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1524ref. GR915Vinegia, Gregorio de Gregori, small in-8vo, 14,3 x 9 cm, 156 leaves, full calf XIX c. binding, guilt back with 5 raised bands, morocco title slightly worn. Some later manuscript initials, coloured edges. Jacopo Poggio Bracciolini (Firenze 1441 - 1478) translated in italian his father's Giac.Fr. Pogio History of Florence, participated in the Pazzi conspiration against the Medici and was therefore hanged. Second rare italian translation of Cyropaedia. Adams X 39, not in Brunet.
ref. 33067A Paris par Vascosan imprimerie dudict seigneur 1568 in/4 95 pages reliure à la bradel pièce de titre en long en basane rouge Edition originale. Ouvrage traduit du Grec composé pour l'élévation et l'édification des rois et que l'on peut résumer justement par "l'art de bien régner" et qui traite de la paix et de la guerre par l'intermédiaire de textes traduits d'Isocrates et de Xenophon par Loys le Roy longue préface à Charles IX. unknown
ref. ORD-18755Paris. Antoine de Sommaville. 1661. Petit in-12 (82 x 140 mm) plein maroquin rouge, dos à 5 nerfs, orné de caissons finement décorés, triple filet or d'encadrement des plats avec rouelles en écoinçons, armes frappées au centre, roulette sur les coupes, dentelle intérieure, gardes joliment peignées, tranches dorées, 20ff. (Épitre au Cardinal Mazarin et Discours) et 461 pages. La page 401 et dernière de la table est entièrement et finement manuscrite. Très bel exemplaire aux armes de Marie Anne d'O, ou de sa soeur Gabrielle Françoise, marquises de Franconville. Olivier, 1705. Provenance rare. Petits défauts sans gravité dans le texte, reliure en excellent état.
1781ref. 615511781. unknown
1759ref. 000395Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano. Impensis Jacobi Fletcher Bibliopol. Oxon. Et J. Rivington & J. Fletcher London 1759. Hardcover. See Description. Third Oxford Edition. 8vo. pp. 16 401 31. With frontispiece of Socrates. Title page is printed in red and black. Greek text with the Latin version of J. Leunclavis. Pages are clean and crisp with occasional faint spots of marginal foxing. Inscription written in a miniscule old hand on verso of front free end paper. Period fine binding in full deep red morocco - smooth spine gilt in five compartments with a fer à l' oiseau center stamp and arabesque corner pieces. Front and rear covers framed with a simple triple line gilt fillet border. The interior contains inner dentelles and blue paste-paper end sheets. Tiffany bookplate of Michigan business man and avid book collector Albert May Todd known as "the Peppermint King" on the inside front cover. The binding is in an excellent state of preservation with some rubbing on the outer corner tips of the boards. All edges are gilt. An ownership note dated 1814 is written in a miniscule old hand on the verso of the front fly-leaf; a later penciled inscription bellow apparently notes that the book was in a Sotheby's auction Dec. 5-9 1927. Xenophon 428-354 b.c.e. Athenian aristocrat soldier and historian. His Memorabilia in four books records the reminiscences of Socrates with the intent of defending the sage against charges of impiety towards the gods. The discussions also focus on education and management of state. ESTC T145020; Schweiger I p.338. E Theatro Sheldoniano. Impensis Jacobi Fletcher, Bibliopol. Oxon. Et J. Rivington & J. Fletcher, London hardcover
1613ref. C105889Eton Windsor: Etonae Eton Excusum In Collegio Regali 1613. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Wide 8vo. 14 by 18 cms. pp 5 386 25 bound in blank sheets at rear with a few contemporary to the book scholarly notes in a neat small hand in Latin. Lacks blanks at front and rear in common with 2 of the 3 copies seen at auction in the last 60 years last one was 1980. Title translates as 'Eight Books on the Institution/Education of Cyrus. ' The text complete and clean of the book is entirely printed in Greek apart from the title page which is in Greek and Latin and features a small woodcut printers device showing intertwined snakes and a candelabra with feeding birds at base fish at top and flowers and fishes at the 2 cups- all against a sea background with ships. Woodcut illustrations at the head of each 8 books. An early printed edition of the Cyropaedia the famous ancient Greek philosophical novel by the historian and student of Socrates Xenophon. First edition of this work to be printed in England and fine example of Sir Henry Saville's 'silver type'. The 1613 Eton Edition was edited and prepared by the prominent English scholar and Provost of Eton College Sir Henry Savile 1549 - 1622. Savile established a private printing press at Eton College solely for printing scholarly editions of classical texts and the works of Church Fathers. He commissioned printer John Norton and the typesetter Melchisedec Bradwood. This 1613 De Cyri institutione used exceptional Greek typefaces and became a landmark for classical studies in early modern England. STC 26065 Full brown leather with gilt lines at edges of front and back five raised bands at spine spine title lettering in blind ie lacking the gilt boards slightly loose but holding some rubbing and minor edgewar wear about very good very clean text with no tears or nicks. Etonae ( Eton) Excusum In Collegio Regali hardcover
ref. 20717Henricus Stephanus, 1641. Grand in-8, [16]-587-[1]+42-[1] pp., demi-basane havane de Saulnier, dos à nerfs orné de filets à froid et fleurons dorés, tranches mouchetées (basane épidermée, 2 mors fendus, mouillures, restaurations de papier, taches, petites rousseurs).
