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1886pp. xxi, 512 + Plates. Small 8vo. 20 cm. XLib. Worn original cloth binding. A wonderful guide to the 'every-day' social life and customs of the Ancient Greeks. W121
1957224 p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Dust Jacket. W118
1827pp. xiv, 169. 8vo. Original marbled boards. Spine taped. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 8
1821144 p. 12mo. Original leather backed paper boards. Very scarce American Imprint. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
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
1969310p. Plus index and color frontis. Illustrated with numerous photographs. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. A great gift for wine lovers. Starting with a history of wine making and then going from country to country examining the history, varieties and techniques. Beautiful illustrations and photographs. Includes fifty international recipes for cooking with wine compiled by Madeleine Othenin-Girard. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WHISKEY 1.
1880pp. xii, 345. Wood engraved plates and Illustrations. Some foxing. Folio. Absolutely remarkable decorated full red cloth binding. Huge gold central device surrounded by a complex series of rolls, stamps, and illustrations in gold and black. Rarely is this book found in such fresh condition. Oversized. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SE5
1795Two volumes in one. pp. 198 (2); 234 (4). Lacks second (redundant) title page. Lightly foxed. Small 12mo. Contemporary full leather binding, spine gold gilt. Slight loss at tail. This is extremely scarce edition. The work explores the manners, customs, religion, entertainments, laws, and philosophies of the ancient Greeks. It was meant as a sort of organized synopsis of 'Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Greece' by Abbe Jean Jacques Barthelemy (1716-1795). The first edition of this work was published in 1788 (Paris: De Bure). Due to its immediate and enormous success several editions and reprints followed in short order. There was obviously a need for a handy epitome, which this work supplied. RARE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR3
195966 double-folded pages. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Marian Parry. Beautifully bound in parchment boards, backed in black calf, and preserved in a color designed solander case. Slipcase with a couple of minor stains. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, the original subscriber, on front fly leaf. Number 420 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A fine copy of this handsomely produced edition of the great classical Greek play. It would make a great gift. W42
1930469p. + Plus portrait frontis. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Faded. Original dust jacket, worn. Third printing. "The gruesome story of pillage and violence, bloodshed and frightfulness which have resulted from the Treaty of Versailles." Coldwar/Economics 7
1950pp. xv, 377. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 2
1918pp. xii, 170. Illustrated with numerous maps. Penciled ownership of George A. Jessop. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding, map vignette on front board. Spine faded. First edition. Scarce. "A very interesting and detailed analysis of Germantic conspiracies, intrigues, politics, propaganda, alliances, schemes, and conquests all aimed at global domination and why the war must be won. With Germanic plans, false prewar pacifist diplomacy, the trick of the Armistice, Prussian militarism, how to prevent other German wars of conquest, how the United States is directly threatened by this plan, and etc." WWI 4
1881318p. Profusely illustrated with many full page drawings. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. Age stained. Slight dampstaining. 1881 Christmas gift to George H. Clippingler from his uncle. Color pictorial endpapers. 8vo. Original full color pictorial stiff paper binding. Loss at corners. Extremities rubbed with slight loss. Rear cover has slight dampstaining. Hardbound. One in a series of popular books for children designed to broaden their horizons. This one explores the past and present of Greece and Rome, Sicily, Southern France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. TRAVEL/2.
