Classical History

Paris: J. Barbou, 1767. Very Good. 12mo (16 cm); x, 441, [2], [1 blank] pages. Engraved frontispiece by Gravelot of Caesar crossing the Rubicon. Woodcut ornaments. Bound in contemporary tan calf with gilt border; spine tooled in gilt; leather label. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. References: Schweiger, 565; Cohen-De Ricci 661. Handsome Barbou edition of the great silver epic on the Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey. Dante placed Lucan among the five greatest classical poets; Shelley preferred him to Virgil. This edition includes the 1640 "continuation" of the Pharsalia by the English poet Thomas May, and the Civil War fragment by Petronius.

Paris: Mathurini Du Puis, 1634. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to. pp. [14], 853, [19], 126. Title in red and black with small crown vignette. Text is in Greek with Latin translation on opposite page. Bound in full red morocco (perhaps later 17th century) with spine gilt in 6 compartments - rubbed, chipped. Hinges and spine caps restored; careful repair to corner tips of front cover. All edges gilt. Pages contain minor scattered foxing and age toning. Inscription written in an old hand on verso of front blank. First printed edition of the "Excerpta Peiresciana" manuscript or "De Virtutuibus et Vitiis," part of a large Byzantine anthology of excerpts which were gathered from earlier Greek historical works and compiled under the direction of the emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus (905-959 c.e.). The collection was arranged in 53 sections, 4 of which are extant - 1.) "De Legationibus" 2.) "De Virtutibus et Vitiis" 3.) "De Sententiis" 4.)… Read More

Paris (Lutetiae): Robertus Stephanus Cum privilegio Regis, 1551. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice Estienne printer's device on titlepage of basilisk wound round vine and floral headpiece and initial on first page of life of Pompey the Great.. Small quarto (23.5x14mm) half 19th century morocco on 5 bands gilt ruled with Greek title and brown marbled boards, marbled endpapers with neat Greek Athens bookseller's label, 357pp +[3]pp Variae Lectiones & Errata. Beautifully clean and crisp, handsome Greek typography. *Editio princeps of the epitome of Dio's Roman history, abridged in the 11th century by Joannes Xiphilinus, the only source for Dio's lost books 61-80, dealing with events from 47 B.C. to 235 A.D. Robert Estienne issued this epitome to compliment his folio edition of Dio Cassius of 1548. Printed in the gros-romain font of the "grecs du roi", cut by Claude Garamond.

NY: Columbia University. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B0017CWHU6 . Slate Blue cloth, gilt, both bright. Signed and inscribed ffep by the author in the year of publication. Erratum slip bound in p215. Tattered, unclipped (4.50) dj; 8vo; 339 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Richard Priestley, 1824. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Maps and Plates,. Xv, 409; (Iii), 341; (Iii), 392 Pp, With Half Titles In Volumes 2 And 3. A Complete Set In Original Brown Cloth Spines Over Gray Boards, With Original Paper Spine Labels 4.7 Cm Tall, Volume Numbers In Arabic Numerals (Also Known With Taller Spine Labels With Roman Numerals, Priority Unknown). Taylor's Corrected Second Edition, Adding His Notes Which Were Omitted From The First Printing. Worn With Some Fraying At Corners, Volume 1 With Cracked Front Joint Along Which Is A 2 1/2" X 1/4" Loss Of Spine Cloth, Not Affecting The Labels. Bookplates Of Francis Davies Of Pershere With Rampant Lion And Motto "Lucem Spero", No Other Names Or Marks. Enclosed In A New Quarter Morocco Clamshell Box With Marbled Paper Covers And Interior.

NY: Crown, 1977. NEAR FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1977. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in hunter green boards and cloth spine in grass green gravesite pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Publisher issued wrinkle to rear paste down. Breath of toning to page edges upper corner, else FINE. 'A Pictorial, Historical, and Ancedotal View of American and European Cemeteries and the Famous and Infamous People Who Are Buried There.' Includes 256 monumental photographs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1867. Small Octavo. 273pp. with an appendix containing the names of the Union soldiers who died at Andersonville, Illustrated by Thomas Nast. [Nevins p. 192; Much useful data on daily life and officials at such prisons as Charleston and Florence; very bitter against Confederates]. bound inmaroon cloth over beveled boards, pictorial gilt spine, brown endpapers. Light wear to corners and spine ends. A very good copy.

London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co.1831 + M. A. Nattali 1841 + Baldwin And Cradock 1834, 1831. First Edition Thus . Original Brown Cloth. Good. Four Volumes Bound In Original Brown Cloth, Gilt Short Title "Greek Prosody" And Authors Listed On Spine, Embossed Cloth. 179 Pp + 1 Pp Catalog; 123 Pp.; 44 Pp.; 67 Pp. The Spitzner And Goettling Works Are Apparently First Printings (1831); The Burton Is A Fifth Printing (1841); And The Tate Is A Fourth Printing (1834). Gilt Bright. Considerable Wear To Cloth With Some Fraying At Corners, Spine Cloth Split Along Upper Two Thirds Of Rear Edge And Across Spine So Held Only By Front Edge- But Easily Re-Glued; Front Hinge Solid, Rear Hinge Weak And With A Few Short Splits; Owner's Blind Stamp On Front Free Endpaper; A Few 1/8" Holes On Foredge Of Front Free Endpaper; Dampstaining Along Parts Of Foredges Of All Pages And Endpapers, Not Intruding Into Text; Many Small, Light Damp Spots On Covers. The Tate Paper Is Rare, Only 5 Copies Listed In… Read More

New York: George Long, 1828 Four volumes in contempory calf w/ gilt decorations, title plate spine, gilt borders, boards tight. Extra engraved title page, frontisportrait of author. From the Latest London Edition, Carefully Revised and Corrected. Foxing, stains, shaken leaf rear vol. I. All foldout maps present. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Illustrated with Maps of Ancient Geography and Engravings Adapted to the Work. First American Edition.. Full-Leather. Good.