ref. elala3232Venice: Gabriel Giolito De’ Ferrari 1558. Second Edition of the Italian Translation by Lodovico Domenichi first: 1548. Adams X40. Bongi II p. 64. BM STC Italian 738. Graesse VI 403. Hoffmann III p. 605. Schweiger I p. 344. small 8vo. ff. 163. lacking final leaf with printer’s device. part of title within woodcut border. woodcut printer’s device on title. woodcut ornaments & initials. 19th century calf worn & oxidized several small holes in title affecting 2 letters light dampstains & foxing to outer leaves Venice: Gabriel Giolito De’ Ferrari, 1558 unknown
ref. 38646XENOPHON. GREEK XENOPHONTIS. DE CYRI INSTITUTIONE LIBRI OCTO. Philadelphia: Wm. Poyntell 1806. 8vo. Contemporary sheep. iv 547 pages. First edition. Shaw and Shoemaker 11903. This is the first book printed in America from Greek type made in this country. Carey's edition of Epictitus 1792 the first American book printed in Greek type was made from type cast from matrices imported from France by Benjamin Bache. The two Greek fonts used in the 1806 edition of Xenophon were cast by Binny and Ronaldson under the direction of John Watts who was specifically brought from England to supervise the type production as well as the editing and printing of this book. John Watts opened his own printing shop in New York 1809 and became one of the earliest practitioners of stereotyping in this country. Aside from being a landmark in the history of American printing the text of Xenophon was carefully prepared correcting more than one thousand errors found in the London printing of Thomas Hutchinson edition on which this is based. It was the first of a series of school books published by William Poyntell which were cast in Greek type. Early hand-made bookplate on inside of front board; contemporary owner's signature dated 1817 on title leaf. Hinges of this volume has been professionally strengthened else a very good copy. unknown
ref. 38646XENOPHON. GREEK XENOPHONTIS. DE CYRI INSTITUTIONE LIBRI OCTO. Philadelphia: Wm. Poyntell 1806. 8vo. Contemporary sheep. iv 547 pages. First edition. Shaw and Shoemaker 11903. This is the first book printed in America from Greek type made in this country. Carey's edition of Epictitus 1792 the first American book printed in Greek type was made from type cast from matrices imported from France by Benjamin Bache. The two Greek fonts used in the 1806 edition of Xenophon were cast by Binny and Ronaldson under the direction of John Watts who was specifically brought from England to supervise the type production as well as the editing and printing of this book. John Watts opened his own printing shop in New York 1809 and became one of the earliest practitioners of stereotyping in this country. Aside from being a landmark in the history of American printing the text of Xenophon was carefully prepared correcting more than one thousand errors found in the London printing of Thomas Hutchinson edition on which this is based. It was the first of a series of school books published by William Poyntell which were cast in Greek type. Early hand-made bookplate on inside of front board; contemporary owner's signature dated 1817 on title leaf. Hinges of this volume has been professionally strengthened else a very good copy. unknown books
1712ref. 1008F33London: T. Ilive for G. Sawbridge 1712 . Leather. Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Edward Bysshe's very scarce translation of the 'Memorabilia' of Greek military leader philosopher and historian Xenophon. The very scarce first edition of this work to be translated by English writer Edward Bysshe.Illustrated with a frontispiece and one further plate. Collated complete.Bysshe has here translated Xenophon's classic work 'Memorabilia' which offers anecdotal accounts and dialogues intended to defend Socrates against the charges that led to his trial illustrating his moral teachings on virtue self-control piety and practical wisdom.ESTC T145657With the bookplate of Avancez to the front pastedown and of Michael Cecil de Courcy Peele to the front free endpaper.The work emphasises Socrates's character and philosophical method. In a contemporary panelled calf binding. Renewed spine label to back strip. Small losses of calf to back strip head and tail. Front joint and rear joint head and tail starting with boards tenderly held. Bookplates to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type but clean. Good T. Ilive, for G. Sawbridge hardcover
1767ref. 38606Glasgow Robert & Andrew Foulis 1767 4 vol. petits in-8 veau blond, dos lisses cloisonnés et ornés de semis de grotesques dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison noires, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, tranches mouchetées de bleu [Rel. de l'époque],
