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PHILOSTRATUS.
Philostrati Lemnii Senioris Historiae de vita Apollonii Tyanei libri octo. Alemano Rhinuccino Florentino interprete. Eusebius contra Hieroclem qui Tyaneum Christo conferre conatus est. Zenobio Acciolo Florentino interprete. Omnia haec ad Graecam veritatem diligenter castigata & restituta adiectis ubi opus esse videbatur annotatiunculis.
Paris Parisiis Apud Petrum Beguin 1555. Colophon at the end: 'Excudebat Benedictus Prevost via Frementella sub insigni stellae aureae 1555' 12mo in 8. XXXII634 recte 640 p. 18th century vellum. 12.5 cm Ref: Hoffman 381; Ebert cf. 16748a; not in BP16; USTC No: 151812 Details: Latin translation only. Printed entirely in italics. Two thongs laced through the joints. Short title on the back Condition: Vellum age-toned. All 4 textile fastening ties gone. Front flyleaf pasted on the front pastedown. Red round stamp on the title and last page. The paper of 3 gatherings is yellowing Note: The Suda a 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia knows three Greek sophists called Philostratus three generations living between 160 and 250 A.D. The first one is thought to have written most works the 'Vita Apollonii' Life of Apollonius the 'Vitae Sophistarum' Biographies of Sophists the 'Gymnastikos' the 'Heroikos' the 'Eikones' and 'Dialexeis' and a collection of 73 letters mostly love letters. Neue Pauly 9 s.v. Philostratos 5-8 In the first years of the third century Philostratus moved to Rome where he entered the court of the emperor Septimius Severius. There he wrote ca. 307 A.D. at the behest of the empress Julia Domna Augusta whose favour he enjoyed a biography of the neopythagorean ascetic and wandering philosopher and also miracle-monger Apollonius of Tyana. Few books have over a long period of time aroused so much upheaval among Christians as this biography. Apollonius was born in the same year when Jesus Christ is supposed to be born. It is almost impossible to reveal Apollonius' true identity or to decide wether this is a biography of a real or fictionalized hero or just an Heliodoran romance or a romantic hagiography or even a documentary romance. The question can be dealt from so many angles that the Philostratean studies constitute a separate branch in the research of the culture of the Early Roman Empire. The problem is 'that Philostratus as a man of letters and sophist full of passion for Greek romance and for the studies in rhetoric was hardly interested in the historical Apollonius'. DzielskaM. 'Apollonius of Tyana in legend and history' Rome 1986 p. 14 A fact is that contemporary sources reveal next to nothing about Apollonius. 'To satisfy the empress's demand who asked him Philostratus to narrate the life and achievements of Apollonius he had to invent this figure as it were anew. Thus using his literary imagination this moderately gifted writer turned a modest Cappadocian mystic into an impressive figure full of life politically outstanding and yet also preposterous'. Dzielska p. 14 Nothing proves that the 'Vita Apollonii Tyanensis' was widely read in the 3rd century. It would probably not have survived were it not for the gouvernor of Bithynia Sossianus Hierocles one of the inspirators of the persecution of the Christians at the beginning of the third century in his province under the emperor Diocletian. At the beginning of the 4th century he published his 'Philaletes' a treatise against Christianity in which he ridiculed the divine attributes of Christ and praised Apollonius' virtues and thaumaturgic abilities. In the 'Philaletes' Hierocles propagated his pagan Christ Apollonius. The Christians were furiously enraged because Hierocles dared to contrast Apollonius with their Saviour. The Christians won under Constantine and the 'Philaletes' vanished soon from the face of earth. It is only known through the 'Against Hierocles' a treatise of the Churchfather Eusebius. The 'Vita Apollonii Tyanensis' in which it was believed that Apollonius was presented as the equal if not the superior of Christ survived however the burning of pagan literature by Christian mobs in early christianity. The 'editio princeps' of the Vita Apollonii' accompanied by a Latin translation was published by Aldus in 1501-1502. This Latin translation of the 'Vita' was produced by the Florentine Alemanus Rinuccinus and by Zenobius Acciola who translated the Eusebius part. In a short preface Desiderius Iacotius Vandoperanus tells the reader that this edition of 1555 is a reissue of that first Latin translation maintaining Aldus's arrangement of chapters and the notes. Preface p. 3 verso The translator of the 'Vita Apollonii' the Florentine Alemanno Rinuccini 1426-1504 held a number of honorable offices in the government of his city. He translated into Latin several of the Lives of Plutarch and this 'Vita'. It was completed in 1473 but was not printed until 1501. On Rinuccini J. Hutton 'The Greek Anthology in Italy to the year 1800' Ithaca/N.Y. 1935 p. 105/06 Zenobio Acciaiuoli 1461-1519 'was a Florentine and in his youth a close friend of Politian and Ficino. . He joined the Dominican Order weathered the stormy years that followed the expulsion of Piero de' Medici and at last found a haven with Leo X who made him prefect of the Vatican Library. To him are due a number of translations from the Greek parts of Eusebius Olympiodorus Theodoretus and the like'. Idem p. 164 Provenance: On the title the red round stamp of the 'Libraria Colonna' with a column in its center. For this library which must have been one of the richest in his time we quote the catalogue of the 'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek': 'Der Teilung des Hauses Colonna in die Sciarra und die Barberini folgte die Zerstreuung der ber�hmten Galerie und der Verkauf der Bibliothek deren Handschriften sich jetzt gr��tenteils im Vatikan befinden. Quelle: Pertz Georg Heinrich. Itali�nische Reise vom November 1821 bis August 1823. 1824'. Ref.no. 1035402718 � On the verso of the title in ink: 'Carol. Pianeast Rom. 1886' Collation: 8 8 a-z8 �8 A-Q8. errors in the pagination in the gatherings r and G Photographs on request hardcover
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PORPHYRIUS.
PORPHURIOU PERI TOU EN T�i ODUSSEIAi T�N NUMPH�N ANTROU. Porphyrius De antro Nympharum. Graece cum Latina L. Holstenii versione. Graeca ad fidem editionum restituit versionem C. Gesneri & animadversiones suas adjecit R.M. van Goens Trajectinus. Praemissa est Dissertatio Homerica ad Porphyrium. Bound with: PORPHURIOU PHILOSOPHOU PERI APOCH�S EMPSUCH�N BIBLIA TESSARA. Porphyrii Philosophi De abstinentia ab esu animalium libri quatuor. Cum notis integris Petri Victorii et Ioannis Valentini et interpretatione Latina Ioannis Bernardi Feliciani. Editionem curavit & suas itemque Ioannis Iacobi Reiskii notas adiecit Iacobus De Rhoer. Accedunt IV. Epistolae de Apostasia Porphyrii.
Ad 1: Utrecht Traiecti ad Rhenum Sumptibus Abrahami v. Paddenburg 1765. Ad 2: Utrecht Traiecti ad Rhenum Apud Abrahamum a Paddenburg 1767. colophon: Daventriae e typ. J. de Lange 2 volumes in 1: 4to. XXXIVXXXVI21228 index; XXXIV39814 index p. Contemporary half calf. 26 cm Ref: Ad 1: STCN ppn 203268296; Hoffmann 3284; Schweiger 1274; Brunet 4823/24; Ebert 17795; Graesse 5415. Ad 2: STCN ppn 203266617; Hoffmann 3284; Schweiger 1274; Brunet 4823/24; Ebert 17791; Graesse 5415 Details: Back gilt and with 5 raised bands. Red morocco shield in the second compartment. Title and the first leaf of the preliminaries leaf chi1 and also L2 printed in red and black. A small text engraving on page 117. The second title is also printed in red and black Condition: Binding slightly worn. Corners bumped Note: Ad 1: The author of this treatise on the Odyssean Cave of the Nymphs is the Greek scholar and philosopher Porphyrius Porphyry 232/3 - ca. 305 A.D. who was more a polymath than an original thinker. In his numerous treatises and commentaries he had the good habit of quoting his sources by name. He thus preserved many fragments of older learning. OCD 2nd ed. p. 864/65 Porphyrius was a student of Plotinus whose Enneads he edited somewhere after 300. Most of his work is written from a Plotinian point of view. He produced also numerous philosophical commentaries on Plato Aristotle Theophrastus and Plotinus. His commentary on the Categories of Aristotle became a standard medieval textbook of logic. His philologic work include 'De antro Nympharum' a specimen of allegorizing interpretation in which Porphyrius symbolically explains the passages in the 13th book of Homer's Odyssey on the Cave of the Nymphs. In this cave situated on the island of Ithaca Odysseus hid the treasures of the Phaeacians on his return home. Od. XIII 102-112 361-365 � The edition of 1765 opens after a dedication to young prince William V with a 'Dissertatio Homerica ad Porphyrium' by the Dutch classical scholar Rijklof Micha�l van Goens 1748-1810. The Greek text which follows is accompanied by 2 Latin translations. The first one by the German philologist Lucas Holstein or Holstenius 1596-1642 is printed parallel to the Greek text. It was first published in 1630 in Rome where he was librarian of the Vatican. At the end of the Greek text comes the second translation made by the Swiss classical scholar Conrad Gesner 1516-1565 which was first published in Z�rich in 1542. After that translation follow the 'Collectanea ad Porphyrium De antro Nympharum' in which the editor Van Goens offers the Homeric text with the relevant scholia and commentaries and observations of Eustathius Johannes Spondanus Joshua Barnes Madame Dacier Alexander Pope and among others Willem Canter who declared that the complete Odyssey was an allegory of man searching for wisdom and happiness which he only could reach through death for Odysseus' sleep on board of the Phaeacian ship that brought him home must be understood as a stay in death. p. 81 At the end we find 38 pages filled with observations and commentary by Van Goens himself. � Van Goens was a precocious polymath. He matriculated at the age of 12 and only 18 years old he succeeded his professor at the University of Utrecht Peter Wesseling. He had to quit his chair in 1776 because he had made himself impossible. He went into Utrecht politics made more enemies and left his country disappointed in 1786. One of his principle philological works is this edition of Porphyrius. He does not agree with the allegorical explanations of Porphyrius which he calls 'nugae'. Such trifles only made the Odyssean passage incomprehensible instead of clear. Van Goens wants instead to shed light on the beauty of Homer's description of the cave. Praefatio p. XXII His aim is not textcritical but more philosophical Epistola p. IV. � Porphyrius explains the cave of the Nymphes and her double entrance as a profound allegory of the journey of the soul on it ways to and from its origin. p. 23 The cave symbolises the material world into which the human soul has descended. The darkness in it stands for the unseen powers of the material world. Porphyrius discusses the famous cavern of Plato refers to Pythagoras Heraclitus Mozes Zoroaster Stoics and the Egyptians and construes with bold imagination and wondrous combinations an allegoric explanation. In his 'Animadversiones ad Porphyrium de Antro Nympharum' p. 85-122 Van Goens investigates in order to explain the interesting passages in the work of Porphyrius thoroughly and with a marvelous erudition old and new authors. He seems to plunder a whole library from Plato to Spinoza from the New Testament to Leibniz to prove his point. Ad 2: The second work 'On the abstention of eating flesh' is the most important work on ancient vegetarianism that has survived. In it Porphyrius tries to convince his friend Firmus Castricius to abstain from the eating of flesh of slaughtered animals at the official offerings to the Gods. It is a kind encyclopaedia of ancient vegetarian and anti vegetarian thought. As for Plotinus the aim of philosophy was for Porphyrius the communion with God and an ascetic life was the way to achieve this. An important element of ascetism was the abstinence of eating flesh and killing animals for that purpose. The Greek philosopher Pythagoras 6th century B.C. is considered to be the founder of vegetarianism. Membership to his order entailed inter alia a strict discipline of purity and the abstention from flesh. Many ancient vegetarians believed in the transmission of the human soul to other human beings including animals. Others believed that eating flesh was injurious to the health of body and soul. For others a vegetarian lifestyle was preferable out of concern for animals themselves. Animals can suffer like humans and therefore the use of violent and unnecessary killing of them ought to be avoided. 'Perhaps the most sophisticated grounds for ancient vegetarianism however are found in Porphyry. His argument . involves the claim that rationality is not a defensible criterion for receiving moral respect because on this basis many members of our own species the marginal cases of humanity including the mentally defective would not be protected. If we lowered the criterion for receiving moral respect to sentiency so as to protect the marginal cases of humanity we must in order to be consistent also protect sentient animals'. The Classical Tradition Cambr. Mass. 2010 p. 960/61 s.v. Vegetarianism Sentiency the ability to feel and to suffer still is the cornerstone of modern vegitarianism and the 'animal rights's movement'. � This edition of De abstinentia was produced by the Dutch classical scholar Jacobus de Rhoer born in 1723. He was a student of Peter Wesseling professor of Greek of the University at Utrecht. In 1745 he became professor 'Historiae Eloquentiae et Linguae Graecae' of the Athenaeum at Deventer. In his last years in Deventer De Rhoer produced this edition. It was dedicated to the 20 members of the City Council for which dedication De Rhoer received 100 Ducates. In 1767 De Rhoer succeeded Van Lennnep as professor of Eloquence and Greek of the University at Groningen. J.G. Gerretzen Schola Hemsterhusiana Nijmegen 1940 p. 329-336 De Rhoer died in 1813. The basis for his edition was a manuscript from the collection of the Dutch book collector G. Meerman. Praefatio p. II He thanks in the preface also the German philologist Johann Jakob Reiske who lived in Leipzig for having sent him his readings of a 'Codex Lipsiensis'. p. III In constituting the Greek text he follows the edition which was published in Cambridge in 1655 Collation: Ad 1: -44 51; -44 52 chi1 A-Q4 R1 leaf chi1 is originally 52. This leaf has been replaced according to the instructions for the binder. Ad 2: pi2 minus leaf p1 see explanation at the end of the collation - 44; A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa- Eee4 Fff2 Leaf pi1 which the STCN copy calls for is a leaf showing only a stocklist of 22 other titles published by Van Paddenburg Photographs on request hardcover
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PLINIUS MINOR.
Caii Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolarum libros decem cum notis selectis Jo. Mariae Catanaei Jac. Schegkii Jac. Sirmondi Is. Casauboni Henrici Stephani Conradi Rittershusii Cl. Minois Casparis Barthii Aug. Buchneri Jo. Schefferi Jo. Frid. Gronovii Christophori Cellarii aliorumque recensuerunt suisque animadversionibus illustrarunt Gottlieb Cortius et Paullus Daniel Longolius qui etiam universum opus indicibus locupletissimis instruxit.
Amsterdam Amstelaedami Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios 1734. 4to. Frontispiece LII924;8461191 blank p. Contemporary mottled calf 26 cm Ref: STCN ppn 186700156; Schweiger 2809/10; Brunet 4722: 'bonne �dition'; Dibdin 2332; Graesse 5343; Ebert 17356; Fabricius/Ernesti 2416 Details: Back with 5 raised bands and panelled in gilt with floral motives. Frontispiece it depicts Pliny writing a letter. Title in red & black. Engraved printer's mark on title; a mole with the motto: 'Vulgo caeca vocor. Video sed acutius ipso' Condition: Binding rather worn and scratched. Head & tail of the spine damaged. Back rubbed shield in the second compartment gone. Corners bumped. Endpapers chipping and loosening. Right margin of the frontispiece chipped. Title soiled and with a small hole and a small tear in the outer margin. Small tear in the outer margin of the first 5 leaves. Outer margin of last 6 leaves chipping. Some foxing Note: The Roman civilian administrator Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus 61-112 A.D published 9 books of literary letters consisting of short essays character sketches and sensible observations. The letters paint the high society of the young Roman empire. The tenth book contains Pliny's correspondence with the emperor Trajan. Pliny is famous for his description of the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 A.D. � The German classical scholar Gotlieb Cortius or Kortte 1698-1731 made his name producing editions of Latin authors whose works were provided with very extensive commentaries in the manner of the Dutch scholar Petrus Burmannus to whom this edition is actually dedicated. Dibdin admires the work of Cortius: 'this' he says 'is a very critical and elaborate edition calculated for those who wish to enter minutely into all the niceties of grammatical construction and historical illustration'. Ernesti says that this is a work 'quae est sane luculenta et ut nunc est optima editio'. Cortius died before he could finish the job. Most remaining work was done by a pupil of Cortius the young German philologist Paul Daniel Longolius 1704-1779 from 1735 Rector of the Gymnasium in Hof Saale. He published 3 ancient authors in an exemplary manner the Letters of Pliny the Younger and the works of Diogenes Laertius 1739 and Gellius 1741. ADB 19156/7 The edition of the letters and the commentary is preceded by a 70 pages long biography of Pliny by J. Masson which was first published in Amsterdam in 1709 Collation: pi1 4 minus 4 2-74 minus 74; a-m4; A-5O4 a-p4 leaf p4 verso blank Photographs on request Heavy book may require extra shipping costs hardcover
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PHAEDRUS.
Ezopische Fabelen van Fedrus gevryden slaef des Keizers Augustus. In Nederduitsch Dicht vertaelt en met Aanmerkingen verrykt door D. van Hoogstraten.
The Hague 's Gravenhage By Gerard Block 1739. 8vo XLVIII2591 blank371 blank p. Vellum. 15.5 cm Ref: STCN ppn 303260319; Geerebaert 1252a; cf. OiN p. 290 Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Title in red & black. Woodcut floral ornament on the title. Woodcut initials Condition: Binding age-tanned and slightly spotted. Small name label on the front pastedown. 1 name and 1 small stamp on the front flyleaf. Paper slightly yellowing. Endpapers foxed Note: David van Hoogstraten 1658-1724 was conrector of the 'Schola Latina' at Amsterdam from 1694 till 1722. He wrote Dutch and neolatin poetry and is well known for his lexicon 'Nieuw woordenboek der Nederlantsche en Latynsche tale' 1704 1719 1736. He published editions and translations of Nepos Terentius and Phaedrus. NNBW 831-833 This is the second edition of Van Hoogstraten's translation of the fables of Phaedrus. The first edition which was published in 1703 in Amsterdam by Fran�ois Halma was a more ambitious project than this modest and cheaper version. It was in quarto and had engraved plates. One year earlier in 1701 Halma had already produced Van Hoogstraten's scholarly Latin edition of Phaedrus with ample commentary which was specially made for prince Johan Willem Friso 1687-1711 Prince of Orange 1702-1711 and 'stadhouder' of Friesland and Groningen. In the preface to the second edition of this translation the publisher Block tells the reader that this cheaper edition is primarily intended for young readers. He advises all family men to have their children read and reread this book. Van Hoogstraten dedicates his translation to the younger sister of Johan Willem Friso princess Maria Amalia 1689-1771 who was only 13 years old when it was first published. Van Hoogstraten was influential in the field of Dutch language studies in the 18th century with his work: 'Aenmerkingen over de geslachten der zelfstandige naemwoorden' 1700. It was his opinion that the Dutch language equalled the Greek and that it surpassed the Latin having no articles Provenance: The name label is of one 'Herman Spaan'. � On the flyleaf a small stamp: 'Ex libris A. Kerckhoffs'. This might be the Dutch linguist and cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs 1835-1903 who was professor of languages at the '�cole des Hautes �tudes Commerciales' in Paris in the late 19th century. See for this interesting man Wikpedia 'Auguste Kerckhoffs' and also 'Kerckhoffs's principle'. � On the flyleaf also the name of 'H.J.' or 'H.I. van Reenen' Collation: -38 A-S8 leaf R2 verso and S8 verso blank Photographs on request hardcover
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LYCOPHRON.
Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra. Po�ma obscurum. Ioannes Meursius recensuit & libro commentario illustravit. Altera editio aucta & innovata. Accessit Iosephi Scaligeri Iulii Caes. F. versio centum locis emendatior.
Leiden Lugduni Batavorum Ex officina Ludovici Elzevirii. 1599. 8vo. XVI35018 index p. Calf 19th century 16 cm Ref: STCN ppn 15153098; Willems 39; Rahir 25; Berghman 835; Hoffmann 2569; cf. Smitskamp The Scaliger collection no.93 for the first edition of 1597; Brunet 31247-1248; Ebert 12543; Graesse 4309 Details: Back elaborately gilt with four ornamental lozenges. Brown shield in the second 'campartment'. Boards with a triple gilt fillet border and gilt edges. Edges of the book block sprinkled. Marbled endpapers. The colophon on the last page reads: 'Lugduni Batavorum. Excudebat Ioannes Balduini. VIII. Kal. Maias. anno 1599' Condition: Nice copy some slight wear to the extremities just a bit of rubbing to the joints. Some small old ink marginalia. Last gathering slightly browning otherwise a clean and fresh copy Note: Lycophron 3rd cent. BC was called to Alexandria in Egypt by King Ptolemaeus Philadelphos. There this tragedian wrote his 'Alexandra' or Kassandra ca. 1474 iambic trimeters in which Kassandra tells about the fall of Troy and the fates of the Greek and Trojan Heroes. It is his only surviving work which is full of the extreme and designed obscurity that the Alexandrians who were fond of a style full of learned allusions and playful riddles loved. Rose calls the 'Alexandra' a monstruous riddle. 'In form it is the speech of a messenger a servant of Priam . coming to tell his master that Kassandra = Alexandra has just delivered a mysterious oracle. . The prophecy concerns the whole history of Troy the Trojans and their descendants together with the fates of the Greeks for many generations to come and from beginning to end it calls nothing and no one by any wellknown name personal or geographical'. H.J. Rose A handbook of Greek literature' London 1964 p. 336. For instance Lycophron calls the mythical hero Heracles the 'Lion of the triple evening' expecting the reader to know that Heracles when he was begotten the night was thrice its normal length. � This edition of 1599 is a revised and improved second edition. The first edition was produced two years earlier in 1597 by the then 18 years old Dutchman Joannes Meursius or in Dutch 'Jan van Meurs' 1579-1639. He was a student of the genius Joseph Justus Scaliger born in 1540 who lectured since 1593 in Leiden till his death in 1609. Scaliger helped and encouraged his pupil in the production of this edition. In the preface Meursius tells us that he wouldnot have dared to edit such a dark and difficult text without the help of Scaliger. Scaliger helped him with the commentary and gave him permission to reprint his verse translation with corrections. This metrical and smooth Latin translation had been published previously in Basel in 1566. The last 251 pages of the book contain the commentary of Meursius 'quod sine interprete vix est ut quisquam intellegat'. preface leaf A8 recto Meursius was later appointed professor of History and of Greek 1610/13 at his own university. He is best known for his editions of byzantine authors and for the books he wrote on the history of ancient Greece for example on festivals Eleusis and the antiquities of Athens and Attica. His work was widely used as source by later ancient historians. Sandys 2310/11 Collation: A-Z8 a8 Photographs on request hardcover
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EMMIUS U.
Graecorum Respublicae ab Ubbone Emmio descriptae.
Leiden Lugd. Batavorum Ex officina Elzeviriana 1632. 24mo. 2 parts in 1: 4266 index;3237 index & privilegium p. Calf 11.5 cm Ref: Willems 364; Berghman 1573; Rahir 345; Ebert 6690 Details: Back and boards with blind tripple fillet borders. Title engraved by C.C.Duysend it depicts around the text of the title a floral cartouche on top of which rests an eagle aquila with spread wings holding in its talons the deadly thunderbolts fulmina of Jupiter. The eagle was called by Aristotle for the lordly manner with which it looked over the earth 'divine among birds'. HA 619b.6 The eagle is flanked by an owl wisdom and two 'kissing' pigeons. The second part has its own title on it a woodcut printer's mark featuring an old man who stands in the shade of a vine-entwined elmtree symbolising the symbiotic relationship between scholar and publisher. The motto is enigmatic: 'Non solus' probably indicating the interdependency of publisher and scholar. They cannot do it alone and need each other Condition: Binding scuffed corners bumped. Endpapers detached Note: Ubbo Emmius 1547-1625 born in Eastern Friesland was appointed professor of History and Greek literature at the newly established University of Groningen in 1614 where he became also the first Rector Magnificus. In his publications and correspondence with eminent scholars of his time he defended the right of a people to revolt an idea that would eventually lead to the French revolution. In the Netherlands he is best known for his Rerum Frisicarum Historia 1592-1616 the first modern study of Friesland and the Frisians in which he refuted many idle tales related by earlier historians of Friesland. Among classicists and ancient historians he is known for his 'Vetus Graecia illustrata' a three volume work which he composed during the last years of his life and which was published posthumously in Leiden in 1626 by the Elzevier brothers. The third volume which describes the particular form of government of every state or commonwealth of Greece was published in 1632 separately by Elsevier as 'Graecorum Respublicae' Provenance: In the center of the upper board have been punched in small type the capitals H A I. The letter A was punched upside down. � On the front flyleaf in pencil the Dutch Jewish name: V. Goldsmid probably 20th century Collation: A-2D8; A-X8 leaves X6 X7 & X8 blank Photographs on request hardcover
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EUSEBIUS.
Eusebii Pamphili Ruffini Socratis Theodoreti Sozomeni Theodori Euagrij & Dorothei Ecclesiastica Historia. Sex prope seculorum res gestas complectens; Latine olim a doctissimis viris partim scripta partim e Graeco a clarissimis viris Vuolfgango Musculo Ioachimo Camerario & Iohanne Christophersono Britanno eleganter conversa; et nunc ex fide Graecorum codicum sic ut novum opus videri possit per Ioan. Iacobum Grynaeum locis obscuris innumeris illustrata dubijs explicata mutilis restituta; Chronographia insuper Abrahami Bucholceri ad Annum Epochae Christianae 1598. & lectionis sacrae historiae luculenta Methodo exornata. Cum continuatione in praesentem annum 1611. Et indicibus rerum verborumque locupletiss.
Basel Basileae Per Sebastianum Henripetri n.d. 1611 Folio. LXXX8071 blank23 index1 p. Overlapping vellum 34 cm Ref: VD17 23:297069D; Hoffmann 2107 Details: Woodcut printer's mark on the title; 'From 1496 until the seventeenth century the Petris printed in Basel and for three generations--Adam Petri Heinrich Petri and Sebastian Henripetri--the printer�s mark alluded to the family name: a stone being smashed by a godlike hammer over which fire is blown by a heavenly face. The symbolism is explained by the biblical motto Hieremias Propheta 2329 printed in Greek Latin and Hebrew in some books 'numquid non verba mea sunt quasi ignis ait Dominus et quasi malleus conterens petram' 'Is not my Word like fire like a hammer that shatters stone' Source: University Library Illinois webpage 'Windows Printers' Marks' The printer's mark is repeated on the last page. One woodcut headpiece. Some woodcut initials Condition: Vellum soiled some small brown stains on the upper board. Paper somewhat yellowing. Bookplate on front flyleaf. Short title in ink on the back Note: The church father Eusebius Caesariensis ca. 260-339 was elected to the see of Caesarea in Asia Minor nowadays Kayseri in 313 A.D. He had an impressive ecclesiastial career but his literary achievements made him immortal. His important 'Historia Ecclesiastica' History of the Church runs up to 324; The object of this work was to present the apostolic 'succession' of the 4 great episcopal thrones Rome Alexandria Antioch and Jerusalem and to describe the intellectual spiritual and institutional life of the Church the persecutions and the heresies. 'It cannot be too strongly emphasised that Eusebius like all early church historians can be understood only if it be recognized that whereas modern writers try to trace the development growth and change of doctrines and institutions their predecessors were trying to prove that nothing of the kind ever happened. According to them the Church had had one and only one teaching from the beginning. It had been preserved by the 'succession' and heresy was the attempt of the devil to change it'. Eusebius the Ecclesiastical History With an English transl. by K. Lake Cambr. Mass. 2001 vol.1 p.XXXIV � The Latin West came to know this Greek work through the translation of 403 by Rufinus of Aquileia. The 'Historia Ecclesiastica' was first published together with the works of the later church historians Socrates Scholasticus Sozomenus and Theodoretus in Paris in 1544 by Robertus Stephanus. The editor of our Latin edition of 1611 is the Swiss theologian and classical scholar Joannes Jacobus Grynaeus 1540-1617 professor at the University of Basel. He was more a theologian than a philologist. In 1570 he had already published for Henricpetri a Latin translation of the 'Opera Omnia' of Eusebius. GG 421 In the same year 1570 a separate edition of Grynaeus' Latin translation of the 'Historia Ecclesiastica' was published by the Basler printer Episcopius. GG 416 Hoffmann says that our 1611 edition is a repetition of the 'Historia Ecclesiastica' edition of 1570. This cannot be correct. The titles are different and the edition of 1611 has a preface dated 1587. We found in VD16 an edition not mentioned by Hoffmann with exact the same title as the one of 1611 and published in 1587 in Basel by Episcopius VD16 ZV 5530 also BL shelfmark 3627.ff.4. The only difference being that the 'Chronographia' at the end of the book has been continued till 1611. So this edition of 1611 is a reissue of the Basel edition of 1587 which was brought on the market by Eusebius Episcopius. � This title contains Eusebius' 'Historiae Ecclesiasticae libri X' and 'De vita Constantini Magni' translated by Johannes Christophorsonus John Christopherson and the 'Oratio Constantini Imperatoris' and Rufinus' 'Historiae Ecclesiasticae libri II' and a Latin translation of Socrates Scholasticus' 'Ecclesiasticae Historiae libri VII' and Theodoretus' 'Historiae Ecclesiasticae libri V' translated by Joachim Camerarius and a Latin translation of Sozomenus' 'Ecclesiasticae Historiae libri IX' and Euagrius Scholasticus' 'Historiae Sacrae libri VI' and Dorotheus Lector's 'Quomodo apostoli et prophetae vixerint ac mortui sint' translated by Wolfgang Musculus. At the end p. 625/807 has been added the 'Chronologia' or 'Index Chronologicus' of the German historian and theologian Abraham Buchholzer up to 1611 Provenance: A modern bookplate with the text: 'Ex libris Henn Wolfram Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach'. At the top a part of the coat of arms of the Riedesel family the head of a donkey with 3 reed leaves in its mouth. The Riedesel Freiherren zu Eisenbach family belongs to the ancient nobility in Hesse Germany Collation: alpha8 alpha6 beta6 gamma6 delta6 epsilon8; a-z6 A-Z6 Aa-Vv6 Xx8 Yy-Zz6 Photographs on request Heavy book may require extra shipping costs hardcover
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HEINSIUS D.
Danielis Heinsii De contemptu mortis libri IV. Ad nobilissimum amplissisimumque virum Ianum Rutgersium.
Leiden Lugduni Batavorum Ex Officina Elzeviriana 1621. 4to. VIII19624 index p. 19th century hardback. 18.5 cm � One of the finest didactic poems of its time. Ref: STCN ppn 833009389; Willems 186; Berghman 861; Rahir 157; Brunet 383: 'la meilleure production po�tique de l'auteur'; Ebert 9379; Graesse 3232 Details: Dull binding. Title in red & black. Elsevier's printer's mark on the title depicting an old man standing in the shade of a vine-entwined elmtree symbolising the symbiotic relationship between scholar and publisher. The motto: 'Non solus' probably indicates the interdependency of publisher and scholar. On the verso of the last leaf of the second volume: 'Lugduni Batavorum 'Typis Isaaci Elzevirii Iurati Academiae Typographi 1621'. Edges dyed red Condition: Binding slightly worn. 2 old brownish paper labels on the back. 1 library stamp and 1 small withdrawal 'Doublette' stamp on the title. Paper yellowing Note: The Dutch classical scholar of Flemish origin Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655 who enjoyed international fame as an editor of classical texts theorist of literary criticism historian and neolatin poet was professor of Poetics at the University of Leiden since 1603 and 'extraordinarius' Greek since 1605. After the death of J.J. Scaliger to whose inner circle he belonged he held the chair of Greek from 1609 till 1647. He is best known for his edition of Aristotle's treatise on poetry 1611 which he studied in connexion with the 'Ars Poetica' of Horace. This edition is 'the only considerable contribution to the criticism and elucidation of the work that was ever produced in the Netherlands. . In his pamphlet 'De tragoediae Constitutione' published in the same year 1611 he deals with all the essential points in Aristotle's treatise giving proof that he has thoroughly imbibed the author's spirit. . It was through this work that he became a centre of Aristotelian influence in Holland.' J.E. Sandys 'A history of classical scholarship N.Y. 1964 vol. 2 p. 314 Heinsius was an important representative of the great age of Neo-Latin in the Low Countries. The outline of 'De contemptu mortis' a didactic poem in 4 books is simple: we should not be afraid of death for two reasons the soul is immortal and life on earth is full of misery. Platonic Neoplatonic Stoic and Christian arguments are set forth which explain why man should not fear death. The form of 'De contemptu' is that of Vergil's Georgica 4 books of ca. 600 verses. Heinsius confesses his debt to Vergil in the opening lines of his poem which form a variation of the first verses of the Georgica. The structure of the poem its style and language are also Vergilian including the similes. A lucretian element is Heinsius' objective to free humanity like Lucretius did from fear of death but the tenor of the poem is however antilucretian. Heinsius states that the soul doesnot desintegrate after death but that it continues its existence. Heinsius warns explicitly against epicurism which is he thinks an easy but misleading philosophy. In book 2 Heinsius answers Lucretius with his own epic catalogue of inspiring famous men. For Lucretius Epicurus was the culmination point for Heinsius it is the French genius Josephus Justus Scaliger his much admired master. An important source of inspiration for Heinsius was also the didactic poem 'De animorum immortalitate' of the Italian Aonio Paleario published in 1535 which is also antilucretian. Source for 'De contemptu': 'Daniel Heinsius De verachting van de dood De contemptu mortis' Vertaling door J. Bloemendaal en W. Steenbeek Amst. Bert Bakker 2005 p. 18/23 In the same year 1621 Elsevier published this didactic poem as part of Heinsius' 'Poematum editio nova' but this time in a smaller octavo format. He sold the octavo edition also separately Provenance: Round armorial stamp of 'Biblioth. Publ. Reg. Stuttgart'. Small faint oval stamp on the front pastedown: 'Gerschel's Antiquariat Stuttgart'. The Kingdom of W�rttemberg existed in Germany from 1805 to 1918. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of W�rttemberg which existed from 1495 to 1805. Its capital was Stuttgart Collation: 4 A-2D4 2E2 Photographs on request hardcover
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EURIPIDES.
Euripides poeta Tragicorum princeps in Latinum sermonem conversus adiecto e regione textu Graeco: cum annotationibus et praefationibus in omnes eius Tragoedias autore Gasparo Stiblino. Accesserunt Iacobi Micylli De Euripidis vita ex diversis autoribus collecta; item De Tragoedia & eius partibus 'prolegomena' quaedam. Item Ioannis Brodaei Turonensis Annotationes doctiss. nunquam antea in lucem editae. Ad haec rerum & verborum toto opere praecipue memorabilium copiosus index. Cum Caes. Maiest. & Christianiss. Gallorum Regis gratia ac privilegio ad decennium.