1535. Norimbergae [Nürnberg], (Apud Ioannem Petreium), 1535. 4to. Bound in a beautiful contemporary full blindstamped vellum binding over wooden boards. Boards with blindstamped borders with portraits of Marcus, Johannes, Mattheus, Lucas, inside which large square blindstamped centre-piece with floriated decorations and small portriats. Three raised bands to back. Brass clasps to boards partially preserved. A bit of overall wear and general use. Overall a very nice and tight copy. Internally very nice and clean with only a bit of occasional minor brownspotting and soiling. Two leaves with a spot to outer margin (looks like remain of wax or lacquer), far from affecting text. Last four leaves of Greek text with dampstaining. First leaf of Latin text with coloured initial and a couple of red and green underlinings. Woodcut initials. First ab. 10 leaves of text with neat contemporary annotations in Latin and Greek. (6),59, (4) ff. + 84, (24) ff. (The four leaves in between the Greek and the Latin text… Read More

London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine. 4to. 4to. Contemporary calf binding with rebacked spine and raised bands. xxxix [1] tipped in errata slip, 252 p.p., cxliv. 15 colour plates [4 folding], 9 engravings [2 folding], 4 tables [2 folding] and 3 folding charts including frontispiece. Light scratches to front and rear board with rubbing to extremities, but otherwise in fine condition. Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a member of the Royal Navy, British naval officer and explorer who was selected to lead an arctic expedition through David Strait and Baffin Bay in search of a Northwest passage. He commanded the ship Isabella, while William Edward Parry was in command of their second ship, Alexander. Captain Edward Sabine was chosen by the Royal Society to make scientific observations. Also onboard was Ross' nephew, James Clark Ross. During the expedition he met with several Inuit tribes which he records. Unfortunately, Ross made several critical errors, among them his false claim of… Read More

3 volumes of French engraver F.A. David's depiction of the gems, engraved stones and statues in the collection of the Medicis, Grand Dukes of Tuscany, at the Museum of Florence.All copperplates drawn and engraved by Francois-Anne David with explanations by F. Mulot, Doctor in Theology at the Faculty of Paris. Vol. 1: Ancient gems, 258 pp, 95 plates of portraits of Roman emperors, mythological gods and goddesses, philosophers, poets, monsters, etc. Vol. 2: Ancient gems, 176 pp, 96 plates of gods and goddesses, cupids, Bacchantes and figures from Roman mythologyVol. 3: Statues, 143pp, 72 plates of gods, goddesses, Bacchantes and figures from Greek and Roman mythology.Condition: Leather spines disintegrating, boards hanging by a thread, text and tissue guards foxed, but plates mostly clean and sharp, although slightly browned.Francois-Anne David was a French engraver and publisher, a pupil of Le Bas, who lived and worked in Paris (1741-1824).Heavy set, extra shipping charges required.

Padova (Padua): Presso Giuseppe Comino, 1755. RARE edition. lxxx, 343, (3), pag. 344-669 pp. Text in columns, parallel Italian and Latin. Finely bound in contemporary full vellum, brown and black morocco labels on intricately gilt backs, blue handmade paper end pages, armorial bookplate and French bookseller bookplate Vol. I, armorial bookplate Vol. II. Internally clean and bright, Very Good Plus, vellum soiled. A quite handsome set. . New Edition. Vellum. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.

Lugduni Batavorum (London): Samuelem Luchtmans et Fil, 1748. Two volumes in contemporary full vellum, Illustrated with allegorical frontispiece engraving and folding engraved map of the known earth in classical times, with numerous copperplate engravings in the text. Title page of V. 2 reads: ..." Pars altera exhibens animadversiones Isaaci Vossii, Jacobi Perizonii, et Abrahami Gronovii, ac dedicationes & praefationes virorum doctorum, atque vitam Fredenandi Nonii Pintiani ab Andrea Schotto descriptam, & quatuor indices ..." (20), 546, (4), 547-1081, (55) pp. The only ancient treatise on geography in classical Latin, written roughly 43 or 44 CE, and remaining in use until around 1500. Very Good. both volumes moderately toned, vellum soiled, map and frontispiece engraving are Fine, small holes top corner first 6 pages Vol. 1 and top corner front end page Vol. 2. A quite handsome and well bound copy of this SCARCE edition in contemporary vellum binding. . Editio Altera (… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap 1905. Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First trade edition, first printing. Very good book. Bound in dark red ribbed leather. Pages have a dark gilt to top edges. Former owner name, and dedication penned on back of front cover and another owners name penned on front pastedown. Shelf wear to edges, no jacket. Fairly scarce. 8vo .441 pages. Illistrated.