1661ref. RMP788París Antoine de Sommaville 1661. 12mo. 48 538 12 pp. Encuadernación de finales siglo XVIII al estilo Cambridge con cinco nervios y lomo cuajado; marcos dorados en tapas y ornamentos gofrados en esquinas; cantos color rojo; ligero desgaste en los bordes y etiqueta de papel pegada en la parte superior del lomo. Pequeño orificio en la bisagra delantera inferior. Subrayados ocasionales en el texto; manchas de humedad a lo largo de la obra que no afectan. Edición parisina poco común de la Ciropedia de Jenofonte biografía histórica en forma novelada de Ciro el Grande fundador del Imperio aqueménida. La obra combina elementos de historia y filosofía política y presenta a Ciro como modelo de gobernante ideal resaltando sus virtudes cualidades de liderazgo y métodos de gobierno. Ciropedia del griego ΚÏÏου παιδεία / Kýrū paidèiÄ "Educación de Ciro" es una obra biográfica parcialmente ficticia que abarca la juventud ascenso y gobierno de Ciro escrita posiblemente entre los años 380 y 365 a. C. La obra consta de ocho libros los cuales tienen el objetivo de representar el ideal de soberano y caballero a partir de la figura ejemplar de Ciro. El libro I presenta el devenir de su personaje en cambio los libros del II al VIII narran su modo de actuar producto de ese devenir. Jenofonte en griego antiguo: Ξενοφῶν XenÅfṓn; en griego moderno: Ξενοφών ca. 431 a. C.-354 a. C. fue un historiador militar y filósofo de la Antigua Grecia. Antoine de Sommaville hardcover
1711ref. BTETM0002675Oxford: Sheldonian 1711. 1st Edition. Contemporary panelled calf. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo Standard 8vo 6 נ9 in 152 נ229 mm . Michael Burghers. Please email for Photographs or further information.1711 Oxford Edition With Important Oxford ProvenancePLATONOS KAI XENOPHONTOS SYMPOSIABy Plato Xenophon Plutarch & Lucian Ed. Henry AldrichKEY DETAILSCondition: Very GoodFormat: Contemporary panelled calf Octavo Standard 8vo 6 נ9 in 152 נ229 mm Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.Published By: Sheldonian Oxford 1711Language: Greek with Latin prefatory and editorial materialIllustrated By: Michael BurghersProvenance: Very probably Edwin Sandys 17261797 later 2nd Baron Sandys; acquired in 1747 as a gift from his very dear friend Ant. Champion very probably Anthony Champion 17251801Collation: Unpaginated preliminaries; 94 52 11 pp.; terminal errata presentSKU: BTETM0002675Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2KgTracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer RequestDESCRIPTIONPlatonos kai Xenophontos SymposiaPloutarchou Symposion Hepta Sophon Loukianou Symposion LapithaiAn attractive and unusually well-provenanced Oxford Greek anthology bringing together four of antiquitys great literary treatments of the symposium: Platos Symposium Xenophons Symposium Plutarchs Banquet of the Seven Sages and Lucians satirical Symposium or The Lapiths.Printed at Oxfords Sheldonian Theatre in 1711 and edited by Henry Aldrich the volume places the philosophical Socratic moral and satirical traditions of the classical banquet beside one another allowing the symposium to be followed from Platos celebrated exploration of love and philosophical ascent through Xenophons convivial portrait of Socrates and Plutarchs legendary sages to Lucians comic dismantling of philosophical pretension.The edition is principally in Greek accompanied by Latin prefatory and editorial material and concluding annotations. The title page is particularly attractive with a finely engraved view of the Sheldonian Theatre the Oxford University printing house from which the book was issued.Institutional and modern auction catalogues attribute the editing of the 1711 Symposia to Henry Aldrich. Aldrich died in December 1710 making this one of the classical works associated with his scholarship to appear immediately after his death. An early nineteenth-century auction catalogue unusually records the edition as a Fairfax; the precise basis and identity behind that attribution have not been established and Fairfax is therefore not retained here as a co-editor.The present copy is preserved in an appealing contemporary panelled calf binding and is distinguished by an important manuscript provenance from the Oxford classical milieu of the 1740s.PROVENANCEVery probably Edwin Sandys 17261797 later 2nd Baron Sandys; acquired in 1747 as a gift from his very dear friend Ant. Champion very probably Anthony Champion 17251801The front flyleaf bears the early ink inscription:Ed: Sandys 1747 