Somnium Charon Piscator et de Luctu [The Dream, Charon, The Fisher and Of Mourning ] by Luciani [ Lucian ] - 1885

Lipsiae: Sumptibus et Typis B.G. Teubneri, 1874. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Sunned and edgeworn cover; shaken, heavy foxing, some underlining, previous owner's names inside. Greek text. 410 pages.

Cambridge The University Press 1904.. This is either the third printing, as the publisher states, or the second printing of the second edition, as the author states. It is in any case a book in the original Greek: "In preparing these two dialogues for the press, I have used the text of Dindorf (1858), without any alterations in the Menippus, and with only a few in the Timon, duly noted. A few sentances have been omitted in Timon # 16, 17, as being scarcely suitable for class translation.". With Notes to each dialogue, and Index. . Originalleinen

GERMANY: Teubner (Leipzig) : Teubneri (Lipsiae), 1876. TEXT IN GREEK. Clean tight text but some cover wear.. Hardback. VG-.

Lipsiae: B. G. Teubneri, 1861. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear and tear, rubbing. Pages show foxing and tidemarks.

Lipsiae, Germany: Caspari Fritsch, 1794. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line of this collection of the sayings and satires of Lucian. Lucian of Samosata[a] (c. 125 – after 180), according to his Wikipedia entry, "was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal." Though his Mother tongue was likely Syriac, his works are in ancient Greek and then, secondarily, Latin. Two bookplates inside front flap denoting ex-library status (Ex Bibliotheca Borgiana legatum Collegio De Propoganda Fide), endpaper torn at bottom tip, accession sticker to spine bottom of tan paper over boards, moderately rubbed, chipping to spine head and foot, tips bumped and scuffed, ink-stamp at title page, moderately toned of interior,… Read More

Trajecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht]: Hermanni Besseling, 1746. This index volume forms Volume 4 of the works of Lucian published between 1743 and 1746. [8], xvi 500, [ii]. pp Full leather. The spine has gone, and the front and rear boards are detached from the text block. The title page and first gather are also detached. The leather boards have been held onto the book by tape at some point, and the outlines of this can be seen to the boards. Moderate foxing throughout. Sold as a complete copy of the index, in need of a re-bind. 260 x 205 mm (10¼ x 8 inches). Ce tome d'index forme le tome 4 des ouvrages de Lucien publiés entre 1743 et 1746. [8], xvi 500, [ii]. pp Plein cuir. Le dos a disparu et les planches avant et arrière sont détachées du bloc de texte. La page de titre et le premier rassemblement sont également détachés. Les planches de cuir ont été maintenues sur le livre par du ruban adhésif à un moment donné, et les contours de celui-ci peuvent être vus sur les planches. Des… Read More