1910xvi, 181 + Frontis and full page tipped in photograuvers. Top edge gold. Inked ownership. 12mo. Original three-quarters red leather over marbled boards. Spine gold lettered with raised bands. Hardbound. Nice copy. Revised and enlarged edition of the 1903 publication. TRAVEL/1
1840pp. xix, 549, (1)[Errata], (1)[Publisher's advertisement]. 8vo. 22 cm. Partially unopened. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind; rear joint repaired. Manuscript ownership of Richard Mansfield (1857-1907), who was considered the greatest actor of his era. Printed bookplate of J. Mortimer Lichtenauer (b. 1876), a famous art collector and painter of mural decorations in a Grecian style. The text includes "Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry" (Twining's translation); "Excerpta Critica" (Canons of Criticism from Various Sources); "Examination Papers"; Etc. This Irish classic in the history and criticism of Greek drama is quite scarce in the marketplace. John Richard Darley (1799-1884) was born in Fairfield, County Monaghan, Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was appointed headmaster of Dundalk Grammar School in 1826, and of the Royal School Dungannon in 1831. In 1874 he was consecrated Bishop of Kilmore. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W121
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
1715pp. (14), 182, (18). The very thin paper used to cancel a4 and b4 has deteriorated - completely on a4. Text in Greek with Latin notes. Three engraved portraits have apparently been removed. ** Extensive manuscript translations into English. 8vo. (in 4). [18 5 x 113 mm.] Contemporary full calf binding. Boards tooled in blind with several frames. Cracked at joints. Early ownerships, including: Jacob Nash, Oxford and E.G. Davis, 1847. Dibdin I:487. Aeschine s (Ca. 390?314 B.C.), Athenian orator and polititian, was a great rival of Demosthenes (384??322 B.C.). He rose from humble circumstances and became powerful in politics because of his oratorical gift s. At first he opposed Philip II of Macedon, then later changed sides, arguing that resistance to Macedonian power was useless. Both he and Demosthenes were members of the embassy to Philip in 348 B.C ., and afterward Demosthenes bitterly and baselessly accused Aeschines of accepting Macedonian bribes. He was to have been joined in his action by Timarchus, but Aeschines prevented this by his oratio n Against Timarchus (345 B.C.). Aeschines defended himself well in his oration On the False Legation (342 B.C.)?a title also used by Demosthenes in his accusatory oration. The trouble between the orat ors grew and culminated in a dispute over a gold crown that the orator Ctesiphon proposed should be given Demosthenes in 330 B.C. Aeschines brought suit with Against Ctesiphon. Demosthenes replied wit h his sturdy defense On the Crown. Aeschines lost and was fined, and retired to Asia Minor where, according to Plutarch, he lived as a professional Sophist. This is offered as much for its manuscript interest as for it being an early printing. W120
1521ff. [60], 320 numbered leaves. Woodcut Aldine anchor and dolphin printer's device on the title page and last leaf. Latin Italic type. Some age stain, especially on first and last leaves. In several places the name of Erasmus is obliterated in ink by a censor. An early ownership on the title has been washed out, and a small marginal chip has resulted. Small 8vo. 160 mm. Edges decorated red. Early nineteenth century full vellum binding. Lacks front fly leaf. This second and improved Aldine edition is essentially a reprint of the edition of 1516, edited by Giovanni Battista Cipelli, called Egnazio (1478-1553), with the addition of annotations by Erasmus, which were first published in the Froben edition of 1518. Both Aldine editions contain the relevant texts of Aurelius Victor and Eutropius with the continuation by Paulus Diaconus. The full work was once the common manual of almost everyone who wished to study Roman history, and because of this long and hard use, it is extremely difficult to obtain a clean and perfect example - Renouard. This second edition is considered the more valuable, as containing an 'Index Memorabilium' and the notes of Erasmus and the Venetian philologist Joannes Baptista Egnatius (ca. 1473-1553). Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius (ca. 69/75-after 130). Suetonius was a close friend to Senator and letter-writer Pliny the Younger. Pliny describes him as 'quiet and studious, a man dedicated to writing'. Through Pliny, Suetonius came into favor with Trajan and Hadrian. Under Trajan he served as secretary of studies (precise functions are uncertain) and director of Imperial archives. Under Hadrian, he became the Emperor's secretary. In 122, Hadrian dismissed him for disrespectful behavior towards Empress Vibia Sabina. Suetonius may have later regained imperial favor under Hadrian and returned to his position. It was probably in Hadrian's time that he wrote his most important surviving work - this set of biographies on the Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Entitled 'De Vita Caesarum' it deals with successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian. It also includes other texts on Roman history, notably Eutropius. This collection of ancient Roman historians is dedicated to the great book collector - Jean Grolier, and is followed by a letter from Erasmus commending the edition as well as Egnatius' scholarship. Renouard 91:7; Schweiger 974-975; Adams S-2035; UCLA A4S93; Graesse VI, 521; Ahmanson-Murphy 201 (incomplete); Bibliotheca Erasmiana Bruxellensis 499 (incomplete); Dibdin II, p. 439; STC Italian p. 651. Very good. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ALDINE BOX SAFE
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.
