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IN 8, pp. 760, bella legatura in mz. pelle con titoli e fregi in oro. Storia della Grecia dal 1740 al 1825, con in fine dizionario: Interpretazione di voci turche e greche spesso usate dal sig. Pouqueville. Qualche fioritura. Ottimo (5850/ GRECIA - POUQUEVILLE - IMPERO OTTOMANO - STORIA GRECA)
1965Complet en 2 tomes, ensemble: 714 + [x] pp. + 126 planches hors-texte représentant 870 figures en n/bl, 28cm., reliures en toile éditeur, jaq., bon état, rare, poids: 3.2kg., G92838
1894Hinges cracked. ; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; 376 pages
1910Minor rubbing to extremities. Front hinge weakening (as usual) . Occasional fine pencil markings. One map with marginal wear; Fold-out map at rear; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; 468 pages
1876Very Good German Original color map on cloth. Chipped on folded places. Otherwise a clean copy. Oblong atlas folio. (46 x 52 cm). Scale: 1/300.000. Toponyms in German. Shows Gallipoli [and the Hellespont, Edremid Gulf, Imbros, Tenedos, Lesbos (Midilli), Aivali (Ayvalik) and North Aegean shores of Anatolia]. A sheet of the collection of 'The general map of Central Europe'. appeared in the years between 1873-1876 with the work of Joseph Ritter von Scheda, (1815-1888) who was a general, geographer and cartographer.
1766Two volumes. I. [1], LXXIX, 304. II. [1], 415, [1](Errata), [4](Approbation) + Eleven (11) engraved plates. French text. 8vo. 200 mm. Edges decorated red. Some age stain and foxing. Original decoratively mottled full leather bindings. Spines worn, but some gilt remains. Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 CE), was an important Roman poet, born in Cordoba. One of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, his youth and speed of composition set him apart from others. The Pharsalia is an epic poem on the Roman Civil War. It is considered the greatest epic in Latin after the Aeneid. It depicts the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC) where Julius Caesar defeated Pompey. Lucan's poetic talent apparently aroused the jealously of the Emperor Nero. After the publication of Pharsalia the Emperor forbade him to write, or even plead in the courts, and then later compelled him to commit suicide for alleged treason. The engraved plates in this edition are mostly by the famous French engraver and book illustrator, Hubert Francois Gravelot (1699-1733). The original art was by: Antoine-Jean Duclos; Emanuel Jean Nepomucene Ghendt; Noel Le Mire; Francois Denis Nee; Jean Francois Rousseau; and Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet. See: Schweiger II, 568; Cohen & DeRicci 662. Apparently not in Ray. Very good. CHEST 2/1.
1906Front free endpaper torn out. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to edges; The twenty shilling series; Watercolor; 8vo; xii,235 pages
2003RARE collection of studies on interrelations between the Semitic and Greco-Roman cultures, originally presented at a conference in honor of the retirement of Professor Baruch A.Levine, Skirball Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (New York University). [LIST OF AUTHORS]: Lawrence Schiffman, Douglas M.Grop, Ogden Goelet, Bezalel Porten, Emanuel Tov, Hannah M.Cotton, Werner Eck, Ranon Katzoff, Frank E.Peter, Ludwig Koenen, Geoffrey Khan, Mark R.Cohen. Epilogue by Baruch A.Levine. Index of ancient sources cited is included. Copy from the library of the the world-renowned epigrapher and member of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ada Yardeni (1937-2018), author of numerous publications, among them "The Book of Hebrew Script: History, Palaeography, Script Styles, Calligraphy & Design" (London: The British Library, 2002), which is considered the authoritative text on the subject. 245x160mm. XIV+285 pages. Hardcover. Cover fore edge and spine edges bumped. Pencil underlining by the previous owner on pages 3-30 and 97-98. Pages 3-8 bottomm corner/fore edge wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of papers on multi-cultural traditions of papyrus writing, of immense important for students of the Greco-Roman world and the Near East in Late Antiquity, is in good condition.
