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Best.-Nr. Z1-C-077-00126William Heinemann Ltd. Used - Very Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Book has been well cared for. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. William Heinemann Ltd unknown
1731Best.-Nr. 73515Amstelaedami: apud R. & J. Wetstenios & Gul. Smith 1731. First edition large folio leaf 40.4 cm pp. 36 34 728 48 123 1; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; engraved vignette title page printed in red and black engraved frontispiece engraved headpiece 2 engraved folding maps woodcut headpieces tailpieces initials and ornaments; contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spine in 7 compartments red morocco label in 1 a.e.g.; spine and label rubbed without loss of lettering joints cracked or starting internally crisp and clean. Dibdin II 4th ed. p. 509. "This edition was undertaken by Karl Andreas Duker at the express wish and entreaty of the publishers R. and J. Wetsten and Wm. Smith on account of the scarcity and high price of Hudson's at that time. The famous Joseph Wasse had prepared a variety of materials for this work by a careful revision of all the preceding editions: but he dying Duker was prevailed upon to complete it. The preface is by Duker; and although it is one of the most sumptuous and erudite productions which we have ever received from the continent and has long borne the distinguished title of " Editio optima;" yet says Harles "critici multa desiderant in hâc alias venustâ et præstanti editione" i.e. critics find much to be desired in this otherwise charming and excellent edition. apud R. & J. Wetstenios & Gul. Smith unknown
1546Best.-Nr. 6591Frankfurt: Petrus Brubachius 1546. Later printing. Vellum. Very Good. 8vo. 460pp. With the final two leaves F7 with a woodcut printer's device on the recto and F8 a blank. BOUND WITH: Thucydides. CONVERSA EX THUCYDIDIS HISTORIA QUAEDAM IN LATINUM SERMONEM. Edited by Joachimo Camerario. Wittenberg: Johannes Crato. 1565. ff.78. Complete with the final two blank leaves. The two works bound in cont. vellum soiled hand lettered spine. I: Edited by Veit Winsheim. VD 16 ZV14511 Not in Adams or BL German STC. II: Edited by Joachimus Camerarius. VD16 T1132. Not in Adams or BL German STC. Petrus Brubachius hardcover books
2009Vol. 1: fine Vol. 2: light bumping to upper corners. Vol 3: very light soiling to spine. Light wear to one corner; vol. 4: light chip to top of spine else fine. Vol. 5: small chip to base of spine. Else fine. Set appears unread. Volumes range from VG+ to Fine. ; Publishing years 2008-2009. Isbns: 9025612359, 9025612369, 9025612423, 9025612474, & 9789025612528 ; 5 Volume Set COMPLETE. Supplementi Di Lexis; 2439 pages
1600Best.-Nr. 20037[Genève], Iaques Chouet, 1600; marque de l’imprimeur au titre avec la devise “In nocte consilium” ; in-4, demi veau fauve à coins, dos lisse, pièce de titre grenat décoré, tranches rouges (reliure ancienne) ; [12], XIV, [1] f. blanc, 551, [1] bl., [23-1 bl.] ff. ; Col. 4, 2, -, A-Z, AA_ZZ, AAA-ZZZ, a-c4.
Best.-Nr. 130396Venice (Venetiis), Apud Juntas, 1603.