Basel Basileae Per Ioannem Oporinum 1562 Colophon at the end: 'Basileae Ex officina Ioannis Oporini Anno salutis humanae 1562 mense Martio' Folio. p. 1-667; col. 668-679 1 p. col. 680-845; 23 index p. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards. 34 cm This Euripides edition is the first to offer a Greek text accompanied by a complete translation into Latin. Autograph dedication by the editor on the title. Ref: VD16 E 4217; Griechischer Geist aus Basler Pressen no. 200; Hoffmann 269; Schweiger 1115; Dibdin 1528; Moss 1416; Brunet 21096; Ebert 7077; Graesse 2519; USTC no. 654877 Details: Signed binding produced between 1562 and 1570 by Hans Rietzsch and probably commissioned by Prince-Bishop of W�rzburg Friedrich von Wirsberg or his chancellor Balthasar ab Hellu. See below for the binder and his client Back with 4 raised bands. Boards decorated with 3 rows of blind-stamped rolls the first one with floral motives the second and third comprising portraits of apostles and other biblical figures and floral motives; the portraits are accompanied by short texts which are reasonably legible e.g. King David playing his harp he has the text: 'De fructu ventris tui'; this refers to Psalm 13111 where God promisses David: 'iuravit Dominus David veritatem et non frustrabit eum de fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem suam'. Left and right of David's head the initials H and R. Another blind-stamped portrait depicts the apostle Paul whose text is: 'Apparuit beningitas' sic! a quote from a letter of Paul to Titus. Ep. Pauli ad Titum 34 The initials H.R. stand for 'Hans Rietzsch' a W�rzburg bookbinder of whom the University library of W�rzburg holds a great number of bindings which can be dated between 1555 and 1570. Rietzsch often used on 'his' boards rolls depicting King David John the Baptist the apostle Paul. H. Endres 'Die Zwickauer Buchbinder Hans Rietzsch und Gregor Schenck und ihre Beziehungen zu W�rzburg' Archiv f�r Buchbinderei 26 1926 p. 13-16 Woodcut printer's mark on the title of Oporinus depicting Arion who stands on the dolphin that saved him he plays the violin. Woodcut initials. 1 woodcut text illustration. Text printed in 2 columns Greek text with parallel Latin translation. Each play is concluded with a short 'praefatio' of Stiblinus who added also short notes. The last 185 columns contain the commentary of Johannes Brodaeus Condition: Vellum age-toned spotted scratched and worn at the extremes. Small piece gone at head of the spine. Leather of the lower corner of the backcover loosening and damaged. The lower clasp has been preserved the upper one is partly gone. Small bookplate on the front pastedown. Ownership entry in ink on the same pastedown. Inscription on the blank lower margin of the title. The right edge of the title slightly thumbed. Paper sometimes yellowing Note: 'With Sophokles Greek tragedy reaches its culmination. Euripides great poet though he was represents the first symptom of the inevitable decline for in him we can recognize a certain impatience with the form he found ready to his hand'. This is how Rose started his chapter on Greek tragedian Euripides ca. 480-406 B.C. some 80 years ago. H.J. Rose 'A history of Greek literature' p. 177 in the 4th edition of 1965 That opinion has now been superseded. Euripides' play 'The Bacchae' which drew little attention before 1900 'has come to seem one of the defining models of Greek tragedy and even of tragedy itself rivalling Aeschylus' Oresteia and Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone'. The Classical Tradition Cambridge Mass. 2010 p. 347 For this Euripides has to thank the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The upsurge was caused by his 'Die Geburt der Trag�die aus dem Geiste der Musik' Leipzig 1872 in which he drew attention to the idea of 'the Dionysiac' a key element in the 'Bacchae'. This idea 'has had a massive influence not only on understandings of tragedy but on theories of theatrical performances itself'. Idem ibidem Until the end of the 18th century especially Euripides' Medea Alcestis Trojan women and Hippolytus with a powerful Phaedra created the dominant image of Euripides. He was 'admired mainly for creating icons of female suffering'. In Andromaque 1667 Iphig�nie 1674 Ph�dre 1677 of the French playwright Racine we see the influence of Euripides. Alcestis a model of self sacrifice inspired Chaucer Milton Woodworth Rilke Browning T.S. Elliot Yourcenar. Comparable lists can be made for Medea and Phaedra. The play 'The Trojan women' a story of women in a great war has throughout the 20th century 'frequently been staged in times of war across the globe from Moscow to Brazil and Germany to Japan'. Idem ibidem. � This Euripides edition of 1562 is the first to offer a Greek text accompanied by a complete translation into Latin. Earlier editions of Euripides had only the bare Greek text. It furthermore is the first Euripides edition to have textual notes. It appears from the dedication that the editor the German humanist Gasparus Stiblinus or Gaspar Stiblin Caspar Stiblin Kaspar Stiblin Kaspar St�blin who was born in 1526 in the South German village Amtzell saw more male suffering in Euripides' tragedies. The 'Dedicatio' concerns the emperor Ferdinand I 1503-1564 who had supported his career. Stiblinus calls Euripides the best of the tragedians and argues that his tragedies are an emperor worthy. He stresses that Euripides is excellent reading especially for those in power and the wealthy for the vicissitudes of fortune about which the tragedian writes learn the rich and powerful to prepare for misfortune and to lead a virtuous life. The world of power and the republic of letters of the 16th century is however a men's world so Stiblinus draws the attention of the emperor to the uncertain and often cruel fate of Polynices Eteocles Theseus Amphitryon Hercules Menelaus Agamemnon Odysseus and the Cyclops. After the dedication follows a preface ad lectorem dated 1558 in which Stiblinus tells the reader that the Basel publisher Oporinus urged him to produce for his press a new translation for a envisaged Euripides edition. Stiblinus honestly admits that he made some use of the Latin translation of Dorotheus Camillus which had been published in 1555 in Basel by the same Oporinus expensis Ioannis Oporini. We may assume that Oporinus was not satisfied with the translation of Camillus and asked Stiblinus to do a better job for the translator boasts in the preface that his translation is more august more reliable and in smoother and more correct Latin. 'augustior luculentior et honesto ac Romano habitu commendatior'. p. a4 verso Stiblinus goes on to tell that while preparing the edition the translation which is more or less iambic and the annotations he was able to consult books from the library of the famous classical scholar Beatus Rhenanus 1485-1547. He did so with permission of the government of Schlettstadt nowadays S�lestat in the Alsace. Rhenanus had bequeathed his invaluable collection of books to his hometown Schlettstadt where it is still to be seen in the Humanist Library of S�lestat Stiblinus furthermore divided he writes each play into 5 acts to make the reading easier. He added also at the beginning of each play and of every act a short 'argumentum' a kind of plot-summary and notes. He continues with the acknowledgment of his debt to Johannes Hartung his teacher in Freiburg praeceptorem meum who introduced him to Euripides. He thanks him for lending him his vast collection of notes on Euripides' tragedies and references to other authors. On page 630 at the beginning of the last play the Electra a play that was first published only in 1545 in Rome Stiblinus has added a second 'praefatio' now dated Freiburg I.Br. 1560 in which he tells the reader that he inserted into his commentary on the Electra many notes of Johannes Hartung which he dictated to his students. Stiblinus' Latin translation of the Electra is the first to appear. This 1562 edition contains furthermore 2 short texts of Jacobus Micyllus Molsheym of Heidelberg who died 1558 a biography of Euripides and a treatise on tragedy. Added is also a commentary to 11 plays produced by the French scholar Johannes Brodaeus Brodeau of Tours of which the title states that it was never published before. It was however published previously in Paris in 1545. As a scholar and translator of Euripides however Stiblinus met the ill fate of an Euripidean character. In the same year 1562 Holzmann published in Frankfurt a translation in prose of Euripides by the famous German humanist Philipp Melanchthon a translation which was far better. And the Dutch scholar Willem Canter 1545-1572 published in 1571 a Greek text that made all earlier editions obsolete. Stiblinus' edition and translation were soon forgotten. 'L'�uripide de Stiblin avait d�sormais fait naufrage pour toujours dans la mer grise des entreprises manqu�es'. FirpoL. 'Les Utopies � la Renaissance' Bruxelles Paris 1963 p. 125/26 This article of Firpo is the beginning of the Euripidean 'renaissance' of Stiblinus. Until recently little was known of Stiblinus. ADB does not know him. Zedler and J�cher only mention a few titles of him. In VD16 we harvested for Stiblinus 17 hits: 8 own productions among which an edition of the letters of Phalaris and 11 contributions to works of others. The oldest title dates from 1555. Johannes Oporinus published in that year Stiblinus' works 'Coropaedia sive de moribus et uita Virginum sacrarum libellus plan� elegans ac saluberrimis praeceptis refertus. Eiusdem Eudaemonensium Republica Commentariolus' of which the last one the 'Eudaemonensium Republica' 'Happinesham' in German 'Seligland' would save him from oblivion. See hereafter for this utopian treatise In 1559 Stiblinus was called by the Prince-Bishop of W�rzburg Friedrich von Wirsberg 1507-1573 to teach Greek at a newly founded 'Paedagogium Illustre'. The bishop who wanted to revive Greek and Latin studies in his town did so on the advice of his chancellor Balthasar ab Hellu. 'D�sireux de reconstruire dans la capitale de la Franconie W�rzburg un centre d'�tudes le prince-�v�que Friedrich von Wrisbert sic! s'�tait adress� peu de mois apr�s son �lection 1558 au juriste Balthazar von Hell sic alsacien de Haguenau et sur son conseil appela durant l'�t� de 1559 'ad docendum bonas litteras . honestis propositis praemiis' . notre Stiblin pour l'enseignement du grec'. L. Firpo o.c. p. 126 After some delay Stiblinus finally got his chair in W�rzburg in spring 1561. His inaugural lecture read before the bishop and other dignitaries was on the Holy Spirit. Firpo p. 130. Stiblinus died shortly after his appointment probably in 1562 in W�rzburg about 36 years old. Idem p. 132 � Stiblinus who was of humble origin matriculated at the University of Freiburg i.Br. on January 19th 1548. He became 'magister artium' and was immediately appointed professor of Latin in 1551 at a modest salary of 15 florins a year 'salaire de famine' according to Firpo. Idem p. 110 In 1553 he fled from the Plague and went to Schlettstatt in the Alsace where he was the next 6 years in charge of the famous humanist school where he taught Latin and had also time to browse and study in the library of Beatus Rhenanus. There he wrote in the summer of 1553 free from dull lecturing scholae molestias pertaesus his 'De Eudaemonensium Republica Commentariolus' the description of a Happy City called Eudaemonia the capital of the utopian island Macaria situated somewhere in the Indian Ocean. It was published by Oporinus in Basle in 1555. This treatise makes Stiblinus the first German Utopist and the first to create a fictional island society after Thomas More's who published his Utopia in 1516. If Stiblinus knew More's Utopia is not sure. Interest in this forgotten 'Utopia' of Stiblinus was revived some 50 years ago by Luigi Firpo who blew the dust from it in an article in 'Les Utopies � la Renaissance Colloque International avril 1961'. Bruxelles Paris 1963 p. 117-134 His article placed Stiblinus in the current and ongoing Utopia discussion and paved the way for the admittance of the humanist Stiblin in the cultural and literary history of Germany. J.J. Berns in 'Literatur und Kultur im deutschen S�dwesten zwischen Renaissance und Aufkl�rung' Amsterdam 1995 p. 153/154 Stiblinus has his own street in Amtzell the village where he was born the 'Kaspar-St�blin-Weg'. A good survey of this born again humanist in: 'Killy Literaturlexikon' Berlin/Boston 2011 Vol. 11 p. 259/61 � The interest in Stiblinus as a classical scholar was revitalized by the American Euripides expert Donald Mastronarde in 2009 when he launched a blog 'Stiblinus� Prefaces and Arguments on Euripides 1562'. In it he argues that this 'rare edition is of considerable interest for the early scholarly reception of Euripides because it includes short prefaces and plot-summaries Latin argumenta for each play in addition to the Greek epitomes and prefatory material transmitted in the medieval manuscripts. In contrast most other early printed editions of tragedy simply repeat the scholarly and pedagogical annotations from the manuscripts if they do not simply confine themselves to the text of the plays themselves'. On this website Mastronarde offers Stiblinus� prefaces and argumenta accompanied by an English translation 'so that they can be studied in connection with the reception of Euripides and tragedy in the 16th century'. ucbclassics.dreamhosters.com/djm/stiblinus/stiblinusMain.html Provenance: 1. Autograph inscription of Gasparus Stiblinus on the title: 'Egregio et summae spei juveni D. Balthasari ab Hellu B.A.H. amico suo chariss.imo Gasparus Stiblinus D. D'. From this inscription we learn that Stiblinus donated this book to his good friend Balthasar ab Hellu. Does B.A.H. simply mean 'Balthasar Ab Hellu' We assume that Stiblinus gave him the book to thank him for his chair in W�rzburg. The name 'Ab Hellu' or in Dutch 'Van Hellu' is found in the Dutch province of Gelderland where Hellu was a centuries old Seigniory. No mention is made of Balthasar in ADB nor in the Dutch equivalent NNBW. Balthasar ab Hellu was a descendant of empoverished Dutch nobility. His father emigrated to the Elzas where he found refuge in Hagenau. Balthasar was born there in 1518. He studied law in Freiburg i.Br. where he matriculated as 'Balthasarius de Heller ex Haganoia" and in 1555 he participated as 'Syndikus und Stadtschreiber' of the city of Colmar in the important 'Reichtag' of Augsburg of 1555 where it was decided 'cuius regio eius religio' i.e. that the subjects had to adopt the religion of their ruler. In Augsburg he probably met Prince-Bishop Melchior Zobel who engaged him in 1556 as Chancellor. As Chancellor which meant also Prime Minister and diplomat he travelled a lot to promote the interest of the 'Landsberger Bund' a kind of defense organisation of several states in the South of Germany. His salary Dinstgelt was 300 florins. Archiv des Historische Vereins Unterfranken und Aschaffenburg W�rzburg 1840 p. 55 'Ab 1570 musste er allerdings mehrfach Termine absagen wegen Erkrankungen so im Oktober 1573 wegen R�ckenschmerzen. Wahrscheinlich begann er aber bereits da an einem Geschw�r zu leiden denn im Oktober 1574 bezeichnete das Domkapitel den noch nicht 60j�hrigen bereits als 'unverm�glich und alt' und beriet �ber seine Abl�sung'. K. Karrer 'Johannes Posthius 1537-1597: Verzeichnis der Briefe und Werke' Wiesbaden 1993 p. 153/154. Ab Hellu had an operation in 1575 but remained at his post till the day he died January 9 1577. On the internet we found the following scattered data concerning Balthasar ab Hellu especially in volume V of the correspondence of Petrus Canisius. 'Beati Petri Canisii Societatis Iesu Epistolae et acta' Volume V Freiburg.Br. 1910 edited by O. Braunsberger This volume contains Canisius' correspondence between 1565 and 1567. Canisius doesnot mention Balthasar by name he refers to him in a few letters letter 1259 1290 & 1309 as the 'Cancellarius' or 'Cancellarius Herbipolensis' = W�rzburg of the Prince-Bishop of W�rzburg Friedrich von Wirsberg. From the letters and the commentary of Braunsberger we collected the following: Balthasar was a jurist iuris peritus and a strong defender of the Catholic church against the protestants. In a letter of 15 november 1565 Canisius complains that the funding of the new Collegium of the Jesuits in W�rzburg did not make any progress because the bishop was too parcimoneous parcus si non tenax. This he tells was told him by the 'Cancellarius' who asked him to convince his bishop to pump money into the project. Letter 1259 In november 1566 we see Canisius during one of his visits to W�rzburg cooperate with the 'Chancellor' in establishing the Collegium and finding money for it. Letter 1290 In february 1566 Canisius writes in a letter that the Chancellor opposed the plans of the bishop to mobilize troops for a war against the Turcs. This story does not end well as we saw. We found the following epitaph for 'Balthasar de Hellu' among the occasional poetry of Johannes Posthius 1537-1597: 'Epitaphium D. BALTHASARIS AB HELLU Cancellarii Wirzeburgici" / Balthasar hoc requiem ducit post fata sepulcro/ Qui genus a claris nobile duxit avis./ Eloquio praestans et rebus natus agendis/ Non sine laude suo praefuit officio./ Novit id Herbipolis novit Germania tota/Huius et est magni Caesaris aula memor./ Haud senio fractus rodente sed ulcere partem/Vesicae lenta morte miser periit./ Nunc gravibus curis omnique dolore solutus/Spiritus astrigeri vivit in arce poli'. Posthius Johannes 1537-1597: 'Parergorum poeticorum pars altera' Heidelberg 1595 p. 201 From this epitaph we learn that Balthasar was considered to be of noble birth known in W�rzburg yes even through the whole of 'Germania'; that he spoke well and performed his tasks to the satisfaction of his bishop and the emperor and that he died a most horrible death probably caused by prostate or bladder cancer. Now his soul lives on peacefully in the starry sky. No mention is made in the poem of wife or children. This poem is based on first hand knowledge for Posthius was not only a poet but also a medicin. He was the personal physician of the Prince-Bishop. In a letter of March 1575 letter 45 Posthius tells his addressee his colleague Johannes Crato the personal physician of the emperor who had been treating 'Von Hellu' that his Crato's patient will pay with wine next autumn. K. Karrer 'Johannes Posthius 1537-1597: Verzeichnis der Briefe und Werke' Wiesbaden 1993 p. 153 In december the next year letter 74 Posthius writes the classical scholar Joachim Camerarius that Von Hellu is incurably ill. Posthius is looking he writes for a physician who can operate him for the Chancellor suffers from 'urina purulenta'. Three weeks after this letter the poor man died. That Baltasar ab Hellu was a nobleman and that he never forgot that his roots lay in the Netherlands is furthermore confirmed by the Dutch bibliographer Van der Aa. He records that one 'Balthasar van Hellu' Chancellor of W�rzburg tried several times to gain possession of the above mentioned Seigniory of Hellu in the 18th century must be 16th century on the ground that he had old family rights to that land. 'Zelfs in het jaar 1750 this must be 1570 deed Balthasar van Hellu Cantzeler van Wurtzburg verscheidene pogingen bij het hof van Gelderland om tot het bezit der heerlijkheid te geraken waartoe bij uit hoofde van zijne voorouders vermeende geregtigt te zijn'. A.J. Van der Aa 'Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden' volume V Gorichem 1844 p. 395 We found indeed in the digital archive of the 'Hof van Gelre en Zutphen' a file 0124/2281 dated 1570 concerning the Chancellor's request to buy the seigniory of Hellu. This village which lies a few kilometers west of Zaltbommel was for centuries some say from 850 A.D the family property of 'Van Hellu's'. A good impression of the village nowadays called Hellouw and its history including the mistake of Van der Aa are to be found at: hellouw.com/infohellouw.htm A specimen of the Chancellor's handwriting can be admired in a letter of 1565 held in the Royal Archive in The Hague. The letter is addressed to Prince William of Orange and in it he asks the Prince to recommend him to the Stadholder of Gelderland because he wants to renew the ancestral ties of friendship of his father Adriaan van Hellu. resources.huygens.knaw.nl/wvo/brief/4256 � Bookplate of the German classical scholar Otto Jahn cut by Ludwig Richter has been pasted on the front pastedown. Jahn 1813-1869 had published in 1852 a biographic sketch of this successful artist. Mittheilungen �ber Ludwig Richter To thank him Richter cut for Jahn a bookplate which he pasted from then on in his books. See O.Jahn 'Biographische Aufs�tze' Leipzig 1866 p. 221-287 Jahn was for the last 14 years of his life professor at Bonn. 'His work on archaeology . includes a large number of masterly monographs. . His lectures at Bonn were lucid and unadorned in style . there was a perfect mastery of all the details' J.E. Sandys 'A history of classical scholarship' vol. 3 N.Y. 1964 p. 220/21 � The name written on the front pastedown: 'Cary W. Bok April 1928' is that of the American millionair Cary William Bok 1904-1970. He was a magazine man who tried unsuccessfully to run the huge Curtis Publishing Company Lady's Home Journal Saturday Evening Post Collation: a-z6 A-Z6. Aa-Ss6 Tt8 leaf Tt8 blank Photographs on request Heavy book may require extra shipping costs hardcover
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GOTHOFREDUS D.
Antiquae Historiae ex XXVII. authoribus contextae libri VI Totidem solennes temporum epochas continentes. Dionysii Gothofredi JC. opera. Cum indice accuratiss. Bound with the second part which is called: Historiae Antiquae pars altera De imperatoribus Romanis liber IIII a Julio Caesare ad divisum imperium sub Constantino Irenes & Carolo Magno. Liber V a Constantino Irenes filio ad Constantinum ultimum & captam a Turcis Constantinopolin. Liber VI a Carolo Magno ad Rodolphum II.
Strasbourg Argentorati Impensis Lazari Zetzneri 1604. 8vo. 2 parts in 1 volume. XVI38536 index1 blank; 63923 index p. Modern half vellum. 16 cm Ref: VD17 3:006921C & VD17 3:006920V Details: Boards marbled. Woodcut printer's mark on both titles depicting the head of the goddess Athena in profile the motto is 'Scientia immutabilis'. Occasional woodcut initials Condition: Vellum at the head of the spine stained. Small stamp on the verso of the title. Paper yellowing Note: The French scholar Dionysius Gothofredus or Denis Godefroy 1549-1622 is best known as the editor of the monumental 'Corpus iuris civilis' Lyon 1583 an edition with commentary of the complete collection of fundamental works in Roman jurisprudence Digest Institutions Codex Novellae issued on order of the emperor Justinian at the beginning of the sixth century. Gothofredus' edition made history. He did not only coin the title 'Corpus Juris Civilis' but it was issued more than 50 times with or without commentary and glossae. Gothofredus studied law at Louvain Cologne and Heidelberg and then returned to Paris his hometown to work as a solicitor. But being protestant he had however to leave France in 1579 escaping civil war and persecution and fled to Geneva. There he was professor of Roman law for the next ten years. In 1589 he was called back by king Henry IV but the next year he had to flee the country again. His house and library were plundered. In 1590 he took refuge in Basle. In 1591 he accepted a professorship of Roman law in Strassburg. From there he moved in 1604 to the university of Heidelberg where he became head of the faculty of law. Gothofredus also worked on classical authors such as Cicero and Seneca and the ancient grammarians and on ancient history. Gothofredus wrote the dedication and the preface of the first edition of the 'Antiquae Historiae ex XXVII authoribus contextae' during his stay in Basel in 1590 short after his escape from France. It was reissued in Lyon in 1591. An third reissue was published in 1604 in Strassburg. In the preface dated Basel 1590 Gothofredus explains that he offers here the 'studiosi' this collection of texts of Roman historians to help them to acquire knowledge of the history of Rome from the sources and not from a pond ten times removed from its source. 'Hoc enim opere primum antiquos authores selegi ut studiosi ex antiquis non ex decima lacuna cognitionem historiarum haurirent'. page 5 recto He presents also a list of 27 historians from whose work he drew from Berosus and Manetho to Paulus Diaconus and the Suda. He organizes their works chronologically in six books 1: on Italy before Rome 2: Rome and her kings 3: the consuls 4: Roman emperors from Julius Caesar till ca. 800 5: Constantinople till 1453 6: and on the medieval emperors of France and Germany. Book 4 on the Roman emperors is by far the longest 480 pages. For instance when he deals with Julius Caesar Gothofredus prints texts of Livy Florus Eutropius Aurelius Victor. The last 2 books after 800 are short and rather sketchy. Gothofredus doesnot use Tacitus Sallustius Suetonius Historia Augusta or Ammianus Marcellinus. The 1590 edition is rather common this edition of 1604 however seems rather rare. In KvK we found only a few copies Provenance: On the verso of the title a stamp: 'Hermann Funke'. 'Hermann Funke 1938-2015 war ein deutscher Klassischer Philologe. Hermann Funke studierte Klassische Philologie an der Universit�t zu K�ln und wurde dort 1963 mit der Dissertation Die sogenannte tragische Schuld: Studie zur Rechtsidee in der griechischen Trag�die promoviert. Von 1964 bis 1968 arbeitete er am Franz Joseph D�lger-Institut der Universit�t Bonn anschlie�end als Assistent an der Universit�t Mannheim. Nach einem Forschungsaufenthalt am Center for Hellenic Studies der Harvard University 1971/1972 habilitierte er sich 1974 mit der Schrift Allegorie und Dichtererkl�rung: Studien zur poetischen Hermeneutik in der Antike unver�ffentlicht. 1978 wurde er zum au�erplanm��igen Professor ernannt. Seit 2003 war er im Ruhestand'. Source Wikipedia Collation: Part 1: 8 A-2C8 2D4 leaf 2D4 and the verso of leaf 2D3 blank Part 2: 2E-3Y8 3Z4 minus the blank leaf 3Z4 Photographs on request hardcover
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JUVENALIS & PERSIUS.