Ex dono amici charissimi Ant: Champion approximately From the gift of my very dear friend Anthony Champion.The Ed: Sandys is very probably Edwin Sandys 17261797 later 2nd Baron Sandys of Ombersley. Sandys matriculated at New College Oxford on 21 May 1743 aged seventeen and became a notable classical scholar and bibliophile. He was later appointed a trustee of the British Museum and records made at his death attest to a substantial personal library.The attribution is supported by comparison with securely provenanced books from Sandyss library including a 1746 Oxford presentation volume now held by New College Library. The abbreviated form Ed: Sandys the formation of the name and the date of the present inscription are closely consistent with material associated with Sandys during precisely this period of his life.The donor recorded as Ant: Champio - For full description please contact the seller Sheldonian unknown
1625ref. 57998Lutetiae Parisiorum Paris: Societatem Graecarum Editionum 1625. Early edition. Good . 1213pp. Thick folio 36 cm 3/4 leather with marbled paper over boards. Red text block edges. Spine label perished at edges. Title page vignette. Double columns. The inner columns are in Greek the outer columns are in Latin. Decorative headpieces and initials. Appendix and three indices at the rear. Joints and spine ends skillfully restored. Tape was formerly present at the head and foot of spine and the surrounding areas of the front board. It has been professionally removed. New endbands. The hinges have been reinforced. A tear to the front flleaf has been repaired with Japanese tissue. There is a lengthy and very warm contemporary gift inscription dated 1854 from a student to his former Greek and Latin professor on the front flyleaf. There are light tidemarks in the the bottom margins of the pages which very slightly bleed into the text. There are several pages which do have a bit more dampstaining. There are periodic instances of error in pagination however the text runs consecutively. The text opens with a description of Xenophon's life. This edition was originally published in Frankfurt in 1595. Xenophon produced a large body of work. His works are an important because they reveal much about late Classical Greece. They were also very novel for the times representing some of the earliest examples of the nonmedical treatise and autobiographical narrative "Anabasis". Furthermore not only were many of his works inspired by his own personal experiences giving them a personal touch and rendering them significant in that way as well but they were also created with the ultimate goal of serving as moral instruction. Xenophon was exiled from Athens following a fight in Coronea in 394 in which Xenophon had supported Sparta against the Greek Coalition. The cause of his exile still remains a matter of dispute. Societatem Graecarum Editionum unknown
1625ref. 57998Lutetiae Parisiorum Paris: Societatem Graecarum Editionum 1625. Early edition. Good . 1213pp. Thick folio 36 cm 3/4 leather with marbled paper over boards. Red text block edges. Spine label perished at edges. Title page vignette. Double columns. The inner columns are in Greek the outer columns are in Latin. Decorative headpieces and initials. Appendix and three indices at the rear. Joints and spine ends skillfully restored. Tape was formerly present at the head and foot of spine and the surrounding areas of the front board. It has been professionally removed. New endbands. The hinges have been reinforced. A tear to the front flleaf has been repaired with Japanese tissue. There is a lengthy and very warm contemporary gift inscription dated 1854 from a student to his former Greek and Latin professor on the front flyleaf. There are light tidemarks in the the bottom margins of the pages which very slightly bleed into the text. There are several pages which do have a bit more dampstaining. There are periodic instances of error in pagination however the text runs consecutively. The text opens with a description of Xenophon's life. This edition was originally published in Frankfurt in 1595. Xenophon produced a large body of work. His works are an important because they reveal much about late Classical Greece. They were also very novel for the times representing some of the earliest examples of the nonmedical treatise and autobiographical narrative "Anabasis". Furthermore not only were many of his works inspired by his own personal experiences giving them a personal touch and rendering them significant in that way as well but they were also created with the ultimate goal of serving as moral instruction. Xenophon was exiled from Athens following a fight in Coronea in 394 in which Xenophon had supported Sparta against the Greek Coalition. The cause of his exile still remains a matter of dispute. Societatem Graecarum Editionum unknown books
