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1967Minor 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
1979Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). ; Contents: The problem of an Audience; The Charites (Id. 16) and the Poetics of the Genus Mixtum; New Gods; The City. ; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava : Supplementum; 135 pages; Devotes serious critical attention to the non-pastoral Theocritus.
1946Small tear to head of spine and to 1 joint. Corners a bit edgeworn. Boards a bit bowed. Light ink marginalia to a few pages. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). 2 circle stamps of "Dominican Fathers - Edinburgh" else no other ex-library markings. ; Lxx, 331 pp ; Scriptores Graeci Et Latini Consilio Academiae Lynceorum Editi; 331 pages
1553[Classici] (cm.17,4) bella piena pergamena originale con unghie e tracce di lacci. -- cc. 104 nn. Carattere corsivo molto elegante con alcuni passi in greco. I 36 idilli sono preceduti dalla vita di Teocrito, prologo e argomento dello stesso E. Nesso. La prima edizione fu edita a Milano nel 1493 con soli 18 idilli. Questa nostra, ritenuta fra le migliori e segnalata da Federici, è una ristampa dell' edizione del 1545 del Camerarius che conteneva anche la parte greca. Nel 1553 fu separatamente stampata dallo stesso tipografo. Sguardie antiche rimontate, qualche lieve ombreggiatura ma esemplare molto bello, fresco, genuino e a grandi margini. * Federici " Scrittori Greci" 181; * Hoffman "Lexicon Griechen" III 477; * Bm. Stc. German 854; * Graesse VII 114; * Brunet V 782. Manca ad Adams.[f73] Libro
1925Collana “I poeti greci tradotti da Ettore Romagnoli”. Un volume di XXXV-274 pagine, tutta tela editoriale con fregi e titolo dorati ai piatti e al dorso. Dimensioni: 14x21 cm. In barbe, ottime condizioni. Illustrazioni in b/ nel testo e 7 tavole fuori testo di A. de Carolis
1961pp. 320, cm 24x16, rilegatura editoriale in t.t. con scritte in oro al dorso e al piatto, ristampa anastatica dell'edizione Leipzig 1879.
1995pp. 298, cm 24x16, rilegatura editoriale in t.t. con sopracoperta.
2003Best.-Nr. DADAX0520235606University of California Press 2003-11-10. First Edition. hardcover. New. 5.50x0.10x8.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of California Press hardcover
1684Best.-Nr. 1018H30Oxford: L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens 1684 . First edition. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A very scarce first edition in English of Creech"s Theocritus with Rapin"s influential discourse on the pastoral tradition illustrated with an engraved pastoral frontispiece. In a contemporary calf binding rebacked with later calf. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Collated complete. First edition in English of Thomas Creech"s translation of Theocritus prefaced by his translation of René Rapin"s influential Discourse of Pastorals. Thomas Creech 1659-1700 was among the most active English classical translators of the Restoration period best remebered for his popular translation of Lucretius for which he received a Fellowship at Oxford. Theocritus the Sicilian Greek poet of the third century BCE is traditionally regarded as the founding figure of bucolic or pastoral poetry. These Idylls helped establish a literary tradition of the pastoral later developed by Virgil and generations of European writers. An interesting example of Restoration engagement with the Greek classics. In a contemporary calf binding rebacked with later calf. Externally generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Rubbing to boards resulting in minor surface loss. One or two light scratch marks to calf. Hinges strained but holding. Front free endpaper almost fully detached holding at upper extremities only. Rear free endpaper partially detached to upper extremities with loss to lower corner. Rear pastedown lacking exposing the underlying board and calf to edges. Pages characteristically age toned more so to first and final leaves. Light tide marking and soiling with the odd handling mark to fore edge of first and final few leaves. Slight cockling to leaves. Good L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 152730London: The Casanova Society 1925. First edition of Robert Calverley Trevelyan’s graceful verse translation of Theocritus the third-century BC Greek poet whose bucolic