Best.-Nr. 130396Venice Venetiis Apud Juntas 1603. 4to. XLIV600 p. Overlapping vellum 23 cm Ref: Hoffmann 3563; Schweiger 1331; Ebert 22957 Details: Two thongs laced through the joints. Gilt red morocco letterpiece on the back. Printer's mark of the Giunta family on the title: a fleur-de-lys. Woodcut initials good paper fine printing Condition: old and small inscription on front pastedown; a bigger one on the front flyleaf. Name and a faint small inkstain on the title. Some very small wormholes near the lower edge keeping far away from any text; holes have occasionally been mended with a layer of thin paper Note: This volume contains the exhaustive and learned lecture notes of Fabio Paolino da Udine or Fabius Paulinus Utinensis on the description of the plague epidemy by the Greek historian Thucydides Thuc. Hist. 2.47-58. This epidemy reached the war-stricken city of Athens in 430 B.C. at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war which lasted from 431 till 404 B.C. Thucydides is the first to describe the social upheaval of a pandemy and its consequences. The identification of what was the cause of this pandemy is until this day a matter of controversy. Fabius Paulinus Utinensis born at Udine ca. 1535 was the very man for a commentary on this subject. 'His first training in Greek and Latin was at Venice with Bernardino Partenio. Later he went to Padua where he graduated in philosophy and medicine but studied rhetoric and Arabic as well. He practiced medicin for a time before he became public professor at Venice where he taught Greek in the School of San Marco and Latin in the Collegio de'Notai. Both chairs he obtained in 1588 as the successor of Bernardino Partenio'. 'Medieval and Renaissance Latin translations and commentaries vol. 8' Washington 2003 p. 180. Paulinus held his lectures in the library of the San Marco Gymnasium. The work starts with a list of 232 questions concerning the possible causes of the pest. Each chapter is preceded by the relevant Greek text and a Latin translation. § On the flyleaf a former owner has written a quotation from Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' chapter XLIII note 90: 'I was indebted to Dr. Hunter for an elaborate commentary on this part of Thucydides the plague of Athens a quarto of 600 pages Ven. 1603 apud Juntas which was pronounced in St. Marks Library by Fabius Paullinus sic Utinensis a physician and philosopher'. These passages of Thucydides helped Gibbon to understand the impact of the pest epidemy which ravaged Konstantinople in 542 under the emperor Iustinian Provenance: Name on the title of 'Joannis Molini'. This must be a relative of one of the 3 senators of the Gymnasium to whom Paulinus dedicates his work. The book is dedicated to 'M. Anto. Memmo' and the noblemen 'Francisco Molino' & 'Antonio Priolo' Collation: a-d4 e6; A-4F4 Photographs on request hardcover
1614Best.-Nr. 31123Argentorati Strassburg: Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri Bibliop. Lazarus Zetzner 1614. Very Good. Argentorati Strassburg: Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri Bibliop. 1614. First Zetzner Edition. Octavo 17cm.; 19th-century roan over papier-peint boards marbled endpapers; 3266448pp. collated complete; folding map plate woodcut printer's device to title page initials throughout. Leather chipped and dried with smallish loss at spine crown and biopredation along rear joint and upper cover fore-edge very faint evidence of gilt spine titling only else a Very Good internally clean and sound example. Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri Bibliop. [Lazarus Zetzner] unknown
1545Best.-Nr. 596(Description en français plus bas.) Venice: Baldassare Costantini, at the sign of San Giorgio, 1545. First edition of this Renaissance translation, in-16, 11.5 x 15 cm, 5 cm thick. (11 ff.) 440 ff. An important sixteenth-century Venetian edition of the complete historical work of Thucydides, translated directly from Greek into Italian by Francesco di Soldo Strozzi, preserved in an attractive early full-vellum binding bearing gilt armorial insignia. One of the foundational works of Western historical writing, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the conflict between Athens, Sparta, and their respective allies in the fifth century BC. Renowned for its analytical approach to political power, military strategy, human ambition, and the causes of war, the work remains a cornerstone of classical historiography and political thought. Translated from Greek into the Tuscan vernacular by the Florentine humanist Francesco di Soldo Strozzi, this edition reflects the Renaissance rediscovery and dissemination of classical historical literature. By presenting Thucydides in Italian, it