1772pp. (4), 308. The edition without the cancellans at G2. 12mo. [176 x 105 mm.] Foxed. It is very unusual to find in a Baskerville that some leaves (in two gatherings of this copy) were smudged during printing, and permitted to pass. Contemporary full sprinkled calf binding. Gilt tulip roll on the boards. Spine ornamented with gold crossed arrows. Joints tender. Printed ExLibris of John Rayner. Gaskell 47. Terence (Ca. 190-159 B.C.), the great Latin comic poet, was born in Carthage. He came to Rome as the slave of a senator, Terentius Lucanus. In the house of Lucanus he was educated like a free man and soon emancipated. His successful first play, 'Andria' introduced him to Roman society, and the circle of Scipio, Philus, and Laelius. His surviving six comedies are drawn from Athenian sources, especially from lost plays by Menander. Terence has been read for over two thousand years, and his influence on European literature cannot be overestimated. He imparted to Latin the sense of artistic elegance, consistency and moderation which made it a model for all literary epochs. In him we find a meeting-point for three great civilizations - the decaying Greece; Carthage, soon to pass away into oblivion; and nascent Italy, poised to absorb the world. John Baskerville (1706-1775) was the greatest printer of his era. Born in Wolverley, Hereford - Worcester, England, he became a writing master in Birmingham. He also carried on a successful japanning (varnishing) business there. In about 1750 he began to make experiments in letter founding, and produced the wonderful series of types now named after him. His first book, the Virgil of 1757, was also the first to be printed upon wove paper (manufactured by a process that he invented). In 1758 he be came printer to Cambridge University. All of his books bear show fine craftsmanship and a refined sense of design. In the last few years before his death, Baskerville published a few Latin classics in quarto and duodecimo. "All these bear the marks of unabated genius even in his declining days: and suffice, had he printed nothing else, to distinguish him as the first typographer of his time" - T. B. Reed, in 'Old English Letter Foundries' "Quot homines tot sentensiae; suo quoiqu e mos " So many men, so many opinions; a law of his own to each -- Terence. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! W154
1635pp. [8], 587, [101]. Text in Greek and Latin on opposite pages. No extra engraved title as in some copies. Numerous typographic borders. Some pages set as typographic designs. Small 8vo. 158 mm. Early full leather binding; lacking 2" of leather at the tail of the spine. Text generally browned and loose, but not brittle, nor with any substantial loss. Numerous early manuscript notations and ownerships, including: Ambrose Lewis, 1657; Thomas Answorth, 1708; Jacob Dickinson, 1763; and Enoch Walker. An interesting copy of a very interesting book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 5
1985Creasing to lower corner of front wrap and first few pages. Small Bump along spine ; 366 p. , 144, xiv p. Of plates; ill. , map; 28 cm. Greek, French, and English. ; 366 pages
2014Built in the fifth century b.c., the Parthenon has been venerated for more than two millennia as the West's ultimate paragon of beauty and proportion. Since the Enlightenment, it has also come to represent our political ideals, the lavish temple to the goddess Athena serving as the model for our most hallowed civic architecture. But how much do the values of those who built the Parthenon truly correspond with our own? And apart from the significance with which we have invested it, what exactly did this marvel of human hands mean to those who made it? In this revolutionary book, Joan Breton Connelly challenges our most basic assumptions about the Parthenon and the ancient Athenians. Beginning with the natural environment and its rich mythic associations, she re-creates the development of the Acropolis -the Sacred Rock at the heart of the city-state- from its prehistoric origins to its Periklean glory days as a constellation of temples among which the Parthenon stood supreme. In particular, she probes the Parthenon's legendary frieze: the 525-foot-long relief sculpture that originally encircled the upper reaches before it was partially destroyed by Venetian cannon fire (in the seventeenth century. ... The frieze's vast enigmatic procession -a dazzling pageant of cavalrymen and elders, musicians and maidens - has for more than two hundred years been thought to represent a scene of annual civic celebration in the birthplace of democracy. But thanks to a once-lost play by Euripides (the discovery of which, in the wrappings of a Hellenistic Egyptian mummy, is only one of this book's intriguing adventures), Connelly has uncovered a long-buried meaning, a story of human sacrifice set during the city's mythic founding. In a society startlingly preoccupied with cult ritual, this story was at the core of what it meant to be Athenian. Connelly reveals a world that beggars our popular notions of Athens as a city of staid philosophers, rationalists, and rhetoricians, a world in which our modern secular conception of democracy would have been simply incomprehensible. The Parthenon's full significance has been obscured until now owing in no small part, Connelly argues, to the frieze's dismemberment. And so her investigation concludes with a call to reunite the pieces, in order that what is perhaps the greatest single work of art surviving from antiquity may be viewed more nearly as its makers intended. Marshalling a breathtaking range of textual and visual evidence, full of fresh insights woven into a thrilling narrative that brings the distant past to life, The Parthenon Enigma is sure to become a landmark in our understanding of the civilization from which we claim cultural descent. 512p. illus [some col] bibliography,index Remainder mark, else new Book
18115 voll. in 8, pp. 450 ca. cad. vol. Brodi intonsi, Cart. coeva. Edizione originale dell'opera principale di questo grande ellenista francese (Parigi 1736 - 1812). Granparte e' dedicata alla storia della vita civile e delle istituzioni.
