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1922ref. 9749London: Medici Society 1922. Edition limited to 512 copies this #389/500 on hand-made Riccardi paper 2 volumes 4to 20 mounted color plates by Flint sensuously rendering the works of these late Greek poets; fine set in original holland-backed boards paper labels on upper covers and spines; this set retaining its original printed dust jackets lightly chipped at extremities. Medici Society unknown
ref. 35029Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1973. Reprint 2nd ed. 2 vols. LXXXIV257;/635XVp. Cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Dust wrps slightly worn. Upper edge vol.2 slightly stained. Nice copy. Requires extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 2 - 5 Kg. 'Mr. Gow has kept the small world of scholarship waiting a long time for his Theocritus; but now that it has come its amplitude and quality show the unreasonableness of our impatience.' M. PLATNAUER in The Classical Review New Series 1951 p.169. From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. hardcover
1829ref. 70212-A-66681Londini: Whittaker Treacher et Arnot 1829. Cloth bindings. XXII 471; 133 260 pp. -covers rubbed and somewhat foxed edges and corners bumped spine of vol. 1 loose at the top about 3 cm paper slightly browned name on endpapers otherwise good ex libris. Whittaker, Treacher et Arnot hardcover
1923ref. 370Paris: René Kieffer 1923. Limited Edition. Near fine. Jean-Baptiste Vettiner 1871-1935. 4to 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches 260 x 194 mm; pp. iv 156. This is copy no. 7 of the DELUXE EDITION of 50 printed on vélin teinté with the ADDITIONAL SET OF 41 WOODCUTS PRINTED ON JAPON PELURE and mounted at the rear of the book. 32 woodcuts by Jean-Baptiste Vettiner plus the original front paper wrapper bound in at the front of the book and the original paper back strip tipped in at the rear of the book. Dark green embossed morocco by René Kieffer - binder's ticket mounted to front free endpaper - black tooled with a central medallion bearing a classical Grecian crouching female nude surrounded by vines and grapes and with additional decorative motifs that run across the boards and spine; spine sunned and front hinge expertly repaired edges slightly rubbed in places marbled endpapers title in gilt t.e.g. rest uncut. Occasional foxing and staining in the margins around the mounted woodcuts not affecting images. A beautiful copy of the DELUXE EDITION of a classic collection of pastoral poems and elegies by the Sicilian poet Theocritus c. 300 BCE. - c. 260 BCE known for his epic and pastoral works in Greek. The energetic woodcuts that illustrate each of the stories are the work of Jean-Baptiste Vettiner 1871-1935 a French artist and engraver who studied at the École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux moved to Paris and became active in the early 1920s in the Société de la gravure sur bois originale Authentic Woodblock Engraving Society. His work on the Pastorales is considered one of his masterpieces the ADDITIONAL SET OF 41 WOODCUTS PRINTED ON JAPON mounted at the rear. René Kieffer unknown
1923ref. 351Paris: René Kieffer 1923. Limited Edition. Near fine. Jean-Baptiste Vettiner 1871-1935. 4to 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches 260 x 200 mm; pp. iv 156. 32 woodcuts by Jean-Baptiste Vettiner. Binding by René Kieffer in dark blue crushed morocco title in gilt with ONE OF THE ORIGINAL WOOD-BLOCKS HEIGHTENED WITH GILT AND INSET INTO THE UPPER COVER. Blue striped endpapers a slight one-inch split along the front hinge of the pastedown and ffep top edge gilt rest uncut blue silk ribbon page marker. Original printed upper paper wrapper and unprinted paper spine bound in. This is copy no. 251 of 500 copies. With an ORIGINAL PEN AND INK SKETCH BY THE ARTIST bound in. A beautiful copy of a classic collection of pastoral poems and elegies by the Sicilian poet Theocritus c. 300 B.C. - c. 260 B.C. know for his epic and pastoral works in Greek. The energetic woodcuts that illustrate each of the stories are the work of Jean-Baptiste Vettiner 1871-1935 a French artist and engraver who studied at the École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux moved to Paris and became active in the early 1920s in the Société de la gravure sur bois originale Authentic Woodblock Engraving Society. His work on the Pastorales is considered one of his masterpieces and this copy is adorned by one of the original wood-blocks on the front cover of its handsome dark blue morocco binding by René Kieffer. René Kieffer unknown
