about a variety of subjects. It was especially important as a source for writers and orators. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 6
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Valpy, Abraham John (1787-1854).
ELEMENTS OF MYTHOLOGY; Intended to Enable the Reader to Understand the Ancient Writers of Greece and Rome. From the Fourth Edition, Revised and Improved.
144 p. 12mo. Original leather backed paper boards. Very scarce American Imprint. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
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Virgil. (Publius Vergilius Maro) [70-19 B.C.].
PUBLII VERGILII MARONIS. BUCOLICA ET GEORGICA.
pp. 15, 144, 3 + Plus numerous full-page and folding engraved plates. Illustrated throughout with engraved vignettes, culs-de-lampe, etc. Normal foxing and off-setting. Tall 8vo. [221 x 135 mm.] Contemporary full leather binding, worn. Lacks original spine label. Generally, Very Good. "Containing only the Bucolics and Georgics, this work was left unfinished by old Pine, and was published by his son Robert" - Dibdin II, p. 561. Probably, in realit y, somewhat scarcer than Pine's justly famous Horace.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! W153
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Wainwright, John.
JULIUS CAESAR; DID HE CROSS THE CHANNEL? REVIEWED by John Wainwright.
vii, 126 + Tipped in errata, and an apology from the printer (King & Baird) for the paper stock. Fragmentary original wraps. The copy of General John Watts de Peyster, who is mentioned in "To the Reader" XLib . This is a response to a work by Scott Frederick Surtees (1814-1889) dealing with Julius Caesar and the Invasion of Britain, 55 B.C. It is very scarce. ohn Watts de Peyster, Sr. (1821-1907), was an author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard. He served in the New York State Militia during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. He was one of the first American military critics and noted for his histories of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and also published works of drama, poetry, military history, and military biography. W140.
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Winterton, Ralph (1600-1636).
POETAE MINORES GRAECI. QUIBUS SUBJUNGITUR, EORUM POTISSIMAEUM QUAE AD PHILOSOPHIAM MORALEM PERTINENT, INDEX UTILIS.
pp. [8], 587, [101]. Text in Greek and Latin on opposite pages. No extra engraved title as in some copies. Numerous typographic borders. Some pages set as typographic designs. Small 8vo. 158 mm. Early full leather binding; lacking 2" of leather at the tail of the spine. Text generally browned and loose, but not brittle, nor with any substantial loss. Numerous early manuscript notations and ownerships, including: Ambrose Lewis, 1657; Thomas Answorth, 1708; Jacob Dickinson, 1763; and Enoch Walker. An interesting copy of a very interesting book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 5
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Suetonius (Caius Suetonius Tranquillus)(Ca. 69-122 A.D.).
CAIUS SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS. CUM ANNOTATIONIBUS DIVERSORUM.
pp. 369, (13) + Engraved title. One leaf torn across the top with loss of about 10 lines. Old damp stain. 32 mo. [115 x 66 mm.]. Worn contemporary paper boards binding. Little is known about Suetonius' life except that he was briefly the private secretary of Emperor Hadrian. His work, De vita Caesarum [Concerning the Lives of the (Twelve) Caesars] survives almost in full. In it he does little to hide the sexual activities or moral depravity of the Roman court. There are also fragments of a much larger collection of biographies, De viris illustribus [Concerning Illustrious Men]. He gathered together all sorts of anecdotes, and the resultant biographies are lively and informative. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. Willems 1118; Rahir, Les Elzevier, 1133. Small Box OST 5
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Falke, Jakob von.
HELLAS UND ROM, eine Culturgeschichte des Classischen Alterthums.
pp. xii, 345. Wood engraved plates and Illustrations. Some foxing. Folio. Absolutely remarkable decorated full red cloth binding. Huge gold central device surrounded by a complex series of rolls, stamps, and illustrations in gold and black. Rarely is this book found in such fresh condition. Oversized. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SE5
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Faure, Gabriel.
THE GARDENS OF ROME. Translated by Frank Kemp. Water-Colours by Pierre Vignal.
100p. + Plus fourteen beautiful reproduction water colors by P. Vignal. Color plates printed on heavy artist paper with original tissue guards. Numerous photogravure text illustrations by Alinari Bros. and Anderson. Pictorial decorated title page. Greek style bookplate of Jacob S. Konstantino. Folio. Original cloth binding with water color plate on front board. Binding has some wear. Hardbound. Very good copy. TRAVEL/3
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Edwards, George Wharton.
ROME.
344 p. Illustrated with 24 full page plates in color, and 28 monochrome plates, reproducing wonderful paintings by Edwards. 4to. Handsome full black cloth binding, decorated in gold, blue, white, and red. Dedicated to Benito Mussolini. NW31
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Virgil. (Publius Vergillius Maro) [70-19 BC].
THE ECLOGUES AND GEORGICS OF VIRGIL. With English Notes. by Charles Anthon.
pp. (50), 452. Tall 12mo. Foxed. Worn full roan binding; front board almost detached. Early ownerships of the Episcopalian minister and scholar, Charles James Wood. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120
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Burn, Robert.
OLD ROME: A Handbook To The Ruins Of The City And The Campagna. Being an Epitome of His Larger Work `ROME AND THE CAMPAGNA'.
pp. xii, 266 + Twenty-two folding maps and plans. Numerous text drawings. Decorated title page. Unopened. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Gilt pictorial vignette of Romulus and Remus nursing on the she-wolf on front cover. Binding slightly faded. Hardbound. Though XLib, still a very nice 1880 handbook about the then existing ruins and monuments of ancient Rome. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/2
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