1993pp. 651, cm 32x26, rilegatura editoriale in t.t. con sopracoperta e astuccio, illustrazioni in nero e a colori, nouvelle edition revue et augmentee par Jean Ducat et Gilles Touchais.
1909(Codice VR/0731) In 16° 489-LXXXVI(8)514-156 pp. Avec 23 cartes, 46 plans, 25 illustrations. Bien complet des 3 annexes en pochette à la fin du volume: plan d'Athène, carte de Grèce, table des communications Paris-Grèce. Moindres traces d'usage, papier jauni. Toile éditeur, titre doré. Très bon état. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
1936IN 8°, pp.475, LEGATURA D'EPOCA IN MEZZA PELLE CON FREGI E TITOLO IN ORO, PIATTI RIGIDI MAREZZATI. 2 CARTE + v.r. ( GRECIA ANTICA - PARTE SETTENTRIONALE ; GRECIA ANTICA - PARTE MERIDIONALE ) e TAVV.116, IL TUTTO f.t.OPERA FACENTE PARTE DELLA COLLANA " L'UNIVERSO " O STORIA POLITICA DI TUTTI I POPOLI ECC. EUROPA. VOLUME PRIMO, PARTE PRIMA. TRADOTTO DA FRANCESCO FALCONETTI. TESTO SU DUE COLONNE.ESEMPLARE COMPLETO DI TUTTE LE TAVV., NONOSTANTE L' ERRONEA INDICAZIONE AL FRONTESPIZIO CHE NE CITA 120. TUTTE LE BIBLIOGRAFIE E I VOLL. CONSULTATI NELLE BIBLIOTECHE, RIPORTANO IL n° DELLE NOSTRE TAVV. OTTIMA CONSERVAZIONE. ID, 5372
1927Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1975186 pages. Index. This, the story of of Nicholas Dulger-Sheikin "proves yet again that truth is stranger than fiction." - from dust jacket. Above-average but not excessive wear. Front hinge taped. Sound reading copy. Ex-Library
1982Features: The rise and fall of the VNAF - the rise and fall of the South Vietnamese Air Force, from 1951 to 1975; America's Spitfires - the USAAF was second only to the RAF as a major operator of the Supermarine Spitfire - a review of their operational history in American service; The RAF in Greece - 1940/41 - the fulfillment of Britain's treaty obligations; CW-21 - the St. Louis Lightweight - the story of the relatively unknown Curtiss-Wright CW-21 fighter in WWII; Sixes and Sevens - completing the story of the 4-engined Douglas transport family, begun in AE/15 - the DC-6 and DC-7; The Blenheim in Yugoslavia - two successful years of Blenheim operations in Yugoslavia were followed by eight days of disaster in 1941; F13 - the Pioneer from Dessau - first flown in 1919, the Junkers F 13 was still serving after WWII; Armstrong Whitworth's Flying Wings - Laminar flow research and boundary layer control, as applied to the A.W.52 flying wings; Walrus - amphibious angel of mercy - designed by Reginald Mitchell; PR Flying and the Spitfire - an account of war-time photographic reconnaissance operations in the Middle and Far East; "Britain Captures Schneider Trophy" - this 1931 headline summed up the culmination of an 18-year endeavour; The MiG Killers of Korea - the North American F-86 Sabre achieved the greatest success in air-to-air combat; Fokker's D VIII - the reluctant Razor - the world's first operational cantilever-winged fighter; Caught by the wing-tip - C.E. 'Bud' Anderson's experiences as a test pilot in the wing-tip coupling experiments; Bombay - Pegasus Draught, Bristol Dray - the flying characteristics and operational career of the Bristol Bomber-transport; Quest for Altitude - The First Generation MiGs - a comprehensive account of the first fighters to bear the MiG appellation; Return of the Razorbacks - the restoration and flight demonstrations of the only Allison-engined Mustangs now extant; A seversky in the Spanish War - the SEV-3; Stratocruiser - ending an airline era - the role of the Boeing Stratocruiser in post-war air transport evolution; Destination - Disaster - how 8 new Saab B 18Bs of the Swedish Air Force met their doom, and how they came back; Estonian Air Power, 1918-1945. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy. Book
