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1595In-16 p. (mm. 165x100), 2 volumi, p. pergamena antica, dorso a cordoni con tit. ms., cc.nn. 16, pp.num. 698 (mancano ultime 3 carte bianche); pp.num. 402, cc.nn. 55 (di indici); marca tipografica xilografata ai frontespizi e al fine del II vol. Dello storico e moralista ateniese Senofonte (430-354 ca. a.C.), il primo volume contiene: “De institutione Cyri, Lib. VIII” - “De Cyri expeditione, Lib.VII” - “Historiarum Graecarum. Lib. VII”. “La "Ciropedia" (educazione di Ciro il Vecchio, fondatore della monarchia persiana) è un romanzo storico in cui l’idealizzazione di quel sovrano si concreta nella delineazione di una monarchia illuminata. Nelle "Elleniche" Senofonte narrò le vicende dei Greci dal 411 al 362 (battaglia di Mantinea)”. Così Diz. Treccani,XI, p. 137. Nel secondo volume: “Operum Xenophontis Atheniensis viri maximi.. Quo continentur politici, atque alij Libri XV quorum indicem versa pagina exhibet, cum epistolarum fragmentis, & adpendice nova, Io. Leunclavii Amelburni lucubratio tertia”. Cfr. Brunet,V,1490 che cita altre ediz. del ‘500 con la traduzione in latino di Leunclavius. Corto del margine super.; con uniformi lievi arross. o fiorit., ma più che discreto esemplare.
1854In-8 p. (mm. 216x136), cartonato muto mod., titolo stampato su etichetta al dorso, conserv. brossura orig. (sciupata), pp. (2),XLIV,392. L’opera è così composta: “Attique” (Athènes - Képhissia, Marathon, le Penthélique) - “Péloponèse” (Argolide - Arcadie/ Mantinée. Tripolitza - Laconie/ Route de Sparte - Sparte, Misthra - Argolide/ Argos, Mycènes - Achaie/ Corinthe) - “Mégaride” (Mégare, Eleusisa) - “Béotie” (Le Cythéron, Platée, Thèbes - Thespies, l’Hélicon - Livadie) - “Phocide” (Chéronée, Arakhova, Delphes, les Thermopyles) - “Achaie” (Egium, Mégaspiléon, Patras, Missolonghi). "Prima e unica edizione". Aloni sulle ultime 4 carte, ma certamente un buon esemplare con barbe.
7 volumes In-8, environ 3600p. au total. Troisième édition. Malheureusement sans l'atlas composé de 31 cartes et planches gravées par Guillaume de La Haye. Néanmoins élégant ensemble malgré quelques traces d'usage aux reliures.
1920Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map on cloth. Oblong atlas folio. (44 x 58 cm). Scale: 1/200.000. Toponyms in Ottoman script /Turkish with Arabic letters). Shows southwest of the Gallipoli Peninsula [and the Hellespont], Edremid Gulf, Tenedos, and North Aegean shores of Anatolia]. Folded. This is one of the series of the Bonn projection maps which are the first map series in modern techniques in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire. In order to produce these maps covering Turkish territory, Reconnaissance Branch was incorporated into The Mapping Commission. The maps were produced in the datum based on the latitude and longitude of the Ayasofya Mosque in equal area Bonn Projection. The field works for the 123 sheets covering the country were conducted by 76 staff. The production was completed in 18 years starting from east-west. Fieldworks continued without stopping except in the years 1914 and 1920. This map series called also reconnaissance maps contributed a lot to producing 1:25.000 scale maps. Hegira: 1336 = Gregorian: 1920. Not description on map-maker. Extremely rare.