Idylls founded the entire pastoral tradition in Western literature. Octavo original quarter vellum over blue-green boards the spine lettered in gilt. One of only 750 numbered copies this is number 55. In very good condition. A handsome elegantly printed production. Theocritus c. 300-260 BC a Greek poet born in Syracuse is celebrated as the creator of pastoral poetry his Idylls conjuring an idealized world of shepherds singing contests and the Sicilian countryside that would inspire Virgil’s Eclogues and centuries of pastoral verse to follow. Robert Calverley Trevelyan 1872-1951 was an English poet and classical translator a member of the distinguished Trevelyan family and an intimate of Bertrand Russell E. M. Forster and the Bloomsbury circle. His verse renderings of Theocritus and Lucretius were admired for their fidelity and their quiet music. The Casanova Society hardcover
1792Best.-Nr. 1026F45Bath: R. Cruttwell; T. Cadell C. Dilly et al 1792 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A bright example of Cornish clergyman poet and historian Richard Polwhele's translation of Theocritus's rustic poetry. Complete in two volumes bound in one this is a 'new edition corrected' of Richard Polwhele's English language translation of Theocritus's work. The 'Idyllia' by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Theocritus is a collection of short poems mostly set in the lush landscapes of Sicily and the Greek islands. The work is widely considered to be foundational to the pastoral poetry tradition which idealizes the rustic lives of shepherds herdsmen and country folk. Rebound with endpapers renewed. Library markings to front free endpaper with a Public Reference Library blind stamp to head of a number of leaves. The work influenced later classical poets such as Virgil. Rebound in cloth with endpapers renewed. Externally fine. Library markings to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with only the odd spot or light handling marks. Library blind stamps to the head of a number of leaves. Very Good R. Cruttwell; T. Cadell, C. Dilly et al hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. 978F39London: The Medici Society 1922. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 11" by 8.5". W. Russell Flint. Illustrated with colour plates here are two volumes of classical bucolic and pastoral poetry translated into English by fairy tale collector Andrew Lang. A limited edition work. Limited editions of the first editions of Andrew Lang's English verse translations of the Idyls of classical poets Theocritus Bion and Moschus. Numbers 402 of 500 copies of each volume produced.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Volume I illustrated with fifteen mounted colour plates and volume II with five mounted colour plates all after Scottish artist and illustrator William Russell Flint.Collated complete.The Idyls of Bion and Moschus are short bucolic poems by the Hellenistic Greek poets Bion of Smyrna and Moschus of Syracuse blending pastoral scenes of shepherd life with themes of love myth and elegy.The Idyls of Theocritus are the earliest and most influential pastoral poems presenting vivid depictions of rustic life mythological narratives and the loves and rivalries of herdsmen. It became the model for later European pastoral poetry. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards with unclipped dust wrappers. Externally fine. Dust wrappers significantly age toned to back strip with sunning to wrap perimeters. Chipping and minor losses to back strip head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with only the odd spot. Near Fine The Medici Society hardcover
Best.-Nr. 77772alzoPROMETEO 1933. DURA. Pobre/Sin cubierta. COLECCION LIBROS CELEBRES ESPAÑOLES Y EXTRANJEROS. PROMETEO hardcover