1813pp. xvi, 327, 113 [Notes]. Text drawings. Age stain. Margin loss on page 155. Insect damage to margins last few signatures. Lacks fly leaves. Manuscript ownership of B. Porter, 1845 on title page. 12mo. 185 mm. Original worn full leather binding. Front board detached. Part the second, section the first. S&S/AI 28154. Hardbound. AI BX 1
1836Two Volumes Bound In One: pp. viii, 13-280; 389. Volume I: Frontis + 8 Full page plates; Volume II: 10 Full page plates. First plate in Volume II loss bottom margin, last page & fly leaf lacks bottom margin, no loss of text. Some plates and pages loose. Damp stain. Age stain. All edges marbled, faded. Manuscript ownership of Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg, Jr. on title page in Volume I. Early manuscript inscription on first fly leaf "To W. Mathist from his sincere friend F.A. Muhlenburg, Jr. 1826." Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg (1818-1901) was the first president of Muhlenberg College 1867-76. 12mo. 195 mm. Original leather binding, very worn. Front board detached. Spine perished. Title continues: "With A Continuation To The Year 1815, By M. Schoell. Revised And Corrected By J.G. Cogswell. With A Sketch Of The Late Revolutions In France, Belgium, Poland, And Greece. Embellished with Engravings." S&S/AI 38427. Hardbound. AI BX 4
1859pp. 426, 8 [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Frontis and Half Title. Light damp stain on top edge of first few signatures. Binder's ticket on rear paste down of Geo. W. Alexander, New York. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full patterned cloth binding. Slight loss at head and tail of spine. Purple cloth faded. Very good. First Edition. Hardbound. BAL 19663. Born in Kennett Square, Chester County, PA, Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was a popular and influential American poet, literary critic, journalist, translator, and travel author. AI BX 2
1885pp. lxiv + 385 + Plus 24 plates in Color Chromolithography (some folding) + A folding map and four plans. 188 woodcuts in the text. Tall 8vo. 268 mm. Original gilt decorated cloth binding, worn at extremities. Very XLib with a couple of unsightly repairs, but really a sound and attractive copy. Hardbound. Very good. First American Edition. Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) was born in Neubukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Germany) but was a world-traveler as a treasure hunter and pioneer archaeologist. An advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer, he became the first important excavator of Troy and of the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. Schliemann brought dedication, enthusiasm, conviction a large fortune, and a great deal of luck to the work. His personal history is quite fascinating. At the Tiryns excavation he worked with Wilhelm Dorpfeld (1853-1940) a German architect, best known for his contributions to classical archaeology, and the wonderful drawings in this volume. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W112
1763pp. [4], 415, [1]. Small age and damp stains to the first and last 40 leaves or so. Wide margined. Large 4to. 300mm. All edges gold gilt. Early plain full vellum binding. Marbled endpapers. Hand lettered ownership of: J.M Hicks, Winton, September 1910. Sole quarto printing of the Greek New Testament using Baskerville type (i.e., Greek type that Baskerville designed and cut himself). The text follows the 1707 edition by John Mill (1645-1707), with seven variations. This quarto edition was limited to 500 copies, and is much scarcer than the 8vo edition issued around the same time. Gaskell - Add. 1; Darlow & Moule 4755. 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 became printer to Cambridge University. There he designed other fonts, including his remarkable Greek type. All of his books bear the marks of fine craftsmanship and a refined sense of design.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! RARE. SAFE ADD 1
1744pp. [4], 342. 12mo. 170 mm. Age stain on title. Nineteenth century full leather binding. No endpapers. A very interesting collection of English translations of Demosthenes Demosthenes (384322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Scarce. SMALL BOX 5