1954Large octavo in pale green printed DJ and identical paper wrappers; 395p
1757RARE book by Dom Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741), a renowned French Benedictine monk, scholar, pioneering archaeologist and editor of St.John Chrysostom's homilies "Adversus Judaeos". 215x315mm. 388 pages & 150 full-page b&w plates (+ about 30 unpaginated pages, incl. introduction and index). Marbled leather Hardcover. Ribbed spine with gilt lettering. Cover corners bumped. Front cover bottom part coming loose from spine (but still intact). Several small wormholes on cover. Spine worn. Wormholes on spine. Spine edges tattered and partly missing. Spine hinges worn, partly missing and partly cracked (but not detached from cover). Humidity stains on front endpaper and whitepage. Sticker residues on rear inner cover upper corner near spine. Ink inscription on front whitepage. Two small stamps on title page upper corner and edge. Worm-marks on both inner covers, few small wormholes on several extreme page edges - NO damage to text. Pages yellowing and slightly age-stained. All plates present and are in excellent condition. [SUMMARY]: This rare and beautifully illustrated book has unfortunately sustained some (mostly external) damage due to negligent care, but is still in good reading condition with clean plates. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
1770RARE richly illustrated book on Christian martyrs throughout the ages - from the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ to 18th-century Protestant Martyrs. Contains 40 fabulous woodcuts by engraved especially for this book. 375x250mm. 466 pages [+8]. 40 b&w plates. Brown leather rebound Hardcover with gilt ribbed spine. Cover worn/scratched and partly missing its edges and corners. Spine wrinkled and rubbed. Spine edges peeling. Spine hinges slightly cracked. Frontispiece edge slightly torn - NO damage to text. Plate 16 edge slightly torn - NO damage to text. Plate 22 verso taped - NO damage to text. Plate 10 edge water-stained - NO damage to text. Page 53/54 with small damage to one letter on each side of the text. Some pages and plates age-stained. Pages and plates yellowing, slightly age-stained and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare and beautifully illustrated 18th-century Protestant martyrology is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
(Grecia antica-Viaggi immaginari) ( BARTHELEMY Jean Jacques). Viaggio del Giovine Anacarsi in Grecia . Nella metà del quarto secolo avanti l’Era Volgare. Trad. dal francese. Napoli, Coltellini, 1790-1791. In-8°, 9 volumi, buona legatura uniforme in piena pergamena coeva con titt. in oro al d.; pp. (16)-415; (4)-343; (4)-367-(14); (4)-368; (4)-356; (4)-348; (4)-372; (4)-400; (4)-375-72-16. Fiorit. per la qualità della carta mabuon esemplare. Jean Jacques Barthelemy (Cassis, 1716-Parigi, 1795), immagina, in questo libro, che il giovane Anacarsi scriva le memorie di un suo viaggio in Grecia, tentando così una attenta ricostruzione storica del mondo antico ai tempi di Demostene, condita di numerose notazioni geografico-topografiche. La prima edizione fu pubblicata a Parigi nel 1789. Questa napoletana, pubblicata anonima e dedicata a Francesco di Borbone delle Due Sicilie, è probabilmente la prima traduzione italiana .
Acquaforte cm. 27x43 alla battuta + ampi marg. bianchi. La città rappresentata è forse un ex comune della Grecia nella periferia del Peloponneso. Tratta dal rarissimo Citta, Fortezze e, Isole, e Porti principali dell'Europa in Pianta et in Elevatione, Descritte, e Publicate Ad uso dell'Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti dal Padre Maestro Coronelli Lettore, e Cosmografo della Serenissima Republica di Venezia, edito a Venezia da Domenico Padovani nel 1689
20072 vols., roy. 8vo., with numerous illustrations and maps; cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in the dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Greece, the Hellenistic World and the Rise of Rome; Vol. II: Rome from the Late Republic to the Late Empire
1984Scholar's name to inner cover (G. L. Huxley). 1 cover very lightly bumped and small abrased spot to edge of rear board else fine. ; The Parastaseis Syntomoi Chronikai (lit. 'Brief Historical Notes') is a remarkable work describing the city and antiquiites of Constantinople. Its Greek is extremely difficult, its content often obscure and the extant text seemingly incomplete. ; Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition X; 305 pages
1927RARE TWO VOLUME SET - LIMITED EDITION - COPY No.386 OF 1000 COPIES. This voluminous work deals with the art and culture of Etruscans, based on the archaeological findings available at the time. The copy is signed and dedicated on whitepage of first volume by an unrecognized signatory, and dedicated to the renowned Bible scholar Umberto Cassuto. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 290x210mm. 589 pages & 284 plates (+XVI pages). Brown cloth Hardcover with gilt front cover and spine. Text block upper edge dyed red. Cover slightly worn and stained. Cover corners and edges rubbed. Several light bump-marks on cover edges. Spine edges bumped and worn. Text block edges slightly stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [VOL.I]: Front cover bottom corner and edge bumped. [SUMMARY]: This rare two volume history of Etruscan art book is in good condition.