ref. 003200London: printed for J. Millan at Locke's Head in Shug-Lane and the next Bookseller to the Horse-Guards 1727. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 112pp. Title-page in red-and-black. Five books in one volume. Contemporary blindstamped sheep respined in cloth at a later date. Corners and edges worn. Deaccessioned from Harvard. Harvard bookplate on front pastedown gift of Mary Bryant Brandegee in memory of William Fletcher Weld. ESTC T105254. Mary Bryant Pratt Brandegee 1871-1956 was a granddaughter of Boston shipping magnate William Fletcher Weld. Stains on rear endpapers. Some thumbing and foxing. 0 London: printed for J. Millan at Locke's Head in Shug-Lane, and the next Bookseller to the Horse-Guards, 1727. hardcover
1865ref. 12674Harper & Brothers 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Violet cloth boards are rubbed and bumped on the corners sunned top edge and spine tears head/tail of spine. Scattered foxing throughout. All orders packed with care most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve independent bookseller since 2011 Harper & Brothers hardcover
2001ref. 20922Malden MA: Blackwell Pub. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 300 pages -- Interior text is clean tight and unmarked. Pages are intact and tight to the spine. From a review by Theodore Scaltas University of Edinburgh: "This is the most insightful overarching analysis of the good in Plato and Aristotle of recent decades. Santas offers a comprehensive framework for the classification and detailed discussion of Plato's and Aristotle's theories of good with valuable comparisons to positions in the history of philosophy and contemporary debates. A very wise investment for moral and ancient philosophers." -- with a bonus offer--; TOS006370; Santas Gerasimos Xenophon Goodness and Justice: Plato Aristotle and the Moderns PHILOSOPHY JUSTICE PLATO ARISTOTLE LAW PHILOSOPHY . 2001. 0631172599 . Blackwell Pub hardcover
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2001ref. 33673Williston Vermont U.S.A.: Blackwell Publishing. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW NEVER OPENED -- 300 pages -- DESCRIPTION: "This volume explores Plato's and Aristotle's theories about good things goodness and the best life for human beings and draws comparisons between ancient and modern theories of good and justice. Goodness and Justice argues that goodness was the most fundamental normative concept in the ethics of Plato and Aristotle and illustrates how they used their functional and formal theories of good to build their theories of virtue justice and happiness. It also shows that they fought subjective theories of good as desire satisfaction and good as pleasure in favor of what they thought was a more objective concept of good found in form and function. The comparisons with the moderns illuminate the merits and limits of ancient and modern ethical theories and place them within a broad philosophical and historical context. " -- AUTHOR: "Gerasimos Santas is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Irvine. He is author of Socrates: Philosophy in Plato's Early Dialogues 1979 and Plato and Freud: Two Theories of Love." - Blackwell -- with a bonus offer--; 520-Santa; JUSTICE PLATO ARISTOTLE LAW PHILOSOPHY . 2001. 0631172599 . Blackwell Publishing hardcover
1994ref. 14384Ithaca New York U.S.A.: Cornell Univ Pr. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Book In fine Condition -- with a bonus offer--; 014384; SOCRATES PHILOSOPHY HISTORY SURVEYS ANCIENT . 1994. 0801429633 . Cornell Univ Pr hardcover
1711ref. 66266Chez Henri Schelte | à Amsterdam 1711 | 9.50 x 15 cm (In-12) | relié
1838ref. 054600Cairo: Bulaq Printing House 1838. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original full leather bdg. with its miklep traditional flap embossed shamsa mystical sun on boards. Roy. 8vo. 24 x 17 cm. In Ottoman script. 