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1823Two volumes. pp. (56), 353; 478. 8vo. Original full mottled leather (roan) binding. Boards detached. "Third American Edition. For the Use of Schools, as well as of Private Gentlemen." Apparently based on the work of James Davidson (1732-1809). AI 14772. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120
1806547p. Soiled and wormed. 8vo. Rubbed contemporary full roan leather. Blue printed American Ex Libris of Maris Gibson [probably from Chester County, Pennsylvania]. First American edition of the Cyropaedia in Latin & Greek, as edited by Thomas Hut chinson (1698-1769), and substantially corrected by American editors. * First book printed in American Greek Type * The earliest substantial use of a Gree k font cast in America. The types were cast b y Binny and Rolandson under the direction of John Watts, who was brought from England to supervise the type production and the printing of this book. A la ndmark in American typography and scholarship. AI 11903. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120
1836Two volumes in one. pp. 266; 151. 8vo. Foxed. Damp stained. Contemporary German marbled boards and back binding. Pencil ownership of John Eduart Kopp, Buck County (PA). W120
18458vo. 1028p. Printed in triple columns. Contemporary polished full roan binding. Early Lancaster County, PA ownerships, including: Miss Carrie A. Bard, Hinkletown Graded School, Lancaster County, PA **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W 121
1658417p.+ Engraved title. No blanks. Small 24mo. [125 x 72 mm.] Old worming in last two gatherings, with slight loss. Plain vellum. Lucan was born in Córdoba, Spain, nephew of the Roman philosopher Senec a. At first in Nero's favor, he was later forced to kill himself when his part in a plot against the emperor was discovered. Ten books of his epic Bellum Civile (on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey), erroneously called Pharsalia, survive. Though the poem is written in a severe style and is often digressive and extravagant, it has a kind of vigorous beauty and grandeur which gave Lucan a hig h place in the esteem of later writers. This translation into French by Mr. De Breboeuf was first published in 1655, by Sommaville, Paris. First Elzevier edition. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. Willems 827; Brunet III:1202. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 2/SHU9
1981pp. xvii, 427. Plus 17 full page color illustrations. Folio. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Text type-set in England by Lund Humphries, and printed in the U.S.A. by the Meridian Gravure company. Outstanding bibliography on the horse books in the collection formed by Paul Mellon. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF8
1740pp. [4], lxxxviii, [4], 288 + Engraved plate of medals + a powerful engraved plate showing a Vatican church alter with Paul's effigies. Text slightly foxed in places. 4to. 25 cm. Decorative sprinkled edges. Contemporary full vellum binding. A very fine copy, formerly in the collection of Phyllis Goodhart Gordon. This biography and study of Pope Paul II as a collector ans scholar, was written by Michael Canensius (d. 1480). It was prepared for publication and expanded by Cardinal Angelo Maria Quirini. Pope Paul II [Pietro Barbo] was born at Venice. Although he studied for a business career he r eceived an excellent religious education and, at the elevation of his uncle (Eugene IV) to the papacy, entered the Ecclesiastical State. He became Archdeacon of Bologna, Bishop of Cervia and of Vicenz a, and in 1440 Cardinal-deacon. Noted for his generosity and imposing appearance, the Cardinal of Venice, as he was called, was very influential under Eugene IV, Nicholas V, and Calixtus III, less so under Pius II. He became the latter's successor. Paul II delighted in display. He introduced splendid carnival festivities, built the palace of S. Marco (now di Venezia), revised the municipal statute s of Rome, organized relief work among the poor, granted pensions to some Cardinals, and to all the privilege of wearing the red biretta. His suppression in 1466 of the college of abbreviators aroused much opposition, intensified by a similar measure against the Roman Academy. Platina, a member of both organizations, who had been repeatedly imprisoned, retaliated by writing a calumnious biography of Paul II. That Paul II was not opposed to Humanistic studies, as such, is evidenced by the fact that he protected universities, encouraged the art of printing, and was himself a collector of works of ancient art. The pope punished the Fraticelli in the Papal States, prosecuted heretics in France and Germany, decreed in 1470 the observance of the jubilee every twenty-five years, and made an unsuccessful attempt at uniting Russia with the Church. The Turkish question received his earnest attention, particularly after the fall of Negropont (1470). This book documents many of Paul II's bibliographic, typographic, and scholarly works and treasures. Very Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W113
1675pp. 664, [8]. 24 mo. Title page with a woodcut vignette; occasional head pieces and initials. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards. Barclay designed the 'Argenis' to admonish princes and politicians, and above all to denounce political faction and conspiracy, and show how they might be repressed. The League and the Gunpowder plot had evidently made a strong impression on his youthful mind. The valor and conduct of Archombrotus and Poliarchus (both representing Henry IV), the regal dignity and feminine weakness of Hyanisbe (Elizabeth), the presumptuous arrogance of Radirobanes (Philip II), are each powerfully depicted. Fenelon's 'Telemachus' is considerably indebted to it, and it is an indispensable link in the chain which unites classical with modern fiction. Avery decent copy of an important book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 6