1923Very Good English Original b/w portolan chart. Folded. A little foxing and some pencil markings and notes in Ottoman script in its period. Oblong double elephant folio. (70 x 102 cm). In English. Bosphorus to Kerempeh from the Russian survey of 1834 with additions and corrections by Commander W. J. L. Wharton., R. N. 1872-80. It's written 'London published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty Jare. 16th 1854. Also shows Killa Bay (Shile Bay) from a survey by Lieut. Comm. W. R. Pristen and the midshipmen of H. M. S. Royal Sovereign, 1920. Topography partly from a Turkish map. Up side of map, engraved a view from sea of entrance of the Bosphorus, Rumili (sic. Rumeli) Lighthouse and environment with several hills. And also shows Amastra (Ancient Amastris) from Russian surveys, 1834-41; Kosku Bay from a surbey by Capt. Spratt R. N. 1854; and Sungul Bay (Zonguldak) from the Heraclee Companys plans to 1915. A rare navigation chart.
1923Very Good French Contemporary cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. [x], 232 p., 14 numerous b/w plates, 3 folding panoramas, 2 huge folding maps. Le Mont Olympe (Thessalie). 500 copies were printed. This Edition 71 no. 71 / 500. First Edition. Ex-libris and owner signature of [Franz] Julius Emil Imhof.
2004Book is in excellent condition except for cracked spine: a common problem with oversize paperbacks on heavy paper. Binding is still intact with all pages attached, but may come loose. Covers have sharp corners, exterior shows very light shelfwear only; text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 294 pages, Dual language in Greek and English. Contents include: Music and dance in prehistoric Greece, Gods and mythical figures associated with music, Myth and reality in ancient Greek music, Hymning the gods, music in the public life of the ancient Greeks, Education and the art of music, Music in the private life of the ancient Greeks, A tiny stage for the Muses: representations of music and dance on coins, Instruments and notation, On dances. The last 2/3rds of the book is a 139 item catalogue of mosaics, figues, statues, reliefs, fragments, pottery, etc. depicting the subject.
2011Exhibition catalog is in excellent condition: a large paperback on heavy paper Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 267 pages. Contents includes "The Illustration of the Myth" and "The Use of the Myth" with 604 photographs of ancient coins depicting Photographs, Coinage, ancient coins ,Alpha Bank, Greece, Athens, Numismatic Museum, vases, sculptures, Metalworking, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Dionysus, Aphodite, Hephaistus, Ares, Pagasus, CerberusChimaera, Sphinx, Griffin, Centaurs, Pan, Cybele, Nymphs, Helios Aclepius, Caberi, Hecate, Dioscuri, Nike, et al. from the Alpha Bank and the Numismatic Museum as well as Collections of vases, sculptures and examples of metalworking of the time, all lavishly illustrated and described in full color photographs.
19668vo., First Edition, with 20 plates and double-page map on grey stock; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, some light offsetting from wrapper to backstrip else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Wonderful dustwrapper artwork by John Craxton (who also designed the map). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1833Volume in 8° all'italiana,legatura in mezza pelle ornata e titolata sul dorso in oro,piatti in cartone bordeaux. CONTIENE: Iliade 38 incisioni + frontespizio n.n. Odissea 34 incisioni + frontespizio n.n. Tragedie di Eschilo 31 incisioni + frontespizio n.n. Teogonia di Esiodo 37 incisioni compreso frontespizio numerato in sequenza.