D. Iun. Iuvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae cum annotat. Th. Farnabii.
Amsterdam Amstelaedami Typis Ioannis Blaeu sumptibus Societatis 1668. 12mo. 2 parts in 1: 1893 blank p. Overlapping vellum 14.5 cm Ref: Schweiger 2511; Graesse 3520; Ebert 11237; Brunet 3631 Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Engraved title depicting a jester and a satyr both with a mask in their hand; between them a huge soap bubble filled with little human figures an allegoric image to indicate that the world is full of deceit and vanity. The second part containing the satyres of Persius has a title of its own it is dated 1650 and it shows a woodcut printer's mark of a celestial sphere flanked by Hermes and Chronus; its motto is 'Indefessus agendo' Condition: Vellum age-tanned. Name cut from the lower margin of the first title without loss of text; the title is skillfully repaired with a strip of paper. Some old and faint ink underlinings Note: The Roman poet Juvenalis ca. 55-140 AD was the last and most influential of the Roman satirists. He 'uses names and examples from the past as protective covers for his expos�s of contemporary vice and folly'. His main theme is the dissolution of the social fabric. The Classical Tradition Cambr. Mass. 2010 p. 501 The satires of the stoic poet Aulus Persius Flaccus form one libellus of 6 satires together 650 hexameters. 'They are well described as Horatian diatribes transformed by Stoic rhetoric'. 'He wrote in a bizarre mixture of cryptic allusions brash colloquialisms and forced imagery. OCD 2nd ed. p. 805 � The greatest scholarly achievement of the English scholar Thomas Farnaby c. 1575-1647 were his editions of classical Roman poets and playwrights accompanied by thorough Latin notes such as Juvenal 1612 the tragedies of Seneca 1613 Martialis 1615 Lucanus 1618 Vergil 1634 Ovid's Metamorphoses 1636 Terentius 1651. In 1612 he published his first edition of Juvenal and Persius. It was probably his greatest success. Graesse lists 22 reissues of this edition between 1612 and 1720. There may be more. 'As a school teacher a rhetorical theorist and an editor of classical texts Farnaby was one of the most influential scholars of the early seventeenth century. His schoolbooks on rhetoric were highly popular in the schoolroom he collaborated and corresponded with some of the most distinguished continental scholars of his day and his editions contributed greatly to the development of early modern textual criticism'. DBC 1308/9 Collation: A-H12 H11 verso and H12 blank Photographs on request hardcover
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HOOGVLIET A.
Abraham de Aartsvader. In XII boeken door Arnold Hoogvliet. De negende druk.
Rotterdam tot Rotterdam By Hendrik Beman 1776. 4to. LIV288 p. frontispiece portrait and 12 plates. Half calf. 23 cm Ref: STCN ppn 189763396Details: Back with 5 raised bands and divided by gilt double fillets. The nice allegoric frontispiece was designed by Jan Wandelaar and engraved by Simon Fokke it depicts Abraham together with Fides True Faith before an altar on which a goat is being burned; Fides' offer helps Abraham to conquer Vice; Obedience depicted as a yoked woman who else binds wings to Abraham's feet to help him accept the yoke of Virtue; Abraham holds with his right hand 3 chained figures Instability Idolatry and Vanity. � Title printed in red and black. Engraved printer's mark on the title depicting Athena who rests on a pile of books; at her feet a putto reading a book.The portrait of Arnold Hoogvliet dated 1745 is made after a lost painting of the Dutch artist Dionys van Nijmegen and is executed by J. Houbraken. Preceding each of the 12 books is a beautiful engraving of a biblical scene from the life of Abraham made and executed by Jan Punt. The engravings are dated 1743/45; the margins of the gatherings are uncut Condition: Binding worn especially at the extremes. Shield of the second compartment on the back gone leaving a small hole. Wear to the paper on both boards. Front pastedown detached. Hinges cracked but strong. Some faint and small waterstains in the lower margin of the last 50 pages. Some pinpoint worming in the blank lower margin of the last 50 pages never reaching the text Note: The Dutch author Arnold Hoogvliet 1687-1763 is among Dutch classicists known for his translation of Ovid's Fasti which was published in 1719. This translation was greeted with enthousiasm by his contemporaries. After this success he had to promise his dying father that he would after this work full of heathen worship write a work full of christian virtues. The execution of this promise 'Abraham de Aartsvader' an epic poem on the arch father Abraham in 12 books written in rhyming iambic trimeters was first published in 1728 and made his name. It is considered to be the greatest epic of 18th century Dutch literature. It was reissued in the 18th century 13 times. Hoogvliet was considered one of the great Dutch poets of his age. Van der Aa 82 p. 1175/9; more up to date: literatuurgeschiedenis.nl/lg/18de/auteurs/lg18049.html This book on offer was originally a kind of 'de luxe edition' it is printed on thick paper and offers works of the best artists and engravers of the time a beautiful frontispiece by Jan Wandelaar and Simon Fokke a nice portrait of the author engraved by J. Houbraken and 12 fine engravings drawn and executed by the well known Dutch painter and engraver Jan Punt 1711-1779 Collation: 4 1 plus pi1 the frontispiece 2-54 64 minus leaf 64 a blank 74; A-2N4 Photographs on request hardcover
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HYGINUS GROMATICUS & POLYBIUS.
Hygini Gromatici et Polybii Megalopolitani De castris Romanis quae exstant. Cum notis & animadversionibus quibus accedunt dissertationes aliquot de re eadem militari populi Romani R.H.S.
Amsterdam Amstelodami Apud Jodocum Pluymer Bibliopolam 1660. 4to. FrontispieceXLV1 blank; 2016151 blank; 328 recte 32620 index p. 4 folding plates some text illustrations. Overlapping vellum 21 cm Ref: Ref: STCN ppn 841375682; Schweiger 2466; Hoffmann 3271; Brunet 3394; Ebert 10139; Graesse 3404 Details: 6 thongs laced through the joints. The frontispiece depicts a Roman soldier who gives instructions for the building of a castrum. Engraved printer's device on the title within a laurel wreath we see a hand coming out of a cloud writing on a sheet of paper 'Hac itur ad astra'. Engraved initials Condition: Vellum age tanned. Ownership entry on the title Note: This title contains the work of 3 experts on the fortification of Roman camps. To the first the Roman land surveyor Hyginus Gromaticus who lived in the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. 'has been falsely attributed the incomplete treatise 'De munitionibus castrorum'' also called 'De castris romanis' 'a handbook of castrametation on a basis more theoretical than practical'. OCD 2nd ed. s.v. Hyginus 4 Nowadays the author is referred to as Pseudo Hyginus. Castrametari means to 'pitch a camp' and a 'groma' is a land surveyor's measuring-rod � In the introduction to this work the editor translator and commentator Radbodus Hermannus Schelius argues that the art of Roman warfare was admired in antiquity by Philippus of Macedon and Pyrrhus of Epirus for its perfection and its results. The building of a strong and well organized camp was a vital part of the Roman strategy. Such a camp with its walls and tents was the homestead and a second fatherland of every Roman soldier. 'Patria altera est militaris haecsedes vallum pro moenibus & tentorium suum cuique militi domus ac penates sunt'. p. a4 recto And in modern times he goes on especially the Commanders of the armed forces of The Netherlands in Belgio have studied and thus revived the noble art of Roman warfare. They were successful on the battlefield because they had studied Roman tactics reinstated Roman discipline and stopped the plundering and looting of armies on the move. They waged war just like the Romans 'ratione' and 'disciplina'. p. c1 recto Therefore the Dutch Republic is considered nowadays he says to be the seat of discipline and the school of warfare. Sedes disciplinae & Schola rei Militaris Schelius thinks here of course of Princes Maurits and Frederik Hendrik of Orange. Maurits 1567-1625 'organised the Dutch rebellion against Spain into a coherent successful revolt and won fame as a military strategist'. 'Maurits set out to revive and revise the classical doctrines of the Romans and pioneered the new European forms of armament and drill'. Wikipedia Prince Maurice of Orange. Another successful Dutch commander in the war against the Spaniards was Prince Frederik Hendrik 1584-1647 who could read Latin and had studied mathematics and the 'ars gromatica' or the art of land surveying in Leiden. � The Latin text of Hyginus is printed twice. The first text is printed in 2 columns and the heading is 'De castramentione liber'. It is printed as a facsimile of a medieval manuscript. Then follows the same text now edited and emended after this 'manuscript'. The huge commentary numbers 143 pages. Hyginus was an expert on the fortification of camps and his work is more theoretic. � More practical is the following treatise on 'castrametatio' of the Greek historian and expert on Roman warefare Polybius c. 200 - c. 118 B.C. Book VI 26/10-36 The Greek text is accompanied by a facing Latin translation. Polybius was a mentor and friend of Scipio Aemilianus. In 134 BC he took over the Numantine War 143-133 BC restored the discipline of the Roman army besieged Numantia and destroyed it. He acquired first hand knowledge of Roman warfare when he followed Scipio on his campaign against Hannibal in the Third Punic War. The Flemish humanist Justus Lipsius based his treatise 'De Re Militaria' 1585 on this 6th book of Polybius. The Dutch States General sent after its publication at once a copy to Maurits. � The third expert is the Dutch nobleman and warrior Radboud Herman Schele or in Latin Radbodus Hermannus Schelius born in 1622. After his studies and his tour through Europe he joined the armed forces of the Duke of Tuscany eager to learn on the battlefield the use of arms tactics the deployment of troops sieges etc. At the same time he was engaged in comparing modern warfare with that of the Romans. Soon the Duke promoted him to a high post. After 4 years he returned home and applied himself to poetry and the study of Roman historians and authors who wrote on tactics and warfare. His aim was to have the generals of his time understand that they could improve their skills and tactics if they took advantage of the tactical writings and examples provided by the Romans. He died young in 1662. Schelius' work was appreciated by the 'founder' of 'Altertumswissenschaft' the German scholar F.A Wolf. He starts a chapter on 'Kriegswesen' with this edition of 1660. He calls the commentary of Schelius 'ein n�tzlicher Commentar' with 'Uebersetzung' & 'Noten'. F.A. Wolf 'Vorlesungen �ber Alterthumswissenschaft vol. 5 Leipzig 1835 p. 252 J.G. Graevius professor of Classics at Utrecht and probably his teacher at the Athenaeum of Deventer wrote a funeral oration for him and Nicolaas Heinsius composed an elegy on his death. Graevius also incorporated the work of Schelius in the 10th volume of his 'Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum'. Van der Aa 17 p. 248/251 His portrait made by R. Vinkeles can be admirede at rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-64.041 Provenance: On the front pastedown in pencil 'Dr. Brinkgreve'; on the title in ink 'Brinkgreve B179'. This is Dr. Marius Roelof Johan Brinkgreve 1888-1966 a Dutch teacher of classics at the gymnasium of Utrecht 1912-1919 later till 1937 the director of 'Koninklijke Begeer' a silver-factory in the small town of Voorschoten. He was a fascist circa 1933 party official of the 'Nationale Unie' and in 1934 leader of the 'Algemeene Nederlandsche Fascisten Bond'. During WW II he sided with the German oppressor. See for Brinkgreve 'Repertorium kleine politieke partijen 1918-1967'; also G. Brinkgreve 'Schrijvend in 't Aalsmeerder veerhuis opstellen van Geurt Brinkgreve' 1982 p. 93/105 with a portrait Collation: pi4 leaves pi1 & p2 blank a-g4 leaf g3 verso blank minus blank leaf g4; -24 32; 2a-b4 2c1; �-2�4 leaf 2�4 verso blank; A-M4 minus blank leaf M4; erroneously overlooked in the STCN formula; the catch word and the pagination between leaf M3 and N1 is correct N-2X4 minus blank leaf 2X4 1 Folding after p. 19 3 after 318 Photographs on request hardcover
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IAMBLICHUS.
Iamblichi Chalcidensis ex Syria coele De vita Pythagorae & Protrepticae orationes ad philosophiam lib. II. Nunquam hactenus visi; nunc vero graece & latine primum editi cum necessariis castigationibus & notis additae sunt in fine Theanus Myiae Melissae & Pythagorae aliquot epistolia Gr. & Lat. Iohanne Arcerio Theodoreto Frisio authore et interprete.
N. pl. In Bibliopolio Commeliniano Colophon at the end: Excudebat Aegidius Radaeus Ordinum Frisiae Typographus Franequerae 1598 1598. 4to. XVI224;176;80 recte 78 p. Modern calf antique style 20.5 cm Ref: STCN ppn 056031661; Not in VD17; Hoffmann 2387/88; Ebert 10710; Caillet 5493; Brunet 3493; Graesse 3446; Pettegree/Walshby Netherlandish Books 16387 Details: Back gilt and with 5 raised bands. Printer's mark on the title depicting a woman the naked truth seated on a cubus and holding a radiant sun in her right hand. In her left hand she holds an opened book and a palm leaf. Her feet rest on the globe; the garland of fruit which surrounds her shows a ribbon with the text in Greek: 'Al�theia Pandamat�r' Allmighty Truth. Woodcut initials. Text printed in 2 columns Greek parallel to Latin. At the end have been added 52 pages with 'castigationes et notae' by Arcerius to the 'Life of Pythagoras' and the 'Protrepticae Orationes' Condition: Boards slightly scratched endpapers renewed. Some small old ink annotations. Paper yellowing Note: This is the 'editio princeps' of the first and second book of a 10 volume encyclopedia on Pythagorism written by the late antique neoplatonist philosopher Iamblichus ca. 240 - 325 AD i.e. the 'Biography of Pythagoras' and the 'Introduction to philosophy' logos protreptikos epi philosophian. 4 of the 10 books survived the rest is lost. Added are also the 'editiones principes' of 6 letters now considered to be apocryphical Pythagorean letters of the women philosophers Theano 3 Mya 1 Melissa 1 and also 1 of Pythagoras himself. This 'editio princeps' was produced by the Frisian scholar Johannes Arcerius son of Theodoretus 1538-1604. He was educated on the Schola Latina of Saint Martin at Groningen under Regnerus Praedinius. He became the tutor of the sons of a rich Frisian family and made with them in 1565 an educational tour through France and there in Besan�on he stumbled in the library of the cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle p. a1 recto 'mirabili quodam casu seu Dei destinatione' upon a Greek manuscript of Iamblichus p. 2 recto. He immediately saw its uniqueness and importance and copied it with his own hand. Arcerius studied Latin and Greek and theology and was appointed Rector of the Hieronymus Gymnasium at Utrecht in 1586. 3 years later he was promoted to a professorship on the recently founded 1585 University at Franeker where he was asked to give Greek a boost and to put Franeker on the map. There he had in his first year 8 students 4 of whom moved with him from Utrecht among who Johannes Isaacus Pontanus. All living in the house of Arcerius they formed a tight and talented community. Four of them became professor and the others high state officials. Arcerius also gave his university its first Greek achievement the 'editio princeps' of a biography the father of philosophy Pythagoras by an important Greek author Iamblichus. On Arcerius: 'Universiteit te Franeker 1585-1811' Leeuwarden 1985 p. 452--457 & NNBW 4 58/59 The imprint on the titlepage of this book doesnot mention its place of publishing. In the colophon at the end we find that it was printed on the presses of the Franeker printer Aegidius Radaeus or Gilles van de Rade. Most libraries mention as place of publishing Heidelberg some Franeker sometimes both places are mentioned together sometimes none at all or even Amsterdam. A publisher residing in Heidelberg and a printer working in Frisian Franeker even for those cosmopolitan days such teamwork seems far-fetched. The place of business of the famous scholarly printer Hieronymus Commelinus was of course Heidelberg but in 1597 a year before the printing of this book 1598 Hieronymus had died. From 1587 onward he had made his Heidelberg based firm famous with the production of 140 titles of great scholars like Casaubon Scaliger Gruter and Sylburg with the good use of the manuscripts of the local 'Bibliotheca Palatina'. His wife continued the firm after his death. Hieronymus' cousin Jean Commelin Johannes Commelinus also a publisher and an Amsterdam patrician was asked to help in the settling of his uncle's inheritance and to look after the firms interests. Until 1604 a great number of scholarly works left the presses at Heidelberg. Then it was discontinued and Hieronymus huge library was auctioned in the Netherlands in 1607/08. If Johannes Commelinus decided to transfer the project of printing this Iamblichus edition to Franeker the place of residence of its editor to make things easier and/or cut expenses he made a doubtful decision. For this edition obviously did not meet the standards of the great Heidelberg firm. For Hieronymus Commelinus see NDB 3333; for Jean Commelin NNBW 10199/200 We read about complaints about the quality of the text and the Latin translation and the many errors of the printer. In his 'Benevolo candidoque Lectore' p. a1 & a2 Arcerius keeps excusing himself for the mistakes he might have made for he says he was completely destitute of help and resources. He keeps asking for understanding and consideration concerning this difficult project. Someone has to be the first and do this extremely difficult and unrewarding work he argues. He thanks the Dutch scholar Theodorus Canterus or Dirk Canter for his help and for having sent him transcripts from the 'Bibliotheca Vaticana' 'ut opinor' he adds cautiously. More than a century later Ludolph K�ster the editor of a much revised and far better edition of the Iamblichus' 'Life of Pythagoras' pronounced this very harsh judgement on Arcerius and his edition. It is he says: 'partim injuria temporis partim librariorum neglentia & imperitia adeo corruptum & deformatum ut nesciam an a renatis litteris ullus scriptorum mendis scatens in lucem unquam exierit.' De Vita Pythagorica liber edited by L. K�ster Amsterdam 1707 p. 4 recto. The Amsterdam branch of the family continued the 'Commelianum Bibliopolum' from 1597 the year that Hieronymus died till 1624. Gruys/De Wolf Typography & Bibliopolae Neerlandici usque ad annum 1700 Thesaurus p. 24. VD17 Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhundert doesnot mention this edition. It is apparantly considered a Dutch edition Collation: -24 leaf 24 verso blank A-2E4 22A-2Y4 a-f4 g2 h-k4 l2. STCN mentions a leaf chi1 after 2Y4. We have compared it with 4 digital copies and found that none of them has a leaf ch1 Photographs on request hardcover
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HANNOT S. & D. VAN HOOGSTRAATEN.
