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Patavani. Excudebat Josphus Cominus Supeirum Permissu, 1749. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 269 x 200 mms., pp. [x] xi - xxxviii [xxxix publisher's note, xl blank], 340, 93 [94 errata, 95 blank, 96 colophon], title-page printed in red and black, contemporary mottled calf, gilt borders on covers, gilt spine; lacks labels, joints very slightly cracked, binding a bit rubbed, but a good copy, with the pencil ownership of V. J. A Flynn/ Oxford/ December, 1963, on the lower ,margin of the recto of the front free end-paper, and on the recto of the following leaf, another Oxford inscription. Bruce M. Goldie/ Ch. Ch./ Oxford/ 1894. The Australian Vincent John Adam Flynn (1936 - 2016) was well-known as a collector of coins, vintage watches and Rover cars, many of which have appeared at auctions in recent years. Bruce M. Goldie bequeathed his collection of artefacts to the Ashmolean Museum. "Albius Tibullus lived in Rome in the first century B. C..... He published two books of Elegies which reveal the… Read More

London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Leigh and Sotheby; and R. Faulder, 1791. FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION. 8vo, 213 x 124, pp. [iv], 270, with errata on verso of half-title, contemporary calf; joints cracked (but holding), corners worn, spine slightly dried, top and base of spine chipped. With the armorial bookplate of Hutches Trower on the front paste-down end-paper and in a contemporary hand on the recto of the front free end-paper, transcription of part of the review that appeared in November, 1791, in the Critical Review; and ms notes in a later hand in pencil in the text and on the verso of one of the rear free end-papers. Of the two translators, Beloe is a good deal better known than Monroe, which might account for the preface's being written in the first person singular. Both male and female vanity seem to have attracted Alciphron's gift for satiric hyperbole; one of the courtesans writes to her lover, "Thus, it is a common artifice among coutezans to govern their… Read More

Londini: typis T. Wood; Impensis R. Wilkin, D. Midwinter & A. Ward, & B. Motte, 1732. 8vo, pp. [xxii], 453 [454 blank, 455 -461 notes, 462 blank, 463 - 478 Index], contemporary calf, red leather label; front cover worn and detached, top and base of spine chipped, rear joint cracked. This edition was prepared by John Leng (1665 - 1727), Latin scholar and Bishop of Norwich. His original edition of Aristophanes appeared in 1695.

London, Printed by Luke Hansard...and sold by T. Cadell and W. Davies..., 1812. 2 volumes. 8vo,225 x 138 mms., pp. xxxii, 344; [iv], 499 [500 blank], including half-titles, uncut, original boards, paper labels; front cover volume 1 detached, other joints weak, spines worn and slightly defective with some loss of paper. Daniel Twining's preparation of this second edition of his father's great work led him to include some additional remarks and notes that his father had made, with particular reference to the translation of Aristotle by Thomas Tyrwhitt.

Amstelredami Apud Zachariam Heyns Bibliopolam 1595. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, 155 x 96 mms., pp. [viii], 248. BOUND WITH: Nicodemi Frischlini, in A. Persii Flacci Satyras, eruditae et elegantes Paraphrases, quae vice Commentarii esse possunt. Opus Longe Utilissimum, tum Scholis, tum Academiss. Cum Gratia et Priviletio Impressum Francofortiad Moenum, per Ioannem Spies. 1587. 8vo, 155 x 96 mms., pp. [xvi], [142], including final colophon leaf. BOUND WITH: Q. Sept. Florentis Christiani Andromacha Euripdea Tragoedia: Com Notatis ad ipsam Graecam fbulam. Lugduni Batavorum, Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1594. 8vo, 155 x 96 mms., pp. [xvi], 70 [71 -76 blank]. 3 volumes in 1, contemporary vellum (slightly soiled). The edition of Persius is by the German scholar Eilhard Lubinus (1565 - 1621) and was published in the same year that he was appointed professor of poetry at University of Rostock. The German philologist Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (1547 – 1590) published… Read More