1871Best.-Nr. 987Y2Lipsiae; Oxonii : Ottonis Holtze; Apud Parker et Socios 1871-1890. Vellum. Very Good. 5.5" by 4". None. Four vellum-bound volumes of classical literature being the editions of German scholars Johann Stallbaum and Christian Hermann Weisse. A charming set comprising four pocket volumes containing the works of Plato Homer Aeschylus and Theocritus. Uniformly bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels.Works are in Greek with titles and accompanying critical notes in Latin. Comprising the following:Platonis Opera Omnia ad Fiem Optimorum Librorum Denu Recognovit et una cum Scholis Graecis Tomus VII 1871 - New Tauchnitz stereotype edition new impression. Edited with amendments by Johann Gottfried Stallbaum a German classical scholar. Includes Timaeus Timaei Locri Lib. De Anima Mundi. Critias Parmenides. Symposion.Aeschyli Tragoediae. ad Praestantium Librorum Fidem Recensuit et Animadversiones Criticas 1877 - New Tauchnitz stereotype edition new impression. With critical notes by Christian Hermann Weisse a German Protestant religious philosopher and professor at the University of Leipzig. Very scarce.Homeri Odyssea 1889 - No editor stated. Editor's note stating this edition follows the text of Immanuel Bekker Berol. 8vo. 1843.Theocriti Bionis et Moschi Idyllia. Ad Optimorum Librorum Fidem Recensuit Notasque Criticas Adiecit 1890 - New Tauchnitz stereotype edition new impression. With critical notes by Weisse. Very scarce. Uniformly bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels. Externally with speckling and a few spots to the vellum. With discolouration to the spines. Internally very firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with spots to the endpapers. Very Good Ottonis Holtze; Apud Parker et Socios hardcover
1829Best.-Nr. 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
1929Best.-Nr. 175155London: Fanfrolico Press 1929. Translated by Jack Lindsay with wood cuts by Lionel Ellis and an Introduction by Edward Hutton. Pp. xxiv164last blank frontispiece plus 19 plates most with tissue guard notes; impl. 8vo; green vellum lettered and decorated in gilt lightly mottled edges of boards lightly and spine heavily faded small red stain to lower board; t.e.g. others uncut; a few tiny spots of foxing; The Fanfrolico Press London n.d.1929. One of 500 numbered copies thus total edition 530. Arnold 32. Fanfrolico Press unknown
1929Best.-Nr. B6899Paris: A l’Enseigne du Pot Casse. C. 1929. Boards sunned. Interior is clean and crisp. Binding: Full green suede boards faded. Gilt lettering and tooling on flat spine. Wide suede turn-ins with gilt-tooled dentelles. Heavier green marbled pasted and free endpapers. Top edges marbled red. Housed in paperboard slipcase marbled green as with endpapers. Notes: Text in French. Limited edition no. 1639. Size: Small 8vo. 173 x 105mm Illustration: A very good example of this translation of Theocritus’ poems. Publisher’s ticket bound in at back. Provenance: Marie D. Bauset lettered in gilt at bottom edge of turn-in. Category: Book Classics; Book Literature; A l’Enseigne du Pot Casse. hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 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
1923Best.-Nr. 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
1895Best.-Nr. 100098430Bibliothèque charpentier 1895. Bon état couverture défraîchie tranche ternie intérieur propre jauni. in12. 1895. Relié. Bibliothèque charpentier unknown
Best.-Nr. x-0911198059Purdue Univ Pr 1963. Paperback. New. 113 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. Purdue Univ Pr paperback
Best.-Nr. #[64207]Amsterdam D.J. Changuion 1794 8vo. paper binding 178 pp. damaged spine stain on the inside of the front cover but otherwise in fairly good condition scarce. l Theocrite lived in the 3rd century BC and he wrote ancient Greek bucolic poetry meaning the poems were set in the country side. This book concerns a French translation of his Idylls. Ownership signature on the inside of the front cover: Mansleven. unknown
1833Best.-Nr. 40725Paris: Typographie de Firmin Didot Freres 1833. Green half leather gilt text and decoration on spine. xlviii5022 pp.; 23x15 cm. French and Greek - edges covers sl. rubbed corners sl. bumped top of spine sl. dam. front hinge bit weak Although very good see picture. Typographie de Firmin Didot Freres hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2108-08Venezia Giovanni Gatti 1781. 8°. XII 396 S. mit 1 Titelvign. Portr. Vicinis. Kart. d. Zt. m. hs. Rückensch. Buchblock unbeschnitten Theorit von Syrakus der größte bukolische Dichter des Hellenismus 1. Hälfte des 3. Jhdts. v. Chr. Venezia, Giovanni Gatti 1781. unknown
1946Best.-Nr. BLR - HAY008811946. Lausanne Editions du Bibliophile. broché couverture rempliée sous étui cartonné toilé. Très bon état. in-8. illustré de 52 dessins au roseau par Charles Clément ; avec sur le coffret une grande vignette de titre en graphisme grec. unknown