Nieuw woordboek der Nederlantsche en Latynsche tale. Waar in de woorden en spreekwyzen der eerste tale naar hunne verscheide beteekenissen en kracht door de laatste naeukeurig verklaart en opgeheldert worden. Alles getrokken uit het gebruik en de beste schryveren door S. Hannot. Vervolgens overzien van veele misstellingen en andere vlekken gezuivert ook met veele woorden en spreekwyzen merkelyk vermeerdert en verrykt door D. van Hoogstraten. De derde druk.
Dordrecht Joannes van Braam Utrecht Jakob van Poolsum Amsterdam Adriaan Wor en d'erve G. onder de Linden 1736. 4to. XVI1016 p. Half vellum. 27 cm Ref: STCN ppn 186876386 Details: Margins uncut. Title page in red and black. Engraved printer's mark on the title depicting a scholar in the shadow of a tree the motto reads 'Tiliae sub tegmine tutus' i.e. 'Save under the Lime-tree'. Tilia means in Dutch linde lime tree. The name of one of the publishers is 'Onder de Linden' meaning 'Under the Lime-trees'. Printed in 3 columns Condition: Binding shabby. Vellum on the back soiled wrinkled & deformed. The black cloth on the boards seems a 19th century restoration. Front hinge cracking but still strong. Bookplate on the verso of the front flyleaf. Small oval stamp on the title. Small ballpoint shelf number on the title. Tip of the right lower corner of the title page gone. Paper of the lower corner of the first gathering mottled; some of those lower corners are repaired some of them are partly gone Note: The Dutch schoolmaster David van Hoogstraten was conrector of the 'Schola Latina' at Amsterdam from 1694 till 1722. He wrote Dutch and neolatin poetry and published editions and translations of Nepos Terentius and Phaedrus. NNBW 831-833 Van Hoogstraten was influential in the field of Dutch language studies in the 18th century with his work: 'Aenmerkingen over de geslachten der zelfstandige naemwoorden' 1700. It was his opinion that the Dutch language equalled the Greek and even surpassed the Latin language having no articles. G. Rutten 'De Archimedische punten van de taalbeschouwing. David van Hoogstraten 1658-1724 en de vroegmoderne taalcultuur' Amsterdam 2006 p. 41 � In the 'praefatio' to the first edition of this dictionary 1704 repeated in this 3rd edition of 1736 Van Hoogstraten declares that his friend the jurist mr. Samuel Hannot had laboured 6 years to compile this dictionary. Van Hoogstraten finished the job well knowing the words of the famous classical scholar J.J. Scaliger that the compiling of dictionaries should be the punishment for criminals. Edition 1736 leaf 2 verso Because the dictionary was a huge success Van Hoogstraten produced a 2nd complete revised edition in 1719. It was reissued in 1729. For the 3rd edition the publishers used the notes they found after Van Hoogstraten's death in the margins of his working copy. This 3rd edition was reissued in 1756. The last revision the 4th edition dates from 1771 and was produced by Jan Hendrik Verheijk who was Rector of the 'Schola Latina' of Amsterdam Provenance: Bookplate: 'Carmel Bibliotheek Waspik' a convent of the Roman Catholic religious Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel or Carmelites Ordo Fratrum Beatissimae Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo. Small oval stamp on the title: 'Ad Bibliothecam Conv. Carm. Disc. Waspik'. On the verso of the front flyleaf in ink 'Ex libris J. Smulders' below which in pencil 'L. van Heeswijk Buscoducensis 1901' Collation: -24 A-6M4 Photographs on request Heavy book may require extra shipping costs hardcover
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J. G Crowther
Science and Life.
Gollancz 1938. Paperback. Used; Good. Covers worn. Previous owners inscription. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1364866</p> Gollancz paperback
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James Boswell
The Life Of Samuel Johnson
T. Cadell and W. Davies 1816. 8th Edition. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. No dust jacket. Volume One. Volume Two. Volume Three. Detached back board. Detached front board. Detached spine. Foxing to some pages. Some pages are detached but present. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2233155</p> T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
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Caldwell Erskine
Trouble in July
Penguin 1945. Paperback. Used; Acceptable. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2239109</p> Penguin paperback
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Daniel Gregory Mason
THE ROMANTIC COMPOSERS
Macmillan 1940. Hardcover. Used; Good. No dust jacket. Ex Library. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2212829</p> Macmillan hardcover
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Kapp Gisbert
Electric transmission of energy: And its transformation subdivision and distribution ; a practical handbook The specialists series
Whittaker & Co. 1891. 3rd ed. rev. Hardcover. Used; Good. No dust jacket. Wear to extremities. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2218974</p> Whittaker & Co. hardcover
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CUPERUS G.
Gisb. Cuperi Harpocrates sive Explicatio imagunculae argenteae perantiquae quae in figuram Harpocratis formata representat Solem. Ejusdem Monumenta antiqua inedita. Multi auctorum loci multae inscriptiones marmora nummi gemmae varii ritus & antiquitates in utroque opusculo emendantur & illustrantur. Accedit Stephani Le Moine Epistola de Melanophoris.
Utrecht Trajecti ad Rhenum Apud Franciscum Halma Acad. Typogr. 1687. 4to. VIII29414 index p. frontispiece 6 plates of which 5 folding text engravings. Vellum. 20.5 cm Ref: STCN ppn 833724266; Brunet 6 no. 22603; Cicognara 3212; Ebert 5512; Graesse 2308 Details: 5 thongs laced through both joints. Engraved frontispiece it depicts Harpocrates standing on a pedestal around him gods like Apollo Hermes Serapis and Isis and in the foreground Tempus who shovels for Egyptian antiquities. Title printed in red and black. Woodcut printer's mark on the title motto: 'vivitur in genio' 'only through his genius man survives'. 3 woodcut headpieces 3 cul de lampe vignettes text engravings on 39 pages small woodcuts on 2 pages; 6 plates depicting ancient monuments Condition: Vellum soiled and slightly stained. Front flyleaf gone Note: This title of 1687 is a philological tour de force of the Dutch classical scholar Gisbertus Cuper or Cuperus in Dutch Gijsbert Kuiper 1644-1716. He was professor of Latin and Greek literature at the 'Athenaeum Illustre' of Deventer from 1668 till 1681 and at the same time mayor of this old city which once had been a member of the Hanseatic League. Cuper has his own lemma on Wikipedia in Dutch only. In this title Cuper examines a deity of Egyptian origin Harpocrates who was imported into Rome in the second century B.C. and who was connected with the mystery cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis. Cuper's research began he tells us in the preface with a small silver statuette which he saw in the famous collection of his friend and scholar Johannes Smetius whom he visited in 1674 in Nijmegen. The statuette was found in the ground of the collector's hometown Nijmegen. It is a sculpture of a small boy almost naked and with a lotus flower on his head. He is winged and wears a small quiver on his back; the boy holds the index finger of his right hand against his lips as if to enjoin silence. p. 1: 'manus dextrae digito indice premit vocem & silentia suadet' From his right arm hangs a small bucket situla and around his left arm coils a snake. His left hand rests on a club around which another snake coils and to which a goose has been attached. At the boy's right foot sits a rabbit or hare. At his left foot a small bird of prey accipiter vel alia avis. p. 2 As soon as Cuper saw this aenigmatic figurine he decided to examine it for he could not imagine that all those attributes had been added without any intention. He recognized the boy from a Egyptian hieroglyph as Harpocration whom Egyptian superstition brought to Rome. He immediately realized also that this boy did not ask for silence non silentium tantum digito suadens but that he represented the Sun verum Solis imaginem referens. p. 2 In the rest of the book Cuper closely examines all the relevant passages concerning Harpocrates' iconography in ancient authors in mythology on gemmae coins inscriptions amulets etc. to prove his point that Harpocrates's finger was misunderstood from the Roman scholar Varro to Augustine and that the boy was not a diety of Silence at all. The boy did not ask for silence he argues but was a representation of the rising sun because the ancient Egyptians greeted and honoured it's appearance by pressing their index finger against their lips. The 'Harpocrates' was first published in 1676 in Amsterdam 'apud Theodorum Pluymer'. This 1687 edition is a reissue considerably augmented with 'Gisberti Cuperi Monumenta antiqua inedita' ca. 70 pages in which Cuper discusses recent finds. He offers a description and image of the finds and tries to explain matters with the help of ancient sources and the work of contemporary scholars. At the end has also been added 'Ad Gisb. Cuperum De Melanphoris epististola' 30 pages written by the French orientalist Stephanus Le Moine 1624-1689 who lectured in Leiden from 1676. His letter is a treatise on the black clothes melamphoroi which the members of the Isis fraternities wore when they lamented the fate of their goddess. This book of Cuper is tough reading the Latin is difficult and it abounds in philological pedantry. The Latin text of the second part of the book Cuper's 'Monumenta antiqua inedita' can be found on: stilus.nl/cuper/ where one can also download a translation of it into Dutch by Leo Nellissen who is an expert on Smetius Collation: 4 including frontispiece; A-Z4 Aa-Pp4 Qq2 Photographs on request hardcover
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CAPELLE AG. VAN. A. G.
Commentatio de Regibus et Antiquitatibus Pergamenis.
N.pl. n.d. Amsterdam 1842 VIII172 p. 1 plate with coins 1 folding lithographed map. Contemporary blue stiff wrappers. 28 cm Note: The Dutch schoolmaster Arend Gerard van Capelle 1795-1852 was conrector and later rector of the Gymnasium of Amsterdam the precursor of the 'Barlaeus Gymnasium'. His dissertation of 1817 was on Hellenistic history 'De Zenobia Palmyrenorum Augusta'. He published also an edition of Terentius 'P. Terentii Afri Comoediae quas ad fidem optimarum editionum denuo castigavit illustravit edidit Arentius Gerardus Van Cappelle' Amsterdam 1838. unknown
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CLAUDIANUS.
Cl. Claudiani Quae exstant. Varietate lectionis et perpetua adnotatione illustrata a Io. Matthia Gesnero. Accedit index uberrimus.
Leipzig Lipsiae In officina Fritschia 1759. 8vo. 2 volumes: XIV p. p. 1-400; 2401-720; 222 index2 blank. Vellum. 20 cm Ref: Neue Pauly Suppl. 2 p. 178: 'enth�lt . n�tzlichen lat. Komm.'; Schweiger 2184: 'Im wesentlichen ist der Text der Ausg. von Heinsius 1650 wiederhohlt aber auch dessen sp�tere Emendationen u. �ltere Ausgg. zu Rathe gezogen. Die kurzen Anmerkgg. erl�utern trefflich den Sinn die Sprache u. die Sachen'; Dibdin 1471/72: 'A work so recommended . will not make the student hesitate long about the necessity of procuring it.'; Moss 1377: 'undoubtedly a very excellent and valuable edition'.; Ebert 4759; Brunet 288; Graesse 2194; Not yet in VD18; Fabricius/Ernesti 3202 Details: 2 thongs laced through the joints. Back ruled gilt and with a black shield in the 'second' and 'fourth compartment'. Endpapers and edges marbled Condition: Vellum age-tanned and slightly soiled. The edges of the shields on the back damaged. The boards of volume 1 are slightly outstanding volume 2 more so. Foxed paper somewhat browning Note: The Roman poet Claudius Claudianus ca. 400 AD 'war ein sehr fruchtbarer temperamentvoller Dichter und bietet reichen historischen Stoff in rhetorischem Stil'. Buchwald Tusculum-Lexikon 3rd ed. p. 171/172 As 'tribunus et notarius' he acted as court poet eulogizing the emperor Theodosius his general Stilicho and the emperor's sons Honorius and Arcadius. In 400 he was honoured with a bronze statue on the Forum Trajanum in Rome and a rich bride selected for him by Stilicho's wife. He is the last representative of the classical tradition of Latin poetry. 'In diction and technique he bears comparison with the best Silver Age work but his considerable gifts of invective description and epigram are offsett by a deplorable tendency of over-elaboration. His writings are a useful . historical source for his period'. OCD 2nd ed. p. 245 Claudianus died ca. 404. � His work was widely read in the Middle Ages. The humanists also placed him on the center stage. In the beginning of the 20th century philologist lost interest but since the rise of interest in late antiquity in the sixties he is again recognized as one of the great Roman poets. This edition of Claudian of the German classical scholar Johann Matthias Gesner 1691-1761 gives evidence of sound scholarship but just like his many other editions of ancient authors of Gesner the edition does never break new ground. It just is a testimony of solid current knowledge. Textual critiscism was not Gesner's strongest point. His notes are excellent and learned well calculated to illustrate the poet. The edition contains erudite prolegomena a literary history of Claudianus 'variae lectiones' and a useful account of editions. Gesner earned lasting fame with his epoch-making lexicographic work especially with his revised edition of the 'Dictionarum seu Latinae linguae thesaurus' of Robertus Stephanus London 1734. Wilamowitz calls Gesner the 'Praeceptor Germaniae' 'denn er hat die Leipziger Thomasschule zu einer Musteranstalt gemacht . und ihm bleibt der Ruhm das erste philologisches Seminar gegrundet zu haben'. U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff 'Geschichte der klassichen Philologie' Leipzig/Berlin 1921 p. 42 Collation: a-c8 chi1 'addenda emendanda' after leaf a1; A-Z8 Aa-Bb8 chi1 title second volume Cc-Zz8 Aaa-Nnn8 leaf Nnn8 blank Photographs on request hardcover
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COLUTHUS.
KOLOUTHOU HARPAG� HELEN�S. Coluthi raptus Helenae. Recensuit ad fidem codicum MSS. ac variantes lectiones et notas adiecit Joannes Daniel a Lennep. Accedunt eiusdem animadversionum libri tres tum in Coluthum tum in nonnullos alios auctores.
Leeuwarden Leovardiae Ex officina Guilielmi Coulon Illustr. Frisiae Ordd. & Acad. Typographi colophon: Typis J. Brouwer Franequerae 1747. 8vo. XXVI1271 blank;2151 colophon p. Vellum 20 cm Ref: STCN ppn 156632918; Hoffmann I471; Brunet 2173/74; Ebert 5018; Graesse 2231 Details: 6 thongs laced through both joints. Title in red & black. Greek text with facing Latin translation and critical notes on the lower part of the page. The second part of the work consists of 2 books with a commentary on Coluthus and a third on several other Greek authors Condition: Vellum showing the patina of its age. Free endpapers gone. Edges of first leaves thumbed. Paper yellowing the title page somewhat browning Note: The second edition of the OCD 1970 is rather negative about the Greek epic poet of Egyptian origin Coluthus or Colluthus ca. 5th cent. A.D. His only surviving work the 'Rape of Helena' an epyllion of 392 hexameters is deemed uninspired and clearly influenced by Nonnus. Dibdin in his famous bibliography and much later H.J. Rose in his 'A Handbook of Greek literature' did not take the trouble of mentioning him at all. The 11th edition of the Encyclopeda Brittanica of 1910 volume VI finds the poem 'dull and tasteless devoid of imagination a poor imitation of Homer and it has little to recommend it except its harmonious versification based upon the technical rules of Nonnus'. The RE volume XI of 1922 col. 1099 s.v. 'Kolluthos' is harsh and finds his poetry 'Machwerk sprachliche und sachliche St�mperei'. Nowadays Coluthus' poetry is rehabilitated. Der 'Neue Pauly' volume 3 of 1999 is positive. Coluthus is called 'ein vollendeter K�nstler' who imitates Homer. 'Der Tradition hellenistischer Dichtung folgend wendet er die stilistischen Regeln der 'imitatio' der 'variatio' und der 'oppositio in imitando' an'. NP s.v. Kolluthos In 2010 Coluthus' poem was upgraded to 'a short and charming miniature epic'. GriffinJ. 'The Cambridge Companion to the Epic' Cambr. 2010 p. 28 � The 'Rape of Helena' tells the story of the Trojan prince Paris and Helena the wife of the Spartan king Menelaus from the wedding of Peleus and Thetis the judgement of Paris the elopement of Helena from Sparta till the arrival of Paris and Helena in Troy and as we all know 'Helenae raptus belli Trojani causa habendus'. The young Dutch scholar Johannes Dani�l van Lennep born in Leeuwarden in 1724 chose to produce this edition of Coluthus to finish his studies under Valckenaer and Schrader at the University of Franeker. He did not edit Coluthus to rehabilitate him or because he liked his poetry it has nothing to recommend itself he says in the preface. His edition is proof of his competence as a scholar on the threshold of a scholarly career. Praefatio page V The professor of Greek at Leyden University Tiberius Hemsterhuis who Van Lennep much admired and under whom he wanted to continue his studies once called the work of Coluthus 'corruptissimum simul et mutilum'. Idem p. VI Van Lennep produced his Coluthus to show him that he was able to amend this corrupt text. Idem p. VII He thanks his professor Valckenaer for giving him his collation of an important manuscript the Vossianus. He thanks also Jacobus Philippus d'Orville 1696-1775 since 1730 professor Greek of the 'Athenaeum Illustre' of Amsterdam and the young scholar David Ruhnkenius 1723-1798 for their collations of important manuscripts which they consulted in the libraries of Florence Paris Milan and Hamburg. Idem p. XI & XIII. On stylistic grounds he dates the poem not long after Nonnus and Tryphiodorus. Idem p. XX See for Van Lennep J.G. Gerretzen's dissertation 'Schola Hemsterhusiana' Nijmegen-Utrecht 1940 p. 312-329 Van Lennep studied under Hemsterhuis another 5 years. In 1752 he was appointed professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Groningen. He died in 1771 in Franeker Collation: 8 24 1 leaf signed 25; A-H8 leaf H8 verso blank; 2A-N8 2O4 Photographs on request hardcover
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CEBES.
KEB�TOS TH�BAIOU PINAX. Cebes des Thebaners Gem�hlde mit erkl�renden Anmerkungen und einem vollst�ndigen Wortregister. F�r Schulen bearbeitet von Johann David B�chling.
Meissen Bey Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Erbstein 1796. 8vo. 176 p. Contemporary boards 18 cm Ref: VD18 11454512; Hoffmann 1443; not in Graesse or Ebert Details: Schoolbook with an introduction of 34 p. At the end an index verborum of 54 p. Greek text on the upper half of the page German notes on the lower half Condition: Cover worn at the extremities. Paper slightly yellowing. Two ownership inscriptions on the front endpapers Note: The dialogue Cebetis tabula dates from the first century A.D. it was attributed to the philosopher Cebes a student of the Athenian Socrates. In it an ancient temple painting which caught the attention of two visitors is explained by an old man. It is an allegorical picture on which the dangers and temptations of human life are symbolically represented. It shows that happiness can only be reached by a proper education and a virtuous life. This once popular ethical work is now almost forgotten. But in the 16th 17th and 18th century it was widely read especially by clerics and schoolboys. This edition of B�chling is meant for beginners is told in the introduction. Experience in Privatuntericht and in the classroom has learned B�chling the usefulness of this text. � The German schoolmaster Johann David B�chling 1762-1811 was born in Halle. He produced school editions of a great number of Roman and Greek school authors e.g. Sallustius Aesopus Palaephatus Cicero Anacreon Theophrastus and Nepos Provenance: On the front pastedown 'Bibl. Scholae Cathedr. Gustrov acc. 1812'. G�strow is a small city in Mecklenburg Vorpommern. The Cathedral School Domschule had a large library which was dispersed after WW II. The building from 1575 still exists. On the flyleaf difficult to read: 'Wilhelm . Ludewig Land Gr�benhagen den 26ten M�rtz 1797' Collation: A-L8 Photographs on request hardcover
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BONEFONIUS.