1753pp. [6], LII, 550, [29]. Small 8vo. 18 cm. Very Scarce German Latin reader. Latin text with notes in German.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
1827Two volumes. 354; 286; 60 (2) [Appendix] + Publisher's advertisements. Deckle edged, uncut. Foxed. Original boards and label binding, worn, but presentable. Scarce. As a youth John Colin Dunlop was studious and retired in disposition. He was admitted an advocate in 1807, but was only nominally at the bar. The first edition of his well-known 'History of Fiction' was published at Edinburgh in 1814. Dunlop was appointed Sheriff Depute of the Shire of Renfrew, in 1816. This office he retained until his death. In 1823 he produced the first two volumes of this 'History of Roman Literature' which is noticeable for useful abstracts of the writings described, and illustrations drawn from modern European literatures. He died at Edinburgh in February 1842. "People sometimes wondered how so feeble and so retired a creature could venture as a penal magistrate among the strong sailors of Greenock or the ill fed rebels of precarious Paisley; but he did his duty among them very well. (In appearance he was exceedingly like a little, old, gray cuddy) a nice kindly body, with a clear, soft Scotch voice" - Henry Cockburn. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W118
1728Two volumes in one. pp. (62), 583, (16); 335 + Handsome engraved frontis. Engraved head and tail pieces, Foxed. 4to. Original full leather binding, boards detached. Wonderful collection of classical Latin poems on hunting and the bucolic life. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W112
1820204 p. 12 mo. 19 cm. Foxed. Very nice modern buckram binding. The text is a sort of catechism on Roman history and culture. ** The publisher is of special interest - Daniel Rapine, was a bookseller and printer whose bookshop was located on Capitol Hill as early as 1801. The site was later engulfed in an expansion of the capitol building.During the War of 1812 (1812 & 1813) he served as Mayor of Washington. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
1827pp. xiv, 169. 8vo. Original marbled boards. Spine taped. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 8
1901Six volumes, bound in eight. Horace's text complete, but without the bibliographical volume. Wonderful etched plates and woodcuts by Howard Pyle, W. H. W. Bicknell, and others. Includes extra plates printed on Japan Vellum. Some plates signed in pencil. Square 8vo. Beautifully printed on beautiful paper. Uncut and unopened. Paper boards backed in a simulated vellum. Slightly chipped and soiled at spine, but still an attractive set. This is the first publication of the famed Bibliophile Society. This is set number 369 of an edition limited to only 467 copies. Mills 2296. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W126
1907pp. xxviii, 307 + Photogravure frontis of a portrait medal of Horace. 12 mo. 18 cm. Fore edge uncut. Top edge gold. Original full cloth binding. Horace's laudatory poetry [Carmina] in Latin and Englis h. Very nice copy. W120 Rt/Front
1826Three volumes. pp. 303; 263; 253. Foxed. 12 mo. Unusual original paperboards binding. Very Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
1797pp. 329, [100]. 8vo. Disbound. Manuscript ownership of Frank M. Etting (and Gratz Etting), who was responsible for the restoration of Independence Hall for the Centennial in Philadelphia. That Etting owned this Delphini edition might make it worthy of further research. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W121 L/Front
1763pp. (12), 207 + Fifteen unusual engraved plates. Bound by Cecil & Larkins in full English calf. Boards detached. An extremely fine copy internally. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 5
1687pp. 250, (1); 83, (1). Small 12mo. 15 cm. Worn contemporary French full leather binding. Early manuscript Archambault ownerships. This version of Juvenal was edited by Joseph de Jouvency (1643-1719). Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 6
1812142 p. Small 12mo. 15 cm. Foxed. Contemporary full leather binding, spine ruled in gold. Intended for use as a Latin reader in schools. Scarce. AI 25861. SMALL BOX 6 **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1832156 p. Small 12mo. Foxed. Contemporary full leather binding, with some loss on spine. Incised initials of H. L. Smyser (York, PA). A popular school reader with Bible stories in Latin. This issue is ve ry scarce. SMALL BOX 7
1840163 p. + Nine plates. Woodcut vignette illustrations in the text. Foxed and age stained. 12 mo. 20 cm. Original full cloth binding, decorated in gold. Illustrations by John Leech, see: John Leech and the Victorian Scene, 41-2. W140. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1812pp. xii, [13]-214 + Frontis, and one unusual engraved plate. Small 12mo. 14 cm. Slight marginal damp stain. Well foxed and browned. Disbound. Very mildly XLib. Rare American edition of Ovid. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7.
1708pp. (20), 95, [1]. Small 8vo. (in 4). 18 cm. Latin text. Illustrated with printer's devices and intials. Very foxed. Names crudely inked-out in a couple of places. Original full leather binding, board s detached. Early ownerships of Thomas Hun. This is probably the Hun that was one of the founders of Kappa Alpha Society in 1825 at Union College, Schenectady, New York. An This important London printed Latin edition of AN ART ON HOW TO HAVE HANDSOME CHILDREN includes "Ad Eudoxum Epistola" and "In obitu Petri Gassendi. lugubre encomium". Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 4
1817pp. (4), 196. 12mo. 18 cm. Foxed and damp stained. Contemporary full leather binding. Early manuscript ownership of Albert G. Buel. This American edition was edited by Peter Wilson (1746-1825). SMALL BOX 5