helped make one of antiquity's most influential historical texts accessible beyond the traditional readership of Greek and Latin scholars. The volume contains all eight books, preceded by a dedication to Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence, and supplemented by an extensive alphabetical index of historical events, geographical locations, persons, and subjects. Fine Venetian printing in italic type, featuring an ornamented title page with printer's devices, historiated woodcut initials, and a full-page woodcut depicting Laocoön, inspired by the celebrated ancient sculptural group. Early full ivory vellum binding, with rounded spine, five raised bands, and the title "Tucidide" lettered in black ink. The front cover bears a gilt crowned coat of arms encircled by a garter inscribed "Honi soit qui mal y pense", the motto of the English Order of the Garter. The armorial decoration adds considerable interest from the perspective of provenance, historical book ownership, and the circulation of Renaissance books. The precise identification of the arms remains to be established. Provenance: Illustrated bookplate of Brazilian diplomat Mario de Pimentel Brandão (1889-1956), incorporating the motto "Knowledge is Power", pasted onto the front inner cover. An earlier manuscript inscription reading "Challock, Rome 1804" appears on the title page, suggesting ownership or the book's presence in Rome in the early nineteenth century. A particularly appealing copy combining a major classical historical text, Renaissance Venetian typography, early gilt armorial vellum, and several layers of historical provenance. An attractive acquisition for collectors of classical literature, Renaissance printing, early Italian translations, armorial bindings, and historical private libraries. ********************** Venise, Baldassare Costantini, à l'enseigne de San Giorgio, 1545. Édition originale de cette traduction renaissante. in-16, 11,5 x 15 cm, 5 cm d'épaisseur. (11 f.) 440 f. Précieuse édition vénitienne du XVIe siècle de l'œuvre historique complète de Thucydide, traduite du grec en italien par Francesco di Soldo Strozzi, dans une remarquable reliure ancienne en plein vélin portant les armes dorées d'un ancien possesseur. L'un des textes fondateurs de l'historiographie occidentale, La Guerre du Péloponnèse retrace le conflit qui opposa Athènes à Sparte et à leurs alliés au Ve siècle avant notre ère. Par sa rigueur analytique, son examen des motivations politiques, des rapports de force et des mécanismes de la guerre, Thucydide demeure l'un des premiers grands théoriciens de l'histoire politique et des relations entre puissances. Cette traduction italienne, réalisée directement à partir du grec par l'humaniste florentin Francesco di Soldo Strozzi, témoigne de la diffusion de l'historiographie classique dans les milieux lettrés de la Renaissance. Sa publication en langue toscane rendait accessible à un lectorat plus large une œuvre jusque-là principalement étudiée dans ses versions grecques et latines. L'ouvrage comprend les huit livres de Thucydide, précédés d'une dédicace à Cosme Ier de Médicis, duc de Florence, et accompagnés d'une importante table alphabétique des événements, personnages, lieux et matières traités dans le texte. Belle impression vénitienne en caractères italiques, avec titre orné de marques typographiques, initiales historiées gravées sur bois et illustration à pleine page représentant le Laocoon, d'après le célèbre groupe sculpté antique. Reliure ancienne en plein vélin ivoire, à dos arrondi orné de cinq nerfs apparents, titre « Tucidide » inscrit à l'encre noire, plats sobres et patinés. Le premier plat porte, frappées à l'or, des armes couronnées entourées d'une jarretière portant la devise « Honi soit qui mal y pense », devise de l'ordre anglais de la Jarretière. Cette décoration héraldique confère à l'exemplaire un intérêt supplémentaire pour l'histoire des bibliothèques et de la circulation des livres anciens. L'identification précise des armes reste à établir. Provenance : ex-libris illustré de Mario de Pimentel Brandão, portant la devise « Knowledge is Power », collé au contreplat antérieur. Ancienne inscription manuscrite « Challock, Rome 1804 » sur la page de titre, témoignant d'une possession ou d'un passage de l'ouvrage à Rome au début du XIXe siècle. Un exemplaire particulièrement séduisant par la réunion d'un grand texte de l'Antiquité, d'une impression humaniste vénitienne du XVIe siècle, d'une reliure héraldique ancienne et de plusieurs marques de provenance. Ouvrage intéressant tant pour les collectionneurs de littérature classique et de livres de la Renaissance que pour les amateurs de reliures armoriées et de bibliothèques historiques.
