Search Results: Humanism from Ancient World Books

C. H. Beck. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Light shelfwear to book. DJ has edgewear with a few small chips. ; Collection of Pfeiffer's works in German and English. ; 304 pages .

Vandehoeck & Ruprecht. Very Good+. 1982. Softcover. 3525251688 . Spine slightly faded. Very minor shelfwear. ; Text is in English with Greek selections. Examines the complexities of the Greek attitudes toward war, morality, and interstate relations through the narrow apercus provided by Greek capitulation treaties down to the end of Philip II's reign. ; Hypomnemata Untersuchungen Zur Antike Und Zu Ihrem Nachleben Heft 71; 142 pages .

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2014. Hardcover. 1442641665 . Very minor shelfwear to books with faint bump to 1 corner of each volume. DJs have minor shelfwear. ; This final volume in the Literary and Educational Writings contains diverse woks spanning a generation. They demonstrate Erasmus' skill in applying classical rhetoric to contemporary Christian needs. Four are short rhetorical pieces; the next group illustrates facets of Erasmus' classical scholarship and includes several works that bear witness to Erasmus' friendship with Thomas More. The last and most expansive piece in the volume, the Lingua, has not previously been translated into English. This work represents Erasmus' growing criticism of his theological position by both Catholics and reformers. ; Collected Works of Erasmus 37-38; Vol. 37-38; 1056 pages .

University of Toronto Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0802058183 . Very minor shelfwear to book else fine. DJ has chipping and tears along top edge with some rubbing. ; This final volume in the Literary and Educational Writings contains diverse woks spanning a generation. They demonstrate Erasmus' skill in applying classical rhetoric to contemporary Christian needs. Four are short rhetorical pieces; the next group illustrates facets of Erasmus' classical scholarship and includes several works that bear witness to Erasmus' friendship with Thomas More. The last and most expansive piece in the volume, the Lingua, has not previously been translated into English. This work represents Erasmus' growing criticism of his theological position by both Catholics and reformers. ; Collected Works of Erasmus 29; 546 pages .

University of Toronto Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0802058183 . Very minor shelfwear with light bump to 1 corner. Minor soiling to front panel of DJ. Creasing along top edge with a bit of chipping and 1 tear (1.5 cm). ; This final volume in the Literary and Educational Writings contains diverse woks spanning a generation. They demonstrate Erasmus' skill in applying classical rhetoric to contemporary Christian needs. Four are short rhetorical pieces; the next group illustrates facets of Erasmus' classical scholarship and includes several works that bear witness to Erasmus' friendship with Thomas More. The last and most expansive piece in the volume, the Lingua, has not previously been translated into English. This work represents Erasmus' growing criticism of his theological position by both Catholics and reformers. ; Collected Works of Erasmus 29; 546 pages .

J. J. Augustin Publisher. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. Minor rubbing to boards. Light rubbing to boards. ; 34 pp + 46 pl at end ; 34 pages .

Leiden: Elzevier. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1648. Hardcover. Woodcut title vignette, devices and initials, contemporary vellum, yapp edges. Ink letters to top corner of first pages (from a to i). Small circle institution stamp to titlepage and to obverse of titlepage (University of London) and last page. Light Ink lines (1 or 2) and very minor ink notes (1 page) to index pages (about 6 pp). Rear inner cover shows faint evidence of removed plate. Small 1 cm tear near top of gutter of ffep. Former owner's name to ffep. Some foxing. Some darkening to vellum binding. ; [136] pp + 844 pp + [18] pp. "attack upon astrology by Claude Saumaise or Salmasius, the great French classical scholar, in his De annis climactericis, a long work published at Leyden in 1648" (Thorndike VII, 103). ; 990 pages .

Lundu, Sarawak : [Otto Steinmayer]. Very Good. 1999. Softcover. Creasing to spine with minor chipping. ; 77 pages .

The Committee for Conference On Editorial Problems. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 096913830X . Light rubbing. ; Contents: Coleridge and the Self-unravelling Clue; Critical Edition of Diderot's Oeuvres complètes; On editing Erasmus; Three myths in Editing Russell's Collected Papers; Editing Hegel's Encyclopedia. ; 176 pages .

Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. Hardcover. 0802051251 . Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Endpapers a bit browned. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 216 pages .

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1975. Softcover. 3534059433 . Some rubbing to spine label else book is fine. ; Xxxix, 361 pp ; Vol. 2; 361 pages .

Thomas Yoseloff. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Light edgewear. Spine ends are lightly worn. Former Gift inscription and marker dot to fly-page. Otherwise Near Fine. ; 18 pps text by Charles Mitchell, 10 tipped in colour plates with accompanying text by Plutarch. Humanistic culture of early fifteenth century Florence is brilliantly exemplifiedby the colorful illuminations from this Latin translation of ten of Plutarch's Lives Accompanied by English translations describing the scenes. ; The Library of Illuminated Manuscripts; 40 pages .

Thomas Yoseloff. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Tiny stain to front board. Very minor shelfwear. DJ has a couple of tiny chips. ; 18 pps text by Charles Mitchell, 10 tipped in colour plates with accompanying text by Plutarch. Humanistic culture of early fifteenth century Florence is brilliantly exemplifiedby the colorful illuminations from this Latin translation of ten of Plutarch's Lives Accompanied by English translations describing the scenes. ; The Library of Illuminated Manuscripts; 40 pages .

J. M. Dent & Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. Frontispiece has been repaired with cloth tape. Former owner's name to ffep deleted with black marker. Chipping to spine ends. 1 corner lightly bumped. Light edgewear to corners. Dampstaining to corners of 3-4 pages and rear inner corner. Some pencil notes by R. E. Fantham. Pages tanned. ; 350 pages .

Clarendon Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1957. Second Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Non-circulating set. Books have minor shelfwear and rubbing. Else VG; Two Volume Set. Volume I has 408 pages. Volume II has 409 pages. .

George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.. Good+. 1964. Softcover. Wraps yellowed. Laminate chipping in places. Internally VG. ; 204 pages .

University of North Carolina Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has minor edgewear with a few small chips. Price-clipped dustjacket. ; Xi, 137pp. ; 137 pages; Examines Aeschylus' religious and political thought. .

The Macmillan Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. Former owner's name to ffep in ink. Pages slightly tanned. Light foxing to inner covers and textblock. Light edgewear to corners. ; University of Michigan Humanistic Papers; 396 pages .

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. 0866984089 . Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Viii, 304pp. This volume presents essays on early modern Latinity, which examine both humanist Latin and Latinists' responses to Otherness of various kinds. ; Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies Volume 360. Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Volume 30; 304 pages .

The Voltaire Foundation At the Taylor Institution. Near Fine. 1976. Softcover. Pp 205-217; Offprint; 12 pages .