8 263 p. Sarlavla page decorated with traditional ornaments. First edition of this extremely rare and the first translation of the Anabasis of Alexander in the Ottoman / Turkish literature. One of 1010 copies. The Anabasis of Alexander was composed by Arrian of Nicomedia in the second century AD most probably during the reign of Hadrian. The Anabasis which survives complete in seven books is a history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great specifically his conquest of the Persian Empire between 336 and 323 BC. Both the unusual title "Anabasis" literally "a journey up-country from the sea" and the work's seven-book structure reflect Arrian's emulation in structure style and content of the Greek historian Xenophon whose own Anabasis in seven books concerned the earlier campaign "up-country" of Cyrus the Younger in 401 BC. The Anabasis is by far the fullest surviving account of Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire. It primarily revolves around the military history reflecting the content of Arrian's model Xenophon's Anabasis; the work begins with Alexander's accession to the Macedonian throne in 336 BC and has nothing to say about Alexander's early life in contrast say to Plutarch's Life of Alexander. Nor does Arrian aim to provide a complete history of the Greek-speaking world during Alexander's reign. Arrian's chief sources for writing the Anabasis were the lost contemporary histories of the campaign by Ptolemy and Aristobulus and for his later books Nearchus. One of Arrian's main aims in writing this work on history seems to have been to correct the standard "Vulgate" narrative of Alexander's reign that was dominant in his day primarily associated with the lost writings of the historian Cleitarchus. The Anabasis gives a broadly chronological account of the reign of Alexander the Great of Macedonia 336-323 BC with a particular focus on military matters. George Rhasis Yorgaki Razi translated Anabasis Alexandrou = "History of Alexander the son of Philip" the work of Xenophon under the title "Târîh-i Iskender bin Filipos". This is the first translation of an ancient Greek historian into Turkish. Georgios Rhasis who was one of the first writers of the French-Turkish dictionary in the early period was an Ottoman intellectual who worked as an instructor and translator in Ottoman and French languages. He also taught at the Eastern Languages School in Paris and continued her studies in Corfu and Paris. In 1821 he came to be in Istanbul as a famous orientalist. Rhasis left the city and the homeland he lived in to settle in Tsarist Russia due to concerns during the Greek Revolution in 1821. The Bulaq or El-Amiriya Press is the first official and governmental printing press to be established in Egypt and functions according to industrial printing basis causing not just a qualitative but also a quantitative and knowledgeable leap in science throughout the Arab region. It was established in 1820 by Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt and Sudan 1769-1849 and was part of Muhammad Ali's inclusive development plans for the modernization of Egypt. Aynur 112 Müteferrika 64.; Library of Congress Karl Süssheim Collection no. 129. OCLC: 966315151.; Only six copies in OCLC: 27236333.; Alex II 25.; BM e15.; Cairo FKT 166.; IstUKT 802.; Bianchi CD 155.; Bulaq IF 8:21.; Bulaq FK 7:8.; Ridwan 162.; Özege 19837 No author and no translator in Özege record. Bulaq Printing House hardcover
1711ref. 66266à Amsterdam: Chez Henri Schelte 1711. Fine. Copy bearing the arms of Queen Elisabeth Farnese of Spain Princess of Parma. Chez Henri Schelte à Amsterdam 1711 9.50 x 15 cm In-12 relié First bilingual edition with French facing Greek translated by Pierre Coste with his footnotes. Title page printed in red and black. Extended preface by Pierre Coste. Copy bearing the arms of Queen Elisabeth Farnese of Spain Princess of Parma queen from 1714 to 1746. A woman of power whose policies profoundly influenced Spain. Double coat of arms surmounted by a closed royal crown encircled by the collars of the Orders of the Holy Spirit and the Golden Fleece. Dexter: Spain; sinister: Farnese ""or with six fleurs-de-lys azure 321"". An intriguing feature of the queens arms: the collars of the Orders of the Holy Spirit and of the Golden Fleece although these orders were never bestowed upon women. Contemporary full speckled blond calf binding. Spine with raised bands richly gilt. Crimson morocco title-piece. Arms gilt-stamped at the centre of the covers. Triple fillet border on the covers. All edges gilt. Slight wear to headcaps. Upper joint largely split. Lower joint split at head. Hieron is a dialogue by Xenophon between a philosopher Simonides and a king Hieron; through Simonides questions emerges a vision of kingship. As the edition dates from 1711 and Elisabeth Farnese only acceded to royal dignity in 1714 the association of this text with the rare arms of the young and newly crowned queen takes on a distinctly symbolic dimension: a reflection on power and on the way of preparing for it through the reading of the Ancients. Chez Henri Schelte hardcover