1821Best.-Nr. 298044Oxford: Parker 1821. hardcover. very good. 5 volumes 8vo foxing on end papers full vellum some soiling on covers interior clean hinges on volume 1 repaired volume 5 printed in Greek. Oxford: J. Parker 1821. Very good. Parker unknown books
2023Best.-Nr. 642052London: Folio Society 2023. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. quarto. Translated by Martin Hammond introduced by Katherine Harloe & P. J. Rhodes. Illustrations by Nick Hayes. Limited Edition of 750 copies this being number 637 & marked hors de commerce. Signed by Harloe and Hayes to tipped in limitation plate. Bound in leather w/ gilt & black design to front and gilt lettering to spine. Housed in burgundy slipcase. Book clean bright and tight in near mint condition w/ only light shelfwear to slipcase. Folio Society hardcover
Best.-Nr. 33877Verona: 1735 Vol 1 1736 Vol 2. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First edition in Italian two volumes vol. 1 380 pp vol. 2 280 pp vellum 4to 12 x 8.5" 30 x 21.5cm. Easily one of the oldest books in our library still in good condition especially given its almost three centuries of age. A wonderful example of Italian printing and binding during the Enlightenment period. These 2 volumes on the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta in 5th century BCE by Thucydides are considered to be some of the first true Historical studies in the modern sense and this Italian translation helped disseminate ideas about War - it's dynamics and consequences Democracy and Governance Politics and Human Nature throughout Italy and Europe just when these topics were being widely debated. Translated from the Greek by Francesco Di Soldo Strozzi Fiorentino these volumes also include a life of the author by Tomaso Porcacchi a chronological table by Tomaso Gale in the appendix and a foldout map of Sicily. Edited by Dionigi Ramanzini and dedicated to Piero Gradenigo. A wonderful piece of History this copy of the Istorico Greco shows wear consistent with its age some stains wavy vellum and general scuffing. A very good copy nonetheless with an indecipherable very old previous owner signature reading " Guiseppe di." in quill and ink. A fine addition for the Antiquarian book collector. 1735 (Vol 1), 1736 (Vol 2) unknown
1969Volumes 1 has light bumping. DJ has some tears to spine ends and some spotting to DJ spine. Vol. 1: small tear to front panel of DJ (1 cm). Vol 2: minor chipping and browning to DJ. Vol 3: DJ has some spotting to DJ spine. A few small tears. Vol 5: old price to inner cover in pen. DJ spine a bit sunned. Very slight edgewear. Books range from VG to NF. Djs from VG- to VG+; V. 1: (1966) 480 pgs. ISBN: 0198141262; V. 2: 1962 edition 436 pgs ISBN: 0198140037; V. 3: 1966 edition pages 437-748. V. 4: 1970 edition 502 pgs ISBN: 0198141785; V. 5: 1981 edition 502 pgs. ISBN: 019814198X. ; 5 Volume Set COMPLETE; Vol. 1/5/2022
1969Volumes 1 has former owner's name to ffep in pen. Vol. 1: tears to ends of DJ and lower front corner. DJ has a bit of spotting. Vol 2: a few tiny tears to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. Vol 3: minor creasing to foreedge of ffep. DJ has a couple of tears to head of spine. DJ is price-clipped. DJ has chipping to lower corners. Vol 4: a bit of bumping along upper edge of front board and corner. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Pages tanned. DJ is price-clipped. Vol 5: bumping to corners. Spotting to textblock. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ spine is a bit sunned. Very slight edgewear. Books range from VG to NF. Djs from VG- to VG+; V. 1: (1971) 480 pgs. ISBN: 0198141262; V. 2: 1969 edition 436 pgs ISBN: 0198140037; V. 3: 1969 edition pages 437-748. V. 4: 1978 edition 502 pgs ISBN: 0198141785; V. 5: 1981 edition 502 pgs. ISBN: 019814198X. ; 5 Volume Set COMPLETE; Vol. 1/5/2022
1759Best.-Nr. 48757Glasguae: excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis 1759. 8vo in eights 8 vols.; text in Greek and Latin; contemporary speckled calf gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments red and black morocco labels in 2 red speckled edges; spines toned and rubbed labels worn with 4 perished leaf R4 of vol. 6 with a small closed tear; text clean and bright. A good sound set. Gaskell 375. excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis unknown books
Best.-Nr. 33391 volume in-8° relié plein parchemin contemporain réemboîté, une garde du XVIIIe siècle. XXI f. (dont titre et table), 464 p., lettrines, bandeaux, culs de lampes, 1 mouillure marginale sur la bordure supérieure des 8 premières feuilles + 1 mouillure claire marginale sur la bordure inférieure des 4 premières feuilles, excepté ces défauts, intérieur en très bon état. Très bel ouvrage.