Aere: EXandebant J. & P. Wilson, 1808. 12mo (in 6s), 140 x 84 mms., pp,.[3] 4 - 124, attractive bound in contemporary lightly mottled calf, gilt border and gilt coat of arms on each cover, gilt spine; base of spine and gilt ornament on rear cover wormed. This is a very rare Scottish book printed by the firm responsible for the printing of the famous Kilmarnock edition of Burns of 1796. The printers are the brothers John and Peter Wilson of Ayr, pioneering figures of the book trade in Ayrshire, on whom see Carreen S. Gardner, Printed in Ayr and Kilmarnock: Newspapers, Periodicals, Books and Pamphlets Printed from about 1780 until 1920 (1976), p. 11. Gardner notes, about John Wilson, that "[u]ndoubtedly the most famous work printed by Wilson in Kilmarnock was the first edition of the poems of Robert Burns in July 1786" (ibid.). For this 1808 Ayr edition of Sallust, see Gardner, p. 77. The coat of arms in gilt on this copy are those of Edinburgh. The motto in the scroll,… Read More

London: Printed for Richard Smith..., 1705. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 204 x 120, pp. [xxxviii], 363 [364 - 370 Index, 371 - 374 adverts], engraved frontispiece, three folding engraved maps, 10 engraved pltaes (8 folding), later 18th century panelled calf, rebacked, new end-papers, title in gilt on spine; lower outer corner of title-page slight defective, corners worn, but a good copy. Colonel Martin Bladen (1680–1746) was born in 1680 attended Westminster School where he was a Queen's Scholar at St Peter's College and then attended St John's College in Cambridge.[3] He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1698[4] but did not pursue a legal career. He joined the military in December 1697 as Ensign to Captain Jos. Fletcher. He still found time to produce this well-illustrated and more than competent translation of Caesar, and another ten editions followed quickly.

Venetiis, Aldus Manutius Paulli, 1567. Small 8vo, 146 x 93 mms., foliated, [8], 189, [19] leaves, with Aldine device on title-page and verso of last leaf, with colophon on recto, with two small ink annotations on title-page, 18th century speckled calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, morocco label; very slight worming to margin of last few leaves, one leaf torn at corner with loss of paper but not text, free end-papers removed, worming to top and bottom compartments (out of six), resulting in a fretwork effect, also very slight worming to boards. These works on Cataline's or the conspiracy of Cataline and the Jugurthine War are among the earliest histories from the Roman historians to survive. Many pithy comments on humanity emerged from his histories, e. g. "Sed multi mortales dediti ventri atque somno, indocti incultique vitam sicuti peregrinantes transiere," translated by Wikipedia as "Yet many human beings, resigned to sensuality and indolence, un-instructed and… Read More

Glasguae, In Aedibu Academici, Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis..., 1751. Small 4to, 193 x 152 mms., pp. [iv], 348 [349 - 350 Nomenclator, 351 - 355 Index, 356 - 358 blank], with an additional title-page following the main title-page, "Caii Plinii Caecilii Secundi Espitolarum Libri Decemb. Ex Recensione Cortii et Longolii," contemporary calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments (slightly dried and rubbed), red morocco label; front joint amateurishly repaired. Gaskell 207.

London: Printed for D. Midwinter, W. Innys...[et al], 1739. 12mo, pp. xxiv, 250 [251 - 252 adverts], contemporary sheepskin; all prelims removed and bookplate crudely removed from front paste-down end-paper with damage and scoring. Rowe's translation was first published in 1709.

Londini: Typis J. Brindley, Sumptibus J. Murray, No. 32 Fleet Street, 1774. 12mo (in 6s), 133 x 82 mms., pp. [iv], 132; 120, entirely uncut, rather horribly bound in 20th century leatherette; text a little browned, spine defective, front joint cracked at top and bottom, with cover bowed. This edition of the poetical works of Catullus, Tiberius, and Propertius was first published by Brindley in 1749 and edited by Edward Harwood. ESTC 101092 locates 5 copies in the UK, Harvard and Newberry in North America. Zachs, The First John Murray, no. 75.