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1870ref. 000013332Lipsiae = Leipzig: B.G. Teubneri = B.G. Teubner 1870. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 9 4-315 6 pp. Contemporary green morocco with triple gold borders on each board gold decorations to the boards' edges and turn-ins spine in six compartments with gold decorations and lettering; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound by Chambolle-Duru with the binder's stamp on the front board's bottom turn-in. Text in Ancient Greek with the commentary in Greek and Latin. Instruxit Adolf Theodore Arm. Fritzsche and Joannis Dorothei. With annotations selected by Christopher Wordsworth. In one comprehensive volume. Ramsden 81. Oxford Classical Dictionary 1498-1499. Theocritus was a poet from Syracuse and wrote at the Alexandrian court. He is credited with creating the bucolic genre of poetry. Theocritus' poems feature minor characters from the Odyssey as well as goatherds with a passion for poetry. Favorite themes of the poet include doomed love an individual's zeal for their dreams and art for the sake of art itself. A beautifully bound copy of the Hellenistic poet's work. Light rubbing to the boards' edges and joints. A bookseller's ticket from B.H. Blackwell's of Oxford. B.G. Teubneri [= B.G. Teubner] hardcover
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2010ref. 1240185960Nabu Press 2010. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Hardcover edition nicely bound. Text in Greek and Latin. All edges gilt. Slight discoloration to pages due to age. The binding is tight. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Nabu Press paperback
ref. 156627Cambridge CUP 1952. 2 volunmes: LXXXIV257;VIII638 p.; 15 plates. Cloth. 24 cm Heavy set may require extra shipping costs hardcover
ref. 156687Meisenheim am Glan Verlag Anton Hain 1975. 601 p. Boards. 22.5 cm Beiträge zur Klassischen Philologie 49 Rebound hardcover
ref. 156842Leiden Lugduni Batavorum Apud Abrahamum et Janum Honkoop 1781. 8vo. XVIII5671 blank p. engraved frontispiece. Half calf. 21.5 cm Ref: STCN ppn 23992424X; Hoffmann p. 3482; Schweiger 1311; Didbin 2492: 'Valckenaer alone has done more for Theocritus than all the previous editors of the poet put together'; Moss 2693: 'the notes are short and perspicuous and chiefly critical'; Ebert 22779; Graesse 6/2115 Details: Greek text and Latin translation. Back gilt. Marbled endpapers. The frontispiece by B. de Bakker depicts a bucolic scene from the first idyll of Theocritus two chatting shepherds. Id. 1 12-14 Engraved coat of arms of the Russian Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov 1750-1831 at the beginning of the 'dedicatio'. Valckenaer tell us in the dedication that he has good memories of the Prince's visit to Leiden and how they read poems of Theocritus. The prince was a great book and art collector. See his article in Wikipedia 'Nikolay Yusupov' Condition: Small old paper label at the foot of the spine. Boards with some small scratches. Small paper label on the upper board. Bookplate on the verso of the front flyleaf Note: The Greek poet Theocritus ca. 300 - ca. 260 BC was a native of Syracuse. He is called the father or inventor of bucolic and pastoral poetry and the reviver of the mime. His fame chiefly rests on his Idylls written in hexameter verse and in the Doric dialect. His outstanding dramatic descriptive and lyric qualities are best displayed in his bucolic poetry. 'Theocritus shares with other poets of his age a preference for the short highly finished poem for fresh and sometimes exotic themes and for new forms or old forms used in new ways. Nevertheles he transcends his age in his ability to select and concentrate his material in the freshness of his observation of people and scenes in the vivacity of his narratives and descriptions in imagery and lyricism and above all in his dramatic power.' OCD 2nd ed. p. 1054 § Moschus ca. 150 BC and also from Syracuse is according to Suidas the next after Theocritus to write pastoral poetry. He was an imitator like Bion. § This edition of 1781 is a reissue of the edition which was previously published in 1779 by Le Mair and De Chalmot at Leiden and Kampen. Honkoop purchased the remaining stock of this Theocritius edition after the death of Le Maire changed the impressum on the title page and brought it on the market for a second time now with his own name. § The edition contains Bion and Moschus and the whole of Theocritus. 'It is by far the most critical and valuable which has yet been published; in it the editior has bestowed very great labour upon the restoration of true readings - it contains an amazing fund of valuable illlustrations which no man was ever so well calculated to amass as Valckenaer who to an almost incredible extent of reading united sound ciritism and elegant erudition'. Moss. Valckenaer based his edition on many earlier Theocritus editions e.g. of Zacharias Kallierges Rome 1516 and of Ralph Thomas Winterton Cambridge 1635. He adopted the Latin translation of Theocritus made by the German scholar Helius Eobanus Hessius first published in 1530 supplementing it with translations of Daniel Heinsius and Hugo Grotius. Valckenaer also added 'ex autographis' a Latin translation of Bion & Moschus made by the Dutch poet Ernst Willem Higt latinized as Higtius 1723-1762. Higt was for 6 years a student of Valckenaer in Franeker. After his studies Higt was appointed in 1749 rector of the Gymnasium at Alkmaar. Valckenaer praises in a short 'Lectori' his poetic talents and calls him a 'Poeta graece et latine perdoctus' who 'media aetate nobis omnibus flebilis occidit'. § The Frisian scholar Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer latinized Ludovicus