194172 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for Nash cars inside front cover; Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation; Nice one-page two-color ad for the April 19th issue of the Saturday Evening Post features photo of FDR's best friend, Harry Hopkins; Dictograph features photo of Mr. J.H. Victor, President of the Victor Mfg. & Gasket Co.; Brief obituaries for Loring C. Christie, Marcel Provost, Frederic William Wile, Isidore Witmark, Sen. Morris Sheppard, and Urbain J. Ledoux (Mr. Zero); Nice one-page ad for the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York illustrates its many amenities; Very attractive two-color one-page ad for New International Trucks features a red pickup; US Assumes Protection of Greenland; Submarine S-49; Photos of Pan-American Day in Greenfield, Iowa; Nazis overwhelm Yugoslavs and set up new Croation state; Pressure on Suez Mounts; The British in Greece; Kremlin treaty with Japanese follows hint of displeasure at Reich; Nice one-page color photo ad for American Cyanamid features geologist at work in beautiful wild country; Lots of war coverage; Great one-page color Cadillac ad; Nice centerfold color ad by GM features letter to their dealers from Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.; Nice one-page color ad for Owens-Illinois packaging service shows lady tending cosmetics display; Photo of Air Secretary Robert A. Lovett; One-page color Calvert Whiskey ad features antelope; Great one-page color ad for Texaco features ill-looking boy who has just tried smoking a guitar; Cutting the $2 million Presidente Vargas diamond; Nazis and Drugs; Photo of boxer Jack Johnson; Nice Chevrolet ad; Nice 2/3-page ad for Moore-McCormack Lines shows incredible Rio; Mennonite conscientious objectors (COs) do bit at their camp, the Grottoes; Nice photo of new Lone Ranger Brace Beemer; Nice color-photo ad for Monsanto Plastics inside back cover features lady using Resinox adding machine; Back cover ad for Old Overholt whiskey. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1830A Paris, Armand-Aubrée, 1830. 5 volumes in-8 relié plein veau aubergine, dos lisse à motifs dorés, pièces de titre noires. 451 + 462 + 448 + 434 + 449 pages. Frontispice au tome 1. Rousseurs éparses, bon etat
1826Paris, Janet et Cotelle, 1826. In-4 oblong (à l'italienne) relié demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets dorés, 37 planches, certaines dépliantes. Quelques rousseurs sans gravité. Très bon exemplaire.
1816Ordine cronologico del viaggio nel Primo volume - Nel !"? volume: Indice delle carte geografiche (27); XII tavole esplicative sulle eopche ecc. - Indice degli Autori e delle Edizioni citate nell'Opera - Tavola generale della Materia 12 17,2x10,5 cm., in brossura, pagg. XVI, 308; 300; 280; 295; 308; 320; 304; 318; 344; 360; 360; 382 non refilate, ampi margini, su carta forte, in lingua italiana, segni di usura alla legatura di qualche volume, ma nel complesso bell'esemplare. Etichetta e timbro di Biblioteca privata, regolarmente pervenuto. Si suppone che uno Scita, chiamato Anacarsi giunga nella Grecia alcuni anni prima della nascita di Alessandro: e che dalla citt? di Atene, sua dimora ordinaria, intraprenda parecchi viaggi per le provincie circonvicine, osservando dappertutto i costumi e le usanze dei popoli, intervenendo alle loro feste, studiando la natura dei loro governi...indagando i progressi delo spirito umano, conversando cogli uomini grandi che allora fiorivano come Epaminonda, Focione, Senofonte, Platone, Aristotele, Demostene...dopo l'avvento in Grecia di Filippo padre di Alessandro egli fa ritorno in Scizia...
1689Carta geografica della Macedonia, in bella coloritura coeva. Inserita in "Mercurio geografico overo Guida Geografica in tutte le parti del Mondo conforme le Tavole Geografiche del Sansone Baudran de Cantelli Data in luce con direttione, e cura di Gio. Giacomo de Rossi nella sua stamperia in Roma alla Pace all'insegna di Parigi con Priu: del S. Pont" edita a Roma alla fine del '600. La carta presenta un restauro conservativo nel Golfo di Salonicco e due arrossature agli angoli in basso
18204 volumi, cm. 18, brossura editoriale, pag. XCIII, 177 (3) più ritratto in b/n e 3 tavole a colori f.t.; 281 (3) più 4 tavole; 241 più 3 tavole; 275 più carta geografica in b/n ripiegata e 4 tavole a colori f.t.. Prima traduzione italiana della importante relazione del grande scrittore francese con interessanti note su usi e costumi locali. Collana "Raccolta de' viaggi più interessanti eseguiti nelle varie parti del mondo, tanto per terra quanto per mare, dopo quelli del celebre Cook...". Ottimo esemplare.