Johannis Bonefonii Arverni carmina.
London Londini Ex officina Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts 1720. 12mo XI1 blank751 blank p. 19th century half morocco 15 cm Ref: IJsewijn p. 135; Graesse 1486; ESTC T72206 Details: Gilt short title on the back; title in red & black; woodcut printer's mark on the title showing all kinds of symbols of wisdom and science Condition: Lacking the last 8 pages; wear to the extremities; upper margin partly and lightly waterstained Note: The French Neo-Latin poet Jean Bonefons or Johannes Bonefonius in Latin Clermont/Auvergne 1554-1614 is the last great poet of the 'first great age of French Neo-Latin poetry'. IJsewijn calls him a 'belated Petrarchan singer'; IJsewijn p. 135. Of the poets who followed the footsteps of the Dutch erotic poet Janus Secundus he was one of the best known. They are often found together in later editions of erotic poetry often together with the juvenile poems of Muretus and Beza. The collection of Bonefons's carmina is preceded by a laudatory poem of the French genius Josephus Justus Scaliger 1540-1609. Then follows the erotic 'Basiorum liber' or 'Pancharis' a work Bonefonius wrote before his marriage. The Basia are followed by a poem on the city of Dijon the 'Tumultus Gallicus' and a collection of occasional poems. In the preface of this edition it is stated that it follows the Leyden edition 'minime aspernandam' of 1659. The London publishers Tonson & Watts want they say to imitate the elegant editions of the Elzeviers. 'Elzevirianarum elegantiam voluimus imitari'. At the end of the carmina are unfortunately lacking the last 8 pages of the last gathering. These pages consist of a short biography of 3 pages in French of Jean Bonefons and a priggish list of 3 pages with peccadilles where an anynomous is splitting hairs on Bonefons's sins against pure latinity. The forelast page has a stocklist of J. Tonson. Perhaps the owner found these pages superfluous and left them out taking to heart the advice of Tonson & Watts when they write in the preface p. IV: 'ad calcem' . 'ibi quaedam notantur loca in quibus ab illo contra Latini sermonis aut carminis leges peccatum est; sed animadversiones illas maluimus discutiendas proponere lectoris judicio quam nostrum pronuniciare'Collation: A-G6 H6 minus H3-6 Photographs on request unknown
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CENSORINUS.
Censorinus De die natali. Henric. Lindenbrogius recensuit et notis iterata hac editione passim adauctis illustravit.
Leiden Lugduni Batavorum Ex officina Ioannis Maire 1642. 8vo. XVI25038 index p. text illustrations1 plate. Rebacked full calf. 15.5 cm 'According to J.J. Scaliger a 'liber aureolus' a 'Golden Book'. Ref: Breugelmans p. 490 1642:3; STCN ppn 840199821; Schweiger 2101; Graesse 2101; Ebert 3909 Details: Backstrip skillfully restored in antique style ruled gilt and with 4 raised bands and with a red shield in the second compartment. Woodcut printer's mark on title depicting a farmer who stamps a shovel into the ground; above the head of the farmer: 'fac et spera'. Some woodcut illustrations. The plate bears an astrological diagram Condition: The original boards have been preserved but are scuffed and scratched. Some superficial damaged by insects to the upper board. Corners bumped and abraded. Both pastedowns detached front flyleaf partly loose. Small strip of paper sewn into the gutter before the title page in order to strengthen the front joint. Title dustsoiled. Ownership inscription on the title and on the front flyleaf. Some pencil. Paper slightly yellowing Note: The Roman grammarian Censorinus lived in first half of the third century A.D. Of him survives 'De die natali' dedicated to his 'patronus' Q. Caerellius on his birthday in A.D. 238. The first part deals with the genetic and astrologic aspects of of the date of birth and furthermore numerical mysticism. The second with time and divisions. Its sources are Varro Suetonius De anno Romanorum and several Greek authorities on procreation embryology botany and music. This work is valuable for its otherwise lost sources. The 'editio princeps' was published in 1497 in Bologna. The German scholar Heinrich Lindenbrog 1570-1642 published in 1614 in Hamburg his first edition of Censorinus. A revised and augmented second edition was published in Leiden in 1642. � Lindenbrogius studied classics in Leiden under J.J. Scaliger. After his studies he made a tour which brought him and his friend Johannes van Wouweren to France to the monastery of St. Victor. It was told that they stole there with the help of a monk 16 manuscripts. They became known as 'Les Corsaires de Hamburg'. Lindenbrogius was arrested but came free with the help of the French scholar French Pierre Dupuy Puteanus 1582-1651 the son of the humanist and famous bibliophile Claude Dupuy who was a great collector of manuscripts. Little is known of the rest of his life. From 1610 onward till his death Lindenbrogius was the librarian of Duke Johann Adolf von Holstein who had assembled in Gottorp a great collection of books. He made his name as a philologist with this Censorinus edition and with a correct edition of the 'Policraticus sive de nugis Curialium' of the 12th century English theologian John of Salisbury which was published in Leiden in 1595. ADB 18693 Provenance: On the front flyleaf in ink: 'F.C. Holland BaR Sept. 11 1936'. � On the title in faint ink: 'Ex libris Joan. Leith Ross 1814'. Loosely inserted also an armorial engraved bookplate of 'John Leith Ross of Arnage & Bourtie'. On a banner beneath the shield the motto 'Crux Christi nostra salus'. Above the shield 3 other motto's in small type: 'Agnoscar eventu' 'Omnia a Deo' and 'Trustie to the end'. John Leith-Ross son of Alexander Leith 2nd of Freefield and his second wife Martha Ross was born in 1777 and died in 1839. He married Elizabeth Young in 1807 daughter of William Young and Mary Anderson 4th of Arnage. John Leith Ross of Arnage was an antiquary and classical scholar of no mean attainments was bom on 29th September 1777 at his father's seat of Freetield in the parish of Rayne Aberdeenshire; having been the only surviving issue of the marriage between Alexander Leith of Freefield and Glenkindy and his second wife Martha daughter of John Ross of Arnage in Buchan. Within the parish church of Ellon a marble tablet is thus inscribed : "John Leith-Ross of Arnage died 15 May 1839 aged 63: Elizabeth Young his spouse co-heiress of Bourtie died 9 June 1852 aged 70: their third son William Ross M.D. died 28 Sep. 1834 aged 22 ; George their fourth son and Frederick their grandson died in childhood." Source: Worldconnect/rootsweb Collation: 8 A-S8 Photographs on request hardcover
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DIOGENES LAERTIUS.
Diogenis Laertii De vita et moribus philosophorum libri X. Recens ad exemplar Graecum collati ex eiusque fide cura doctissimorum virorum restituti & emendati. Cum indice nominum ac rerum locupletissimo.
Paris Parisiis Apud Hieronymum de Marnef sub Pelicano Monte D. Hilarii 1560. 12mo. 59628 index2 epilogue 'Candido Lectori'1 woodcut illustration1 woodcut printer's mark of De Marnef p. Later vellum 13 cm - The greatest known source of information about the philosophers of antiquity Ref: Hoffmann 1569; Graesse 2397 erroneously dating 1561 Details: 2 thongs laced through the joints. Woodcut printer's mark of De Marnef on the title BaTyR no. 28133 depicting a pelican on his nest feeding his young with his own blood; the motto is: 'In me mors in me vita'. On the last page another version of De Marnef's printer's mark BaTyR no. 2882 now depicting a griffon that holds in its claw a cubic weight to which is attached a winged globe. The cube stands for constancy and the globe for fortune; the motto is: 'Virtutis et gloriae comes invidia'. Marnef used this version of his mark only at the end of the books he printed; This printer's mark very closely resembles that of the Lyonese printer S�bastien Gryphius only the motto is different. Greek text and a Latin translation. Condition: Vellum somewhat age-toned. Short title in ink on the back. Front flyleaf removed. Stamp on front pastedown and on the title; tiny hole in outer margins of title; 4 tiny holes in last leaf; Binder's error: he bound leaf X7 p. 333/4 probably a cancel before leaf X3 Note: This is according to Graesse a repetition of the edition of 'De vita et moribus etc.' edited by Johannes Boulierius Jean Boulier Lyon 1556. We compared both works and conclude that Graesse is more or less right. The typesetter of the 1560 edition had most probably the 1556 edition before him. He repeats even the printed marginal remarks and annotations. But there are occasionally minute differences in the Greek text and sometimes the 1560 edition adds an explanatory marginal remark. In book 7 p. 340 in the life of Zeno Criticus for instance we found a printed 'varia lectio'. There 1556 has only therizonti 1560 adds in the margin: ' Forte erizonti contentioso'. In 1556 the number 58 is quintaginta & octo in 1560 Duodesexaginta. p. 425 & 342 In the epilogue dated 1560 we read that we have here a text revised and ameliorated with the help of a manuscript 'cuius quamvis mutili veritate & fide non pauca restituenda emendandaque curavit Hieronymus Marnefius Parisiensis Typographus'. Leaf 2Q7. This activity is confirmed in the 'Extrait du Privil�ge du Roi' which grants Marnefius the exclusive right to publish this text 'Lequel auroit est� nouvelement reveu visit� corrig� additionn� & augment�' for the next six years. Leaf A1 verso which is the verso of the title Immediately after this privilege and preceding the Latin translation we find a 3 page letter of Fr. Ambrosius addressed to Cosimo de' Medici. This letter is meant to assure the reader that this 1560 translation is a reliable old and often printed one based on the translation that was made by the Italian priest theologian and Hellenist Ambrogio Traversari O.S.B. Cam. also known as Ambrosius Traversari or Ambrosius Camaldulensis 1386-1439. He worked between 1424 and 1433 on this translation which came to be widely circulated in manuscript form and was only published in Rome in 1472. In this dedicatory letter Ambrosius Traversari tells us that he translated the 'Lives of the Philosophers' at the request of Cosimo de' Medici. 'Tibi . hoc opus dedicatum fuit qui & autoritate tua in primis nos ad illud impulisti'. p. 5 The 'Lives of the Philosophers' of the Greek author Diogenes Laertius who probably lived in the first half of the 3rd cent. A.D. is a compendium full of biographies of the ancient philosophers from Thales to Epicurus and their doctrines. Diogenes Laertius drew his material from earlier compilations. His reliability and value differ from passage to passage. Some give invaluable information other passages offer mere caricature. OCD 2nd ed. p. 348/49 It 'provides not a systematic analysis but rather a eulogistic narrative of the course of ancient philosophy . of the four main classical schools the Academy Peripatetics Stoics and Epicureans. Anecdotal and perhaps largely apocryphal in nature still it gave to Renaissance humanists some conception of ancient philosophy especially of Platonic and Epicurean thought'. Ch.L. Stinger 'Humanism and the Church Fathers: Ambrogio Traversari 1386-1439 and Christian antiquity in the Italian Renaissance' Albany 1977 p. 71 Provenance: On the front pastedown a green stamp of 'Univ. Doz. Dr. Mag. F.F. Schwarz Professor. A 8810 Graz Panoramagasse 2A' with a handwritten date of acquisition '1973'. Franz Ferdinand Schwarz was from 1982 till 1996 professor of classical philology at the University of Graz where he was born in 1934. He died in his hometown in 2001 after a long illness. See his wikipedia lemma 'Franz Ferdinand Schwarz' On the title an old almost illegible stamp of the University of Ferrara showing a tree in its center and part of the legend 'Universit� di Ferrara' Collation: A - 2Q-8 Photographs on request hardcover
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DIODORUS SICULUS.
DIOD�ROS. Diodori Siculi Bibliothecae Historicae libri qui supersunt e recensione Petri Wesselingii cum interpretatione latina Laur.Rhodomani atque annotationibus Variorum integris indicibusque locupletissimis. Nova editio cum commentationibus III Chr. Gottl. Heynii et cum argumentis disputationibusque Ier. Nic. Eyringii.
Zweibr�cken Biponti Strassburg Argentorati Ex typographia Societatis 1793-1807. 8vo. 11 volumes. Together 5259 pages. Contemporary half calf. 21 cm Ref: G. Burkard p.63/66; Hoffmann 1558; Brunet 2716; Didbin 1498/99: 'beautiful and judicial work'; Moss 1394; Ebert 6159; Graesse 2395; not yet in VD18 Details: Back ruled gilt red shield in second and fourth 'compartment'. Boards marbled. Nice set Condition: Bindings slightly worn. Joint of the upper board of volume 2 split. Joint of the upper board of volume 6 partly split. Right upper corner of the 3rd volume slightly cracked. Paper slightly yellowing Note: The Sicilian Greek historian Diodorus Siculus of Agyrium who was a contemporary of Caesar and Augustus states that he spent thirty years collecting material and writing the 40 books of his History of the World from the beginning of the world to Caesar's conquest of Gallia the 'Biblioth�k�' historik�. The first 7 books concern world history prior to the Trojan war: 1 Egypt; 2 Mesopotamia India Scythia Arabia; 3 Africa; 4/6 Greece and Europe. The books 7/17 deal with the Trojan war down to the death of Alexander the Great; 18/40 are from the 'Diadochi' to Caesar. Of this work the books 6/10 21/40 survived fragmentary; fully preserved are 1/5 and 12/20. The German scholar Christian Gottlob Heyne 1729-1812 professor at the university of G�ttingen from 1763 states that this great compilation is of the highest importance on account of the great mass of materials collected from authorities whose works have perished. The 'editio princeps' of the 'Bibliotheca' was published in Basle in 1539. The Amsterdam edition of 1746 of the Dutch/German scholar Peter Wesseling 1692-1764 with a Latin translation and a commentary was long time considered to be authoritative. From the important edition of Peter Wesseling have been adopted for this 'editio Bipontina' of 1793-1807 the Greek text the Latin translation of Laurentius Rhodomannus first published in 1603 Wesseling's praefatio the annotations of Wesseling and various other leading scholars 65 forged letters of Diodorus the treatise of the French scholar/printer Henricus Stephanus 'De Diodoro' and the indices. The errors and omissions of the 1746 edition are 'here corrected and supplied by consulting the ancient editions and chiefly the 'editio princeps'. This admirable work the 'editio Bipontina' 'will be found to contain various readings from a manuscript in the library of the Elector of Bavaria; also various readings from two Vienna manuscripts which Wesseling was unable to procure. . To make the edition at once complete and commodious great pains have been taken to reduce into chronological order and according to the arrangement of the books the fragments of the lost books'. Didbin Original work of this 'editio Bipontina' consists of an important dissertation of the the editor Christian Gottlob Heyne on the sources of Diodorus 'De fontibus et auctoribus historiarum Diodori' several treatises of the German scholar Jeremias Nicolaus Eyring 1739-1803 who lectured also at te university of G�ttingen a useful survey of editions 'notitia literaria editionum' and the 'variae lectiones' from new Viennese manuscripts Provenance: From the Rostagni Library. 'The Rostagni private library has been built over a time of 133 years between 1880 and 2013 by 3 generations of collectors: Augusto Gabinio 1863-1939 internist his nephew Augusto Rostagni 1892-1961 classical philologist at the University of Turin and his son Luigi Rostagni 1932 Operational Director. . Augusto Rostagni taught ancient literature in various Italian Universities. In 1928 he was appointed professor in Latin literature at the University of Turin an office he fulfilled until his death in 1961. He became one of Italy's most authorative philologists of the 20th century. He held positions of President of the Turin Institute of Classical Philology Dean of the Department of Literature and Philosophy Editor of the Rivista di Filologia Classica President of the 'Accademia delle Scienze di Torino'. He was a well-known member of many Italian and foreign academies and institutions amongst them the Accademia dei Lincei. The Department of Philology Linguistics & Classical Tradition of the University of Turin is named after him.' Burgersdijk & Niermans Auction sale 340 Leiden 2014 p.68 Photographs on request Heavy book may require extra shipping costs hardcover
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DIOGENES LAERTIUS.
Les vies des plus illustres philosophes de l'antiquit� avec leurs dogmes leurs syst�mes leur morale & leurs sentences les plus remarquables. Traduites du grec de Diog�ne Laerce by J.-G. Chauffepi�. Auxquelles on a ajout� la Vie de l'auteur celles d'Epict�te de Confucius & leur morale; & un abr�g� historique de la vie des femmes philosophes de l'antiquit�. Nouvelle �dition.
Paris Chez Richard Libraire rue de la Harpe 1796. 8vo. 2 volumes: XXXII5071 blank; 5351 p. Calf 20 cm The greatest known source of information about the philosophers of antiquity Ref: Hoffmann 1570; Brunet 2721; cf. Cioranescu 18849; Graesse 2397; Ebert 6185 Details: Backs ruled gilt and with a shield. Marbled endpapers. Edges dyed red Condition: Backs very rubbed. Back of volume 1 cracked. Joints cracking but still strong. Head of the spines worn away. Partly foxed. Some inkstains. Two labels on the front pastedown Note: The 'Lives and Doctrines of the Philosophers' of the Greek author Diogenes Laertius who lived probably in the first half of the third century A.D. is still 'our best indirect source of knowledge for classical philosophy'. The 'Lives' comprises both a biographical and a doxographical account basically focused on Greek thinkers from the 6th to the 3rd century B.C. from Thales to Epicurus although references to schools and individuals extend to at least the 2nd century A.D.' The Classical Tradition Cambr. Mass. 2010 p. 271 Diogenes Laertius drew his material from earlier compilations and his doxographic account offers long excerpts from primary texts not transmitted elsewhere for example Epicurus' 'Principal Doctrines'. Diogenes' reliability and value differ from passage to passage. Some give invaluable information other passages offer mere caricature. His approach is not a 'systematic analysis but rather a eulogistic narrative of the course of ancient philosophy and of the four main classical schools the Academy Peripatetics Stoics and Epicureans. Anecdotal and perhaps largely apocryphal in nature still it gave to Renaissance humanists like Leonardo Bruni Machiavelli Erasmus et alii some conception of ancient philosophy especially of Platonic and Epicurean thought.' Ch.L. Stinger 'Humanism and the Church Fathers: Ambrogio Traversari 1386-1439 and Christian antiquity in the Italian Renaissance' Albany 1977 p. 71 To the second volume has been added a 75 page biography of Confucius and of special interest 90 pages with short biographies of ancient women philosophers. This section a translation of 'Historia Mulierum Philosopharum' was taken and translated from the authoritative Diogenes Laertius edition of the French scholar Aegidius Menagius or Giles M�nage of 1692. We quote concerning this section the abstract of an article of professor Richard Maber: 'The late work of Gilles M�nage 1613-1692 'Historia mulierum philosopharum' 1690 is a compilation of all the information that he could gather concerning women philosophers from earliest antiquity to the fourteenth century. It made little impact when first published but is currently the subject of renewed interest in the context of women's studies with recent translations into English French Italian and Spanish. However the work's true importance is much greater than has been realised. M�nage included it as he had always intended in his monumental and definitive edition of Diogenes Laertius's Lives of the Philosophers 1692 the greatest known source of information about the male philosophers of antiquity. M�nage's 'Historia' thus became a supplement and corrective to Diogenes Laertius and was included with subsequent editions and translations of the irreplaceable Greek text. In this way the reality of women's capacity for the highest intellectual achievement was incontrovertibly established and women were integrated into the mainstream of the history of philosophy. An analysis of the frontispieces to the three volumes of Chauffepi�'s translation of Diogenes 1758 demonstrates how thanks explicitly to M�nage's work the role of women was now seen as crucial to modern intellectual life'. Richard G. Maber 2010 'Re-Gendering Intellectual Life: Gilles M�nage and his Histoire des femmes philosophes' Seventeenth-Century French Studies 321: 45-60 This French translation of Diogenes Laertius and of the 'Historia Mulierum Philosopharum' of M�nage is attributed to Jacques-Georges Chauffepi� a calvinist minister of the Walloon Church of French origin born in Leeuwarden in 1702. He preached in Flushing Delft and Amsterdam where he died in 1766. It was first published in Amsterdam in 1758. NNBW 4417/18 and Wikip�dia 'Jacques-Georges Chauffepi�' with a wrong date of his death Provenance: Two old labels of booksellers on the front pastedown: one of 'Libreria Puvill libros antiguos. Boters 10-Barcelona-2 Espa�a' & one older one: 'Vendese en la Libreria de Josef Cerqueda calle de la Boearia en Barcelona'. 'Puvill libros librer�a t�cnica SA' still exists. Josef Cerqueda was active at the beginning of the 19th century Collation: a-b8; A-2H8 2I6; A-2K8 2L4 Photographs on request unknown
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DIOGENES LAERTIUS.