Casparus Valckenarius 1715-1785 who produced this edition of the Greek poets Theocritus Bion and Moschus was a pupil of Tiberius Hemsterhuis a Frisian too and after him the greatest Dutch classical scholar of the 18th century. Hemsterhuis was professor of Greek at the University of Franeker from 1717 till 1740 and from 1740 till 1765 at the University of Leiden. Hemsterhuis was the founder of a Dutch school of criticism the so-called 'Schola Hemsterhusiana' which had in Valckenaer its best known disciple. Valckenaer studied Greek in Franeker under Hemsterhuis and succeeded to his chair in 1741. In 1765 he left for Leiden once again as successor of his beloved teacher. Both created a golden age of Greek studies in the Netherlands. Still a student Valckenaer edited a Greek lexicon of the grammarian Ammonius 'De adfinium vocabulorum Differentia' Leiden 1739. In Franeker he produced a revised and augmented edition of Fulvio Orsini's 'Virgilius illustratus' Leeuwarden 1747. This title is important for the history of scholarship for its inclusion of the text of the 22nd book of the Iliad of Homer accompanied by an introduction 'variae lectiones' and the 'editio princeps' of scholia of Porphyrius and other hellenistic and byzantine scholars. In 1755 Valckenaer published an edition of Euripides' 'Phoenissae' with his rich commentary and a Latin translation by Hugo Grotius. Among his best works are two other Euripides editions this Hippolytus edition of 1768 and his 'Diatribe in Euripidis perditorum dramatum reliquias' of 1767. Valckenaer also produced editions of the Idylls of Theocritus Leiden 1773 and of the complete works of bucolic poets Theocritus Bion and Moschus. 'Theocriti Bionis et Moschi Carmina Bucolica' Leiden & Kampen 1779. His Callimachus was published posthumously by J. Luzac in 1799 Provenance: This book was bound by the Gouda bookbinder S.H. van der Kraats 'achter de Groote kerk A. 31'. Sijbrand Hendrik van der Kraats born in Workum in 1828 came to Gouda and was there bookbinder from 1855. He died in Gouda in 1904. His small blue paper label is on the front pastedown. We could not trace on the internet any other book bound by this binder. § On the flyleaf the book-label of 'Dr. J.H. Holwerda'. The Dutch archeologist Jan Hendrik Holwerda 1873-1951 was appointed curator at the 'Rijksmuseum van Oudheden' RMO in Leiden in 1904 and in 1910 as its vice president onderdirecteur. In the same year he became lecturer in Leiden in Prehistoric and Roman archeology. In 1919 he succeeded his father as director of the Museum. This directorate lasted till his retirement in 1939. From 1935 to 1948 he was also director of the Provincial Roman 'Rijksmuseum Kam' in Nijmegen Collation: 81pi1 leaf 1 is a stocklist of 11 titles available at Honkoop's; between leaf 1 and 2 the title page has been added leaf p1 the frontispiece A-2M8 2N4 leaf 2N4 verso blank Photographs on request hardcover
ref. 156184Amsterdam J.C. Gieben 1981. 289 p. Stiff wrappers. 22.5 cm Including a Greek text Cover partly faded. Name on front flyleaf unknown
ref. 103254Gotha & Erfurt Hennings 1830. 48436 p. Boards. 21 cm Cover worn; corners bumped; inscription on front flyleaf hardcover
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ref. 45024Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear. Bump to 1 corner. Pencilling to a few pages. Scholar's name to ffeps A. R. Littlewood. Light foxing to textblocks.; Reprint of Second Edition of 1952. Extensive commentary on Theocritus and his writings.; 2 Volume Set.; 990 pages . 1952. 0521066166 . Cambridge University Press hardcover
1971ref. 018862New York: Clover Hill Editions 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Gross Anthony. Quarter maroon cloth over marbled boards. Fine in a fine cloth- and paper-covered board slipcase. This is the sixth of the Clover Hill editions of the Chilmark Press." No. 81 of 270 copies. 8 etchings by Anthony Gross. Extra shipping for overseas. Clover Hill Editions hardcover
ref. 40257Cambridge University Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. Second Edition. Hardcover. Minor bumping to a couple of corners of books. DJs are price-clipped. Djs have tears and chipping and some loss. DJ spines a bit browned. Vol. 1 has corner of ffep clipped out.; Reprint of Second Edition of 1952. Extensive commentary on Theocritus and his writings.; 2 Volume Set.; 990 pages . 1965. 0521066166 . Cambridge University Press hardcover
1950ref. 40890Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit sunned. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Pages tanned.; 257 pages . 1950. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1965ref. 40891Cambridge University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. Second Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket is protected in plastic sleeve. DJ taped down to boards.; 257 pages . 1965. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1967ref. 27554B. G. Teubner. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold.; Greek text with Latin introduction. Xl 407 pp; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 407 pages . 1967. B. G. Teubner hardcover