Best.-Nr. 12652Paris, Gail Neveu (XIXe-XXVIe volume de la Collection in-8°), 1807(-1808). 8 volumes in-8, (4)-II-72-210-(2), (4)-263-(1)-203-(1), (4)-201-(1)-237-(1), (4)-181-(1)-297-(1), (4)-177-(1)-199-(1), (4)-IV-312, (4)-205-(1)-199-(1) et (4)-168-163-(1) pp., reliure de l'époque plein veau raciné (Bradel), dos ornés, Aigle impérial doré sur chaque plat ("Université impériale, Concours des Lycées de Paris"), toutes tranches dorées (dos un peu frottés, légères rousseurs). Texte en grec, latin et français. Etiquette de libraire au tome 1 : Brunot-Labbé, Libraire de l'Université Impériale.
PARIS, 17 Volumes In-12 Reliure rouge, dos à 3 nerfs - 1 gravure frontispice - Tous avec 2 pages de titre : 1820, Lefuel, Lib & 1822, A. Payen, Lib avec gravure - entre 230 & 330 pages par volume - certains avec légères rousseus - 1e série, T. I, III, VII, XI & XII - 2e Série : II,III, IV, VI, VII & XII - 3e Série : III,IV, V, VI, VII & VIII - CHaque volume est indépendant l'un de l'autre - Propre - chaque volume peut-être vendu au prix de 50 € - nous préciser lle volume choisi
1550Best.-Nr. 322912Venice 1550. hardcover. very good. Very thick short 8vo. one gathering loose. Full vellum with title in gold all edges rubricated. Printer's woodcut device to title-page and last page. 12 440 1. Venice 1550. Very good. A fine Venetian edition of Thucydides' famous history of the wars between Athens and the Peloponesians. unknown
1812Best.-Nr. 29674London: J. Walter White & Cochrane Etc 1812. Book. VG. Leather. New Edition. 8vo. Two 2 volumes in recent half red morocco leather over navy cloth boards. Faded Marbled edges. New endpapers. 427pp and 398 pp. Two fold out maps. To which is added three discourses on the life of Thucydides On his qualification as a historian and a survey of the History by the translator William Smith. Foxing to prelims and title pages o/w sharp copies. J. Walter, White & Cochrane Etc Hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. mon0000181572Penguin Classics 1954-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Original dust cover laminated onto front cover. Clean copy in good condition. Originally published by Penguin Books in 1954 this edition was published in 1962 by Cassell and Company. Penguin Classics paperback
1795Best.-Nr. 4386Paris: Chez les Editeurs J.B. Gail. et P.F. Aubin 1795. FIRST EDITION 4 vols 8vo pp. iv xxxviii 374 2 frontispece; iv 363 3; iv 333 1; iv 337 3. Contemporary half sheep sprinkled beige paper boards spines divided by gilt rules tan and olive textured paper labels. A few minor spots. Extremities slightly rubbed corners of a couple of labels chipped. The first appearance of this significant translation the only 18th-century French text of Thucydides and the most authoritative modern translation since Hobbes’s English version of 1629. Lévesque a historian of Russia and France finds in the ancient source vital lessons for France then in the midst of the Revolution and his preface argues for Thucydides as the most political of historians and a source of practical advice for contemporary readers. Chez les Editeurs J.B. Gail... et P.F. Aubin hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 332711Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Notes From the Editor neatly laid in.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. 335921Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Richard Sparks. Near Fine Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 314255Frankfurt am Main: Kleukens Presse 1920. Number 34 of 250 copies. Unpaginated 12 ff. First and last leaves are blanks. 1 vols. 4to. Full brown morocco stamped in blind spine titled in gilt patterned paper endsheets t.e.g. Number 34 of 250 copies. Unpaginated 12 ff. First and last leaves are blanks. 1 vols. 4to. Pericles' Funeral oration from the second book of Thucydides History of the Peleponnesian War. The German text is by Rudolf G. Binding. This is the fifth book of the Kleukens Presse; most copies were issued in boards the present copy is in a full brown morocco binding with elaborate decorative strapwork borders in blind. Rodenberg I104; Schauer II67 Kleukens Presse unknown