Diogenis Laertii De vitis dogmatibus et apophthegmatibus clarorum philosophorum libri decem graece et latine.
Leipzig Lipsiae Impensis Ioannis Pauli Krausii Bibliop. Viennens. 1759. Colophon at the end: 'Lipsiae Ex officina I.G.I. Breitkopfii' 8vo. XIV756 recte 73694 index p. Contemporary calf. 19.5 cm The greatest known source of information about the philosophers of antiquity Ref: VD18 10213392-008; Hoffmann 1566; Dibdin 1504; Moss 1400/01; Brunet 2720; Graesse 2396; Ebert 6177 Details: Printed in 2 colums Greek text with facing Latin translation Condition: Binding scuffed & chafed especially at the extremes. Back & boards rubbed. Paper foxing yellowing and occasionally browning. Right upper corner of the last 80 p. is slightly waterstained. Some small and old ink annotations and underlinings Note: The 'Lives and Doctrines of the Philosophers' of the Greek author Diogenes Laertius who lived probably in the first half of the third century A.D. is still 'our best indirect source of knowledge for classical philosophy'. The 'Lives' comprises both a biographical and a doxographical account basically focused on Greek thinkers from the 6th to the 3rd century B.C. from Thales to Epicurus although references to schools and individuals extend to at least the 2nd century A.D.' The Classical Tradition Cambr. Mass. 2010 p. 271 Diogenes Laertius drew his material from earlier compilations and his doxographic account offers long excerpts from primary texts not transmitted elsewhere for example Epicurus' 'Principal Doctrines'. Diogenes' reliability and value differ from passage to passage. Some give invaluable information other passages offer mere caricature. His approach is not a 'systematic analysis but rather a eulogistic narrative of the course of ancient philosophy and of the four main classical schools the Academy Peripatetics Stoics and Epicureans. Anecdotal and perhaps largely apocryphal in nature still it gave to Renaissance humanists like Leonardo Bruni Machiavelli Erasmus et alii some conception of ancient philosophy especially of Platonic and Epicurean thought.' Ch.L. Stinger 'Humanism and the Church Fathers: Ambrogio Traversari 1386-1439 and Christian antiquity in the Italian Renaissance' Albany 1977 p. 71 � The 'editio princeps' was published in Basel in 1533. The Latin translation was published much earlier in Rome in 1472. This translation was later revised several times and appears also in this book. It was made by the Italian Hellenist Ambrogio Traversari also known as Ambrosius Traversari 1386-1439. Our 1759 edition is a reissue of the edition of 1731 of Longolius which in turn was a revision of the 1692 edition which was produced by the Danish philologist Marcus Meibom or Marcus Meibomius. The edition of 1731 was produced by the German philologist and historian Paulus Daniel Longolius 1704-1779 from 1735 till his death Rector of the Gymnasium in Hof. He wrote on local history and was an editor of Zedler's Universallexikon. He also published three texts of classical authors: 'Plinii epistolae' Amsterdam 1734 this Diogenes edition Curiae i.e. Hof Saale 1739 and a Gellius edition Curiae 1741. ADB 19 156/57 The 1731 edition contained besides the Greek text and Latin translation a preface commentaries and engraved portraits. Because this edition was out of print and there was much demand for it the publisher Paulus Krausius decided to produce this Leipsic edition of 1759 which is in fact a reissue of the 1731 edition of Longolius omitting however the portraits the preface and the commentaries and offering the Greek text the Latin translation and 94 pages of indexes. Praefatio leaf 5 verso and 6 recto Provenance: on the front flyleaf in pencil 'RtK' this is Rijkel ten Kate 1918-2008. He taught classics at the Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium in Groningen. In 1955 he wrote his dissertation: �Quomodo heroes in Statii Thebaide describantur quaeritur� on the Thebaid of the Roman poet Statius Collation: 8 minus blank leaf 8 A-3F8 minus blank leaf 3F8; the pagination jumps between the gatherings 2Y and 2Z from 721 to 741 the catchword on leaf 2Y4 verso is correct Photographs on request hardcover
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ARNOBIUS. MEURSIUS J.
Ioannis Meursii Criticus Arnobianus tributus in libros septem. Item Hypocriticus Minutianus & Excerpta MS. Regii Parisiensis. Editio altera & melior.
Leiden Lugduni Batavorum Ex officina Ludovici Elzevirii 1599. 8vo. XX167231 blank Vellum 16 cm Ref: Dibdin 1215: 'an indispensable work to peruse for those who are curious in the learning of the author'; Willems 44; Rahir 26; Berghman 1283; Schoenemann 1166/67 Details: 5 thongs laced through both joints; colophon at the end: 'Lugduni Batavorum Excudebat Ioannes Balduini. Anno 1599 mense Julio' Condition: Short title in ink on the back; vellum somewhat soiled; 2 hardly noticeable pinpoint wormholes in the first 6 leaves; some foxing; name on front flyleaf erased leaving a small hole Note: Arnobius a teacher of rhetoric at Sicca Veneria in Numidia 'was suddenly converted to Christianity ca. A.D. 295 and a year or 2 later at the instance of his bishop wrote seven books 'Adversus Nationes' Against the Pagans. His work throws light on the Christian-pagan debate immediately before the Great Persecution while the venom of his attack on traditional Roman paganism shows that this was by no means dead'. OCD 2nd edition p. 122 His style is easy-flowing. Arnobius makes little use of the New and none of the Old Testament. His view of God is platonic. The unintended side effect of the efforts Arnobius and other Church Fathers to ridicule or crush paganism was that their writings form an archive which preserves knowledge and practices of polytheism in the years of its decline in late antiquity. Just as the early christians bolstered their piety by contrasting it with the demonic foulness of pagan religion so the protestants of the 16th century used their knowledge of pagan idolatry to scourge their catholic adversaries. Critics of Catholicism like Calvin compared catholic mass e.g. with the bloody rituals of the pagans and used the sacrifices of the ancients to score theological points against their opponents. 'Protestants detected in the Catholic cult of images the pagan idols so well described by late antique critics like Arnobius'. The Classical Tradition Cambr. Mass. 2010 p. 678 s.v. Paganism The work of Arnobius was first published in Rome in1542 although the preface is dated 1543 containing as Book Eight the 'Octavius' of Minucius Felix. Other editions followed in 1546 1560 1580 1582 1583 & 1586. Joannes Meursius or in Dutch 'Jan de Meurs' 1579-1639 was only 19 years old when he published the first edition of this celebrated 'Criticus Arnobianus' in Leyden in 1598. He studied under the genius J.J. Scaliger who helped him to publish it. It was a work of philology and not of theology and it enjoyed a mixed reception. Schoeneman observes that the book showed indeed the 'acumen' of the author's genius but that it is more on others classical authors than on Arnobius and Minucius Felix. Meursius offers for the greater part animadversions critical notes conjectures and emendations. He did not consult manuscripts but used his 'ingenium'. The next year 1599 Elsevier published this second improved edition of the 'Criticus Arnobianus'. It was not 'augmented' as is usual with second editions on the contrary Meursius wisely cut a number of his rasher suggestions. In 1610 Meursius became professor of Greek at his own university. There in Leyden he produced the 'editiones principes' of a number of Byzantine authors the 'editio princeps' of the 'Elementa Harmonica' of Aristoxenus 1616 and edited the 'Timaeus' of Plato with the commentary and translation of Chalcidius 1617. He wrote much on the antiquities of Athens and Attica. J.E. Sandys 'A history of classical scholarship' 1964 p. 311 Provenance: On the front pastedown in pencil the name of 'J.A. Dijck' Collation: 12 minus leaf 11 & 12 A - M8 leaf M8 verso blankPhotographs on request hardcover
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DESRIVIERES DIT BOURGUIGNON F.
Loisirs d'un Soldat du R�giment des Gardes Fran�oises. Seconde �dition revue corrig�e & augment�e. Broch� 1 liv. 10 sous And: R�ponse de l'auteur � diff�rentes critiques dont on a honor� Ses Loisirs. Bound with: R�ponse des Soldats du R�giment des Gardes Fran�oises aux Loisirs d'un Soldat du m�me R�giment.nd
ad 1: A Amsterdam & se trouve � Paris Chez Saillant Libraire rue Saint-Jean-de Beauvais 1767; ad 2: N.pl. 1767. 8vo. 2 volumes consisting of 3 parts bound in 1 volume: 1174;48 p. Contemporary wrappers. 18 cm Ref: Cf. Cioranescu 23764 & 23765 Details: Uncut edges. Woodcut ornament on both titles. Some woodcut headpieces Condition: Marbled cover scuffed. Paper on the back partly gone. Somewhat dog-eared Note: The most important evolution in European warfare of the 17th century was the expansion of its armies. This development started about 1630 rose to a high level during the French wars of expansion 1660-1710 and continued in the 18th century. The increase in scale made it necessary to professionalize logistics administration and the recruting of soldiers. Most countries formed standing armies. This brought an end to the undisciplined mercenary armies of uncertain loyalty and strengthened the grip of the central governments on the military. The result was a further knitting together and a growing identification between the nation and its armed forces. The first Military Academies were established and the compulsory conscription of young and able citizens was organized. The officer's corps consisted predominantly of loyal noblemen who found in the army a vehicle for their ambitions. Source R. Lesaffer Europa: een zoektocht naar vrede 1453-1763 en 1945-1997. Leuven 1999 p. 315-317 � This book anonymously published in 1767 was written by an officer of the R�giment des Gardes Fran�aises the infantery regiment of la Maison du Roi of France the core of the French army and also responsible for guarding the exterior of the Versailles and for maintaining public order in Paris. The aim of this officer was to civilize his colleagues and soldiers of the French army. The occupation of a warrior is he says a noble and grave one. p. 10 However the reputation of the French army he continues is lousy. 'Sans les exc�s auxquels nos Troupes ont �t� capables de se porter nos diverses Campagnes au-del� des Monts auroient eu des suites plus heureuses; la France compteroit peut-�tre la Hollande au nombre de ses Provinces; les Allemands nous aimeroient & notre nom seroit honor� chez nos autres voisins'. p. 12 The French soldier should not rape and plunder but he should behave himself. 'Un Soldat tel que le demande de la gloire & l'inter�t de l'Etat est un homme qui se fait un devoir de suivre sa Religion d'aimer sa Patrie qui sait marcher � l'ennemi & le combattre'. p. 15/16 He should love his country and his Monarch. 'Quelque soin que prenne l'amour-propre de grossir notre m�rite � nos yeux l'attachement sacr� des Fran�ois � leur l�gitimes Souverains doit �tre regard� comme la seule qualit� solide qui les distingua de tous tems des autres peuples' p. 28 The role of the �cole Militaire is important. 'C'est dans ce temple de Mars que sont conserv�s avec dignit� les restes pr�cieux d'un peuple de H�ros qui ne connurent point d'autre fortune que celle de l'Etat c'est-l� que croissent sous les yeux de Minerve de jeunes Hercules . c'est de l� que sortiront des Officiers . & que le Soldat n'appercevra en eux aucun des vices ni des ridicules qui sont les suites d'une �ducation campagnarde ou eff�min�e'. p. 32 The identity of the author of this book is revealed by the French author and philosopher Voltaire already in the September issue of the Mercure de France of 1767. There we find on p. 29: a 6 line poem announced as 'Vers de M. de Voltaire au sieur Desrivi�res Soldat du R�giment des Gardes-Fran�oises de la Compagnie De la Tour � l'occasion d'un livre intitul�: Loisirs d'un Soldat &.: 'Soldat digne de X�nophon / Ou d'un C�sar ou d'un Biron / Ton �crit dans les coeurs allume / Un feu d'une h�ro�que ardeur; / Ton R�giment sera vainqueur / Par ton courage & par ta plume'. Not much is known about this Ferdinand Desrivi�res dit Bourguignon. Desrivi�res was born in 1734 in the Bourgogne and was an officer sergent who wrote in his spare time his Loisirs to instruct and enlighten his fellow officers. He signed the preface to this treatise with DRS. Des Rivi�reS His Loisirs was first published in Paris by the publisher/librarian Charles Saillant in 1767 and found several reissues. It was translated into German in 1770. In the same year of its first publication 1767 an augmented second edition was published in Amsterdam. Desrivi�res added a short continuation in which he discussed several reviews of his Loisirs. He later published also an Essai sur le vrai m�rite de l'Officier 1769 which was republished in 1771 under a new title: Suite des loisirs d'un Soldat. Guerrier d'apr�s l'Antique et de bons originaux modernes. In 1770 he produced a Compliment des Gardes fran�oises � Msgr. le Dauphin sur son mariage to congratulate the crown prince the later King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. He did so en vers grivois. The Amsterdam edition was possibly produced in cooperation with the Huguenot publisher Marc Michel Rey 1720-1780 who resided in Amsterdam and published many titles of French philosophers. Rey and Saillant had e.g. previously collaborated in the production Du Contrat Social of the French philosopher J.J. Rousseau. The description of the Biblioth�que National calls the Amsterdam address of this 1767 edition fake and observes that the book was produced with permission tacite. The first part of this second edition of the Loisirs p. 9-132 is a line for line reissue of the first edition of Paris 1767. Only the preliminary pages are printed with different type face. The remaining pages p. 133-174 contain the added observations of Desrivi�res concerning reviews of the first edition. From the same press comes the second volume the R�ponse des Soldats du R�giment. These 3 parts are seldom found toghether in one volume. The Regiment of Desrivi�res was disbanded on the 31th of August in 1789. Voltaire praises Desrivi�res as we have seen sky-high Xenophon Caesar but his contemporary the philosopher Denis Diderot 1713-1784 one of the editors of the famous Encyclop�die thought otherwise. He condems him utterly the man and his style. We cite his opinion on Desrivi�res' Essai sur le vrai m�rite de l'officier of 1769: 'C'est l'ouvrage d'un homme qui a nuls principes aucune cons�quence dans l'esprit; qui ne sait pas penser et qui ne sait encore moins �crire insolent et bas insultant l'�tranger et les subalternes flattant ridiculement les grands; qui se d�chaine contre ceux qui croient aux revenants et qui croit aux vertus h�riditaires qui recommande la bonne institution des jeunes gens et qui cite � la page suivante le m�rite de Duguesclin qui ne savait pas lire. C'est l'ouvrage d'un homme sans go�t et dont les pages sont farcies des plus ridicules citations en vers. Avec tout cela il est si doux de lire des propos ou des actions qui font honneur � l'esp�ce humaine que je ne m�priserais pas celui qui pourrait aller jusqu'� la derni�re page de ce livre et cela me serait arriv� si l'on ne m'e�t pr�venu que votre colporteur ne reprenait pas les livres coup�s'. Fragments in�dits de Diderot Revue de l'Histoire litt�raire de la France 1�re ann�e no. 2 1894 p. 169 The loyalty to the House of Bourbon according to Desrivieres essential for the courage of the French soldier desintegrated rapidly at the beginning of the French Revolution. 'The sympathy shown by the Gardes Fran�aises for the French Revolution at its outbreak was crucial to the initial success of the rising.' Wikipedia s.v. Gardes Fran�aises. There was desertion in June 1789 and on the 14th of July mutinous Gardes Fran�aises took part in the storming of the Bastille. What role the 55 year old if he was still alive Desrivi�res played in this history doesnot tell Collation: pi1 A8 B4 C8 D4 E8 F4 G8 H4 I8 K4 L4 M2; N8 O4 P8 Q1; A8 B4 C8 D4 Photographs on request unknown
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Lupoff Richard A. Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta.
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure
Ace N-6 N-6 1968 1st thus. Mass market paperback Very good. . Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta. . Books About Books. Ace N-6 paperback
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Lucas E. V
A Wanderer in London
Methuen 1931. 28th ed. rev. Hardcover. Used; Good. No dust jacket. Foxing to page edges. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2085841</p> Methuen hardcover
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SALLUSTIUS.
C. Sallustii Crispi Opera quae extant omnia: cum selectissimis Variorum Observationibus et accurata recensione Antonii Thysii ICti.
Leiden Lugd. Batavorum Apud Franciscum Hackium 1649. 8vo. XXXII556;52 index p. Overlapping vellum 19 cm Ref: STCN ppn 840028938; Schweiger 2878; Dibdin 2385; Ebert 20018; Fabricius/Ernesti 1243; Graesse 6/1240 Details: 6 thongs laced through the joints. Engraved title executed by R. a Persyn Reinier van Persyn depicting in the foreground the arrest of King Jugurtha in front of a triumph chariot; in the background battle scenes; on the upper part is depicted a seated Janus Bifrons giving a throne to a king and a sceptre to a soldier Condition: Vellum soiled. Right upper corner of the upper board very slightly damaged. Left upper corner of the lower board damaged. Paper slightly yellowing some foxing Note: 'One of the most widely read and influential of Roman historians along with Caesar Livy and Tacitus Sallust 86-34 BC has been studied quoted and imitated not only as a historian but also as a moral philosopher political thinker and stylist.' Until 1600 more than 200 editions of his work appeared. Sallust was used in the 16th and 17th century to support absolute theories of government. But 'on the other hand it was the republican Sallust 'ennemy of tyrants' whom John Milton admired and who bolstered the cause of liberty in the Lowlands during the war with Spain and later in France and on the American continent'. The Classical tradition Cambr. Mass. 2010 p. 856 Sallustius furnished indeed weapons to the supporters and opponents during the rebellion of the Netherlands against the Spaniards a war of independence that lasted 80 years from 1568 till 1648. Numberless pamphlets appeared during this war and many are full of reminiscences and quotations of classical authors. Sallust also was widely used everyone chose his favourite passage and argument. This was possible because Sallustius preached party politics under a cloak of grave and philosophic impartiality. The editor of this Sallustius edition Antonius Thysius emphasizes another aspect of the author's worldview the corrupting power of wealth. Sallustius is disgusted by the corruption he sees around him decay which was caused by the power and wealth Rome had acquired. Thysius argues in his preface that the Republic of the Netherlands is in the same situation as the Roman republic. Wealth has brought glory and strength for republic and its civilians but it created also the loss of the honest and patriotic frugality of old which made the Low Countries great. Thysius warns that Rome having conquered the world was conquered by itself by discord dissensio by the rage for wealth divitiarum nimio studio and poverty amidst astonishing wealth. p. 2 verso The implicite warning of Thysius is that the Netherlands having at last obtained their independence in 1648 must remain frugal and not lose itself in religious dissention. The Dutch jurist and classical scholar Anthony Thys or in Latin Antonius Thysius 1603-1665 was from 1637 professor of 'po�sis' of the University at Leiden where he also lectured on 'jus publicum' after 1663 as professor. He delivered several speeches on patriotic topics at the end of the Eighty Years' War. In 1655 he succeeded Daniel Heinsius as librarian of the University. His Sallustius edition was a success it was repeated in 1654 1659 1665 ex recensione J.F. Gronovii 1677 and 1689. Thysius also produced an edition of Justinus 1650 of the tragedies of Seneca 1651 Valerius Maximus 1651 Lactantius 1652 Velleius Paterculus 1653 and Gellius 1666. NNBW 5 924/26 Thysius was not a great scholar. He produced 'Variorum' editions in which he skillfully compared and contrasted the excerpted material of brighter minds. Such editions were very popular and contained everthing a student required. It offered the 'textus receptus' which was widely accepted accompanied with the commentary and the annotations of specialists taken from earlier useful normative or renewing editions. Editions like these 'cum notis Variorum' were useful but never broke new ground. The production of this kind of editions was the specialty of Dutch scholars of the 17th and 18th century. Thysius who calls Sallustius 'primum nomen inter Historicos Latinos' declares in the preface that he produced the edition on request of the publisher. He compiled several editions even consulted manuscripts and also used his own judgement. 'Itaque quicquid ex variarum editionum collatione ex manuscriptis quorum nobis itidem copia fuit vel ex praestantissimorum virorum scriniis vel nostro quoque ingenio ad illustrandum autorem conferre potuimus in hunc florentissimum autorem maximo studio atque industria congessimus'. p. 3 recto Provenance: On the front flyleaf a name: 'Raineri' Collation: -28 A-2P8 leaf Pp8 blank Photographs on request hardcover
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VELLEIUS PATERCULUS.