1979Light tanning to pages. Faint crease to ffep. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; “This study explores a neglected aspect of history: the precautions upon which depended the existence of city-states, great and small, and even of a few rustic communities. Social as well as political stresses impelled the ancient Greeks to build innumerable fortifications of astonishing diversity; the book refers, merely for points of special interest, to hundreds of remains still visible in the homeland, many along the Turkish and the Italian coasts, and some in countries as remote as Spain and Afghanistan. ”; 552 pages
Madrid, Antonio de Sancha, 1782-1785, 3 tomos, 21,5 x 15,5 cm., pasta española de época, lomos cuajados, 4 hojas + 386 págs. + 1 lámina con medallas = 2 hojas + 344 págs. + 1 lámina plegada de los teatros griego y romano = 2 hojas + 364 págs. (Tomo II afectado por humedad en el margen exterior y algo a la encuadernación y con pequeño roto en la parte blanca de la portada. Entre otras muchas cosas contiene: Disertación sobre el origen de la Esfera, por el Abate Renaudot. Disertación sobre el lujo de las damas romanas, por el Abate Nadal. Disertación sobre la historia del baile o danza de los antiguos, por M. Burette. Disertación sobre el origen de la seda, por M. Mahudel. Disertación sobre los escudos votivos, por el Abate Massieu. Investigaciones sobre la historia de Asiria, por el Abate Sevin. Disertación sobre la sinfonía de los antiguos, por M. Burette. Disertación sobre el oro y la plata, por M. Morin. Historia de las Vestales, por el Abate Nadal...).
1888First edition. Later boards with original leather spine. 4to. 85 pages, 31 cm. In Hebrew. The title translates to The Holy Robe and the Clothes of Salvation: Treatises and Expositions on Chaim Vidals Etz Hayyim. This book was published following Rav Aaron Ferreras death in 1887 by his son Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Ferrera (1840-1917) . Rav Ferrera was a respected kabbalist and scholar. He moved to Jerusalem from Salonika and dedicated his life to Torah study. SUBJECTS: Etz Hayyim. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Oxford, UC Berkeley, JTS) . CD 000158166. Ex-library with usual markings. Wear to boards. Small, 2 inch tear on title page. Otherwise Good+ Condition. (HEB-50-20)
1890Diciannove belle foto all'albumina, 1890/1900 circa, cm. 22 x 28 circa. Tutte :
1819Série complète en 10 volumes: 544 + 489 + 514 + xvi,504 + 533 + 444 + 467 + 472 + 464 + 520 pp., illustré d'un portrait de Démosthèhe gravé par m. Mécou (dans tome 1) et d'une table généaologique dépliante (dans tome 8), "Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée par J. Planche", 22cm., texte bilingue: grec-français, reliures uniformes cart. d'époque (plats marbrés, dos en cuir avec titre et faux-nerfs dorés, coins peu usés), feuilles de garde marbrées, rousseurs (texte toujours bien lisible), cachet sur la fausse page de titre et au verso de la p.d.t., bon ensemble, poids: 7kg., K98193
1784Edizione Prima Veneta diligentissimamente ricorretta. 4 volumi in 8vo, cm. 15,5x22,5h; pag. (4), XVI, 366, 367, 368, 314, (10) + pag. 32 con il " Discorso Accademico sopra l'eccellenza De' Greci autori paragonati ai Latini, letto in un'adunanza letteraria". Bella antiporta allegorico inciso in rame entro bordura raffigurante la Musa che invita Tucidide a scrivere la sua Storia greca al primo volume; frontespizio inciso su tutti i volumi entro bordura allegorica. Legature coeve in brossura editoriale muta, titoli manoscriti su tasselli in carta ai dorsi. Leggero alone al dorso e sulle ultime carte (margine bianco interno) del quarto volume. In fine al quarto volume si trova anche un elenco delle opere pubblicate dall'editore. Cfr. Brunet 22832; Graesse II, 361. Codice inv.1030459
[Ginebra], apud Iacobum Stoer, 1603. 12vo.; 16 hojas, 1010 pp., 15 hojas. Encuadernación en papel de aguas antiguo sobre cartulina.