C. Velleii Paterculi Quae supersunt ex Historiae Romanae voluminibus duobus cum integris animadversionibus doctorum curante Davide Ruhnkenio.
Leiden Lugduni Batavorum Apud Samuel et Joann. Luchtmans 1779. 8vo. 2 volumes: II frontispieceXXXIICXXII1262 recte 126099 index1 blank p. Half calf 21.5 cm Ref: STCN ppn 241048281; Schweiger 21130: a long note from which :'Sehr wichtige Ausgabe'; 'an offenbar corrupten Stellen nahm er Emendationen fremde und eigene auf'. 'Die Notae des Rhenanus und Burer liess er unverst�mmelt unter dem Texte abdr�cken und f�gte ihnen seine Anmerkungen . neue Emendationen . hinzu'. 'Der zweite Theil enth�lt den vollst�ndigen Apparat der Burmannischen Ausgabe'; Dibdin 2 525: 'a very excellent edition'; the text is 'amended in many passages by the judgement of Ruhnkenius and not according to the fanciful suggestions of preceeding editors'; Brunet 4430: 'Tr�s bonne �dition'; Ebert 23482: 'Diese Ausgabe ist ein whares Muster krit. Tacts und grammat. Gelehrsamkeit und bis jetzt die beste'. J. Bernays 'Geschichte der klassischen Philologie Hildesheim 2008 p. 144: 'jetzt ca. 1880 noch ausgezeichnet'Details: Back ruled gilt. Red shield with gilt lettering in the second compartment. Oval shield with volume number in the middle compartment. Marbled boards and edges. Frontispiece designed by H. van der My and executed by F. v. Bleyswyk depicting Rome personified by an emperor as a stronghold against chaos under the protection of the Gods; in the middle stands the wise goddess Athena who is depicted as the 'aquilifer' Eagle-bearer of Rome; she holds in her right hand the Palladion and in her left hand the 'Aquila' the standard of the Roman army; with a long chain she holds the destructive forces of civil war and chaos under control Condition: Backs rubbed. Binding somewhat scratched. Corners bumped. Some slight foxing Note: The work of the Roman historian Velleius Paterculus ca. 19 BC - after 30 AD is a valuable source for the reigns of the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius. Paterculus who served 'under Tiberius in many of his most important campains seems to have conceived an unbounded admiration for him and the whole imperial family in whose men he could see nothing but sublime virtues while the ennemies were compact of every possible vice'. H.J. Rose 'A handbook of Latin literature London 1967 p. 355 Velleius' adulatory type of history was however condemned by the later historian Tacitus who ignores him. � The 'Historiae Romanae' consists of 2 books. The beginning of the first is lost from the founding of Rome to the battle of Pydna in 168 BC in which the Romans defeated the Macedonian kingdom. What remains of book one ends with the fall of Carthago in 146 B.C. Book 2 is of greater importance. 'Book 2 covering the period 146 BC to AD 30 becomes more detailed as it approaches the author's own day doubtless because as he tells us he projected a fuller history from the Civil War onwards'. OCD 2nd edition p. 1111/12. His style is less polished but we are to remember that he was more a soldier than an scholar. As we have seen in the well known works of reference Velleius Paterculus was in good hands with the Dutch scholar of German origin David Ruhnken or Ruhnkenius 1723-1798. David Ruhnken was born in Pommern and was sent by his parents in 1737 to the Friedrichscollegium in K�nigsberg where he read Latin authors together with his friend Immanuel Kant. To finish his studies he went in 1744 to Leiden to study Greek under Tiberius Hemsterhuis whom he admired. He later told his biographer Wyttenbach that that he found in his teacher the combined gems of Leiden classical scholarship Scaliger and Salmasius in one person. Hemsterhuis wanted to create a worthy successor and appointed him in 1757 to assist him as Reader in Greek. In 1761 Ruhnken succeeded the Latin chair vacated by Oudendorp. He became one of the leading scholars of his days. 'Die F�hrerstellung der Philologie erbte . von Hemsterhuys der Pommer David Ruhnken der ganz zum Holl�nder ward und die vornehme und beh�bige W�rde eines Princeps criticorum zu wahren wusste. Als solchem hat ihm Fr.A. Wolf die Prolegomena gewidmet. . Musterhaftes Latein galt ihm soviel wie Wissenschaft. Aber als Lehrer muss er gl�nzend gewesen sein. . Alles was Ruhnken ver�ffentlicht hat ist in seinen Grenzen tadellos'. U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Geschichte der Philologie Lpz./Bln. 1921 p. 39/40 � The edition begins with a dedication and continues with the dedications and prefaces of previous editions from the edition of Beatus Rhenanus of 1520 till that of Burmannus of 1719. Then follow 60 p. 'Annales Velleiani seu vita Velleii Paterculi pro temporum ordine disposita ab H. Dodwello'. The rest of the volume is filled with the text and commentary of Ruhnkenius. Volume 2 beginning with page 500 contains the 'Variorum interpretum Notae'. On Ruhnken: ADB 29 615/24; and of course the dissertation of E. Hulshoff Pol 'Studia Ruhnkeniana' Leiden 1953 Collation: vol. 1: pi1; -28 -78 86 minus blank leaf 86; A-2H8 2I8 chi1 the title of the second volume before 2I2 2K-4Q8; between 2F and 2G the pagination jumps from 464 to 467 the catchword connects the gatherings correctly Photographs on request hardcover
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PLAUTUS.
M. Accius Plautus ex fide atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum opera Dionys. Lambini Monstroliensis emendatus; ab eodemque commentariis explicatus. Nunc denuo plurimis quae in praecedentibus editionibus irrepserant mendis repurgatus; multisque in locis in gratiam antiquariorum illustratus. Additi quoque sunt duo indices copiosissimi. Prior verborum locutionum & sententiarum; posterior eorum quae commentariis D. Lambini continentur.
Geneve Coloniae Allobrogum Apud Petrum & Iacobum Chou�t 1622. 4to. VIII92051 index1 blank p. Calf 25 cm Ref: Schweiger 2765; Fabricius/Ernesti 118; Moss 2461; Ebert 17188; cf. GLN 15-16 no. 3810; cf. Dibdin 2310/11; Graesse 5328; Ebert 17188 Details: Back with 4 raised bands. Gilt letterpiece in the second compartment. Boards blindtooled. Title with woodcut architectural borders. Occasional woodcut headpieces and initials Condition: Binding very scuffed that is: hinges cracked head & tail of the spine chafed back rubbed boards scratched corners bumped outer edge of upper board abraded. Paper age-toned occasionally foxed. Small inscription on the front flyleaf Note: The French scholar Denys Lambin Dionysius Lambinus in Latin 1520-1572 earned his fame in the field of Latin scholarship with his great editions of Horace 1561 Lucretius 1564 and Cicero 1566. He was 'Professor Regius' of Greek at the 'Coll�ge de France' from 1561 till his death. The 19th century English editor and commentator of Lucretius H.A.J. Munro ranks him as one of the best scholars of his time. He says that 'The quickness of his intellect united with his exquisite knowledge of the language gave him great power in the field of conjecture and for nearly 3 centuries his remained the standard text'. Munro DRN 4th ed. vol. 1 p.14/15. Lambinus' 'reading was as vast as accurate and its results are given in a style of unsurpassed clearness and beauty' Munro adds. In 1576/77 4/5 years after his death appeared at last his edition of the comedies written by the Roman playwright Plautus 250-184 B.C. It is his last great work in which he showed great critical learning and ability to discover hidden meanings and innuendo. He fell ill exhausted by the weight of his studies and had only time to complete 13 of the 21 plays. This is told in an address to the reader by Iacobus Helias or Jacques H�lias or Jacques H�lie who was the successor of Lambinus as 'Regius professor' of Greek literature from 1572 till 1590 and who completed the work of his colleague. The difficulties Helias says in collating manuscripts mending the text of Plautus and writing a commentary are enormous. The text is corrupt and deformed by mistakes and there is a host of different readings caused by the ignorance and negligence of later generations. Helias lists the humanist scholars who shared with Lambinus their observations on difficult places not forgetting himself. Lambinus had not left his work on Plautus ready to print. Helias completed the work partly by transcribing what remained of the observations of Lambinus on the subsequent comedies. He complemented what was left open and supplied and corrected many quotations. Sometimes he had to work out what Lambinus had only sketched. Finally Helias added 2 indices one for the text of Plautus and the other for the commentary. Lambinus collated for his edition a number of manuscripts and collected many passages from the ancient grammarians. This is how Lambinus' Plautus is valued in modern scholarship: 'Many valuable emendations go back to Denis Lambin .; his later comments reveal that he had lost energy and acumen due to his ailments'. Plautus Vol. 1 Loeb Classical Library no. 60 Cambr. Mass. 2011 p. CXIV. Lambinus' successor Helias left no trace in the history of scholarship except for completing the work of his colleague. This edition of 1622 produced by Chou�t is a reissue of this important edition of 1576/77. Provenance: Written on the front flyleaf: 'Sum H. S.s J.U. doctoris anno 1642'. Who the 'juris utriusque doctor' was who acquired this book in 1642 we cannot decipher; he was probably a Dutchman or someone from the Rhine valley for the same hand wrote at the top of the same page: 'Emptus quatuor florinos'. � In another hand: 'Ex Biblioth. V. Ampl. J. van Buuren' Collation: q4 A-Z8 Aa-Zz8 AA-KK8 LL4 MM-PP8 QQ2 leaf QQ2 verso blank Photographs on request hardcover
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VERGILIUS.
Publius Virgilius Maroos wercken vertaelt door I. v. Vondel.
Amsterdam 't Amsterdam Voor Abraham de Wees 1646. 4to. Frontispiece XXIV4071 blank p. Vellum. 21 cm Ref: STCN ppn 843512083; Geerebaert 1437; OiN 379 Details: 6 thongs laced through the joints. Frontispiece which is bound after the title depicts scenes and props from the poetry of Vergil and is unsigned. In 1660 and almost 50 years later in 1696 this plate was used again for the verse translations of Vondel but then under the name of the engraver T. Matham. Woodcut printer's mark on the title Condition: vellum age-toned. The vellum on the lower half of the edges of both boards has been abraded Note: This is the first edition of the prose translation into Dutch by J. van den Vondel of the Bucolics Georgics and the Aeneid of the Roman poet Vergil 70-19 BC works which were already classic in antiquity. In the Middle Ages Vergil was also widely read. Of no other Latin author survive so many manuscripts as of Vergil. Vergil 'became a European classic not only in the sense that he was a central author for many European readers for many centuries but also in the further sense that his works crucially helped such readers to define themselves as Europeans' The Classical Tradition Cambr. Mass. 2010 p. 965. Vergil's work was used for opera's Orfeo for epics Paradise Lost by painters et alii. He was served well by many translations in every European language. Vergil's classic work was translated in prose by a Dutch classic the playwright and poet Joost van den Vondel 1587-1679. In 1660 he published also a verse translation of Vergil which was reprinted in 1969. Vondel was one of the most important authors of the Golden Age of the Netherlands. In the dedication Vondel declares that he made the prose translation for the literary minded but also for poets orators for schools and for painters and draughtsmen Collation: -34 chi1 the frontispiece bound after leaf 1. In the STCN description this leaf is bound before the title as it should and described as pi1; A-3E4 leaf 3E4 verso blank Photographs on request hardcover
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SCALIGER JJ. J. J.
Prima Scaligerana nusquam antehac edita cum praefatione T. Fabri.
Utrecht Ultrajecti Apud Petrum Elzevirium 1670. 8vo. X1011 blank p. Modern half vellum 16 cm Ref: Willems 1605: one of the few Elzevier-editions from Utrecht; Rahir 1782; Berghman 1339; Not in the 'Scaliger Collection' Smitskamp Leiden 1993 only mentioned in the register p. 128. Not in Brunet Graesse or Ebert Details: Boards with marbled paper. Woodcut printer's mark on title depicting a celestial sphere Condition: Small stamp on the title Note: The place of Josephus Justus Scaliger 1549-1609 in the history of classical scholarship is royal. His preeminence is best understood from the entry which the French classicist Isaac Casaubon made in his diary after the death of this great man: 'Exstincta est illa seculi nostri lampas lumen litterarum decus Galliae ornamentum unicum Europae'. His erudition was considered by his contemporaries to be a wonder of mankind. 'He not only exhibits a remarable aptitude for the soundest type of textual emendation; but he is also the founder of historical criticism. His main strength lay in a clear conception of antiquity as a whole and in the concentration of vast and varied learning on distinctly important works' Sandys History of Classical Scholarship p. 199-204. He was one of the first to point the way to a sounder method of emendation founded on the genuine tradition of MSS. In 1590 he filled the vacant place left by Justus Lipsius at the young the University of Leiden. 'His disinclination to lecture was duly respected; all that the authorities at Leyden desired was his living and inspiring presence in that seat of Protestant learning' Sandys p. 202. On this honorary post he produced works that made him immortal. His immortality was further ensured by the publication after his death of the Prima Scaligerana a collection of table conversations in which observations of great scientific value can be found and which is an exeptional and much-quoted source in the historiography of the late humanistic republic of letters. The complicated history of this Prima Scaligerana and Secunda Scaligerana is explained best online at The Warburg Institute research/projects/scaliger/scaligerana. The table conversations were originally penned down by a friend of Scaliger the medicin Fran�ois de Saint-Vertunien Franciscus Vertunianus. 'Soweit sie also m�ndliche Aeusserungen Scaligers enth�lt umfasst die Sammlung die Periode 1574 bis 1593.' . Nach Vertunians Tode 1607 blieben diese Aufzeichnungen unter seinen Papieren in Poitiers liegen bis sie um das Jahr 1669 ein dortiger Advokat de Sigogne an sich brachte und dem Tanaquil Faber nach Saumur zur Herausgabe schickte'. BernaysJ. Joseph Justus Scaliger Berlin 1855 p. 232 They left the press in Saumur in that same year under a fake imprint i.e. 'Groningae apud Petrum Smithaeum 1669' this to escape the attention of the authorities of the church and the state. This work was edited by the French classical scholar Tanneguy Lefebvre or in Latin Tanaquillus Faber 1615-1672. In the short preface to this work M. Lefebvre explains also why this edition was called: Prima Scaligerana. That was because the edition of another collection of Scaligerana which was published a few years earlier 1666 & 1668 contained material of a later date than his edition. The Dutch printer Pieter Elzevier one of the last Elzeviers of this celebrated family of booksellers publishers and printers of the 17th century published in 1670 this reissue of the Groningen edition of 1669. There exists an editio altera priore emendatior with the imprint Ultrajecti Apud Petrum Elsevirium 1671 which is however a counterfeit executed in France and considered a false Elsevier Collation: A-G8 Photographs on request hardcover
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Raymond L Ditmars
Snakes of the World
The Macmillan Company 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. Edition: First Edition. No dust jacket. Corners bumped. Reprint 1951. Wear to head and tail of spine. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1923673</p> The Macmillan Company hardcover
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Wlliam Dowling
POETS AND STATESMEN; THEIR HOMES AND MEMORIALS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF WINDSOR AND ETON
Griffin Bohn And Company 1858. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. No dust jacket. Decorative cover. Wear to head and tail of spine. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2025307</p> Griffin Bohn And Company hardcover
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W. Somerset Maugham
THE RAZOR'S EDGE
William Heinemann 1941. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. No dust jacket. corners bumped sunned wear to edges hinges weak page edges foxed some pages foxed wear to head & tail of spine spine sunned & faded blue cloth owners inscription index covers worn and untidy. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1638405</p> William Heinemann hardcover
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Robert Michael Ballantyne
THE PIONEERS. A TALE OF THE WESTERN WILDERNESS: ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES AND DISCOVERIES OF SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
1880. Hardcover. Used; Good. No dust jacket. Ex library. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1650802</p> hardcover
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Robert Simson
THE ELEMENTS OF EUCLID: VIZ. THE FIRST SIX BOOKS TOGETHER WITH THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH: ALSO THE BOOK OF EUCLID'S DATA
AND A TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRIGONOMETRICAL CANNON. ALSO A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF LOGARITHMS 1827. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. No dust jacket. Printed date 1830. Illustrated. Previous owners inscription. Corners bumped. Wear to head & tail of spine. Part of front endpaper missing. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1775652</p> AND A TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRIGONOMETRICAL CANNON. ALSO A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF LOGARITHMS hardcover
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Robert Louis Stevenson And Lloyd Osbourne
EDINBURGH
Seeley And Co 1895. Hardcover. Used; Good. No dust jacket. Wear to head & tail of spine. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1841005</p> Seeley And Co hardcover
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C. S. Forester
THE HAPPY RETURN
Tauchnitz 1949. Paperback. Used; Good. wear to edges internally good corners bumped. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1561186</p> Tauchnitz paperback
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Hall HS. & Knight SR. H. S. S. R.
HIGHER ALGEBRA: A SEQUEL TO ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA FOR SCHOOLS
Macmillan 1894. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. No dust jacket. Sound copy. Ffepp removed; some pencil annotations; paper tanned and some foxing; binding good; spine sunned; board edges rubbed. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1416328</p> Macmillan hardcover
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H. Campgell Thomson
AN INTRODUCTION TO DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Bailliere Tindall And Cox 1899. Hardcover. Used; Good. No dust jacket. Ex Library. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1415611</p> Bailliere, Tindall And Cox hardcover
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Sutherland
Birth Control Exposed
Cecil Palmer 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. Edition: First Edition. 1st edition. No dust jacket. hinges cracked internally spine sunned blue cloth neat owners inscription illustrated in black & white index. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1352444</p> Cecil Palmer hardcover
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