Londini Typis J. Brindley 1749. 12mo (in 6s), 120 x 72 mms., pp. [ii], 132, 120, engraved title-page before printed title-page, contemporary polished tree calf, small gilt border on covers, spine ornately gilt to an urn motif, red morocco label. A fine copy, with the book label of Lt. General Adams (possibly Thomas Adams, 1730? - 1764) on the front past-down end-paper. The text was edited by Usher Gahagan (d. 1749), the Irish classical scholar. He edited a number of Brindley's classical imprints, all beautifully printed and often in fine bindings. Alas for scholarship: he was hanged on 20 February 1749, for "diminishing the coin of the realm" by filing small pieces off gold and silver coins.

In Venetia per Alovise de Torti, 1539. Small 8vo, 144 x 97 mms., [ix] + 241 numbered leaves, engraved device with bust of Caesar on title-page, woodcut map on Aiiiir -A5v, 5 more woodcut illustrations Avr - A8v, colophon on verso of last leaf of text,18th century boards in vellum, red morocco label on spine. A very good copy, with the autograph "J. T. Coleridge/ 1814" on the recto of the upper margin of the front free end-paper. The judge Sir John Taylor Coleridge (1790 - 1876) was a nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and this is almost certainly his autograph. The translation by Agostino Ortica della Porta of Caesar's commentaries was one of the best and most popular in the 16th century. It first appeared in 1512 and was frequently reprinted.

Amstelaedami Apud Henricium Wetstenium, 1684. 2 items in one volume. Large 8vo, 194 x 113 mms., pp. [xlvi,], 525 [526 - 689 Index]; 112 [113 -128 Index], title-page n red and black, fine engraved frontispiece, attractively bound in full contemporary vellum with gilt emblem of Minerva on both covers, with the Coat of Arms of The Hague and "Hague Comitis" in gilt beneath the image, gilt acorns and spines to corners, armorial bookplate "Ex -Libris/ Verbaniae Comitis" on front paste-down end-paper, later autograph "John. Emm. Gyika" on recto of front free end-paper; leaf before engraved title (?presentation leaf) removed, covers a little sprung and slightly soiled, but a very good to fine copy. The notes in this volume are by Cornelius Schrevel (1608 - 1664), who also edited the text, and Nicholas Rigault (1577 - 1654).

Londini: Typis J. Brindley, 1749. 12mo (in 6s), 120 x 72 mms., pp. [ii], 204, contemporary polished tree calf, small gilt border on covers, spine ornately gilt to an urn motif, red morocco label. A fine copy, with the book label of Lt. General Adams (possibly Thomas Adams, 1730? - 1764) on the front past-down end-paper. The text was edited by Usher Gahagan (d. 1749), the Irish classical scholar. He edited a number of Brindley's classical imprints, all beautifully printed and often in fine bindings. Alas for scholarship: he was hanged on 20 February 1749, for "diminishing the coin of the realm" by filing small pieces off gold and silver coins.

Glasguae: In ædibus academicis, excudebat Andreas Fouli, 1782. 12mo, 157 x 97 mms., pp. viii, 108, [i] ii - v [vi blank], [3] 4 - 98, contemporary vellum, black leather labels on spine, marbled end-papers, a binding vaguely in the style of Edwards of Halifax; boards sprung and a bit soiled, but a good copy. Gaskell 651. ESTC T164563 locates copies in NLS, Bodleian, and Aberdeen in these island; National Institute of Education and Michigan in the United States,

Amstelaedami, Apud Georgium Gallet. 1702. 4to, 233 x 185 mms., pp. [lxxxii], 177 [178 - 244 indexes]. [6], 54 [55 - 76 notes and & Ad Lectorem], 169 [169 172 Index, 173 - 174 Erratum], title-page in red and black with "Ex Lib Bib Scholae Reginae Edinensis" on top margin of title-page, two engraved plates before title-page, 6 engraved plates preceding text of Del Bello Trojano, contemporary calf, rebacked in lighter calf, with brown morocco label; corners worn, but a good copy. In 1702 Jacob Perizonius established the paradigm that is still valid today claiming that the supposed eyewitness accounts of Dares and Dictys are purely fictitious. The Latin novel Ephemeris belli Troiani is conceived as an eyewitness account of the Cretan Dictys, who is said to have fought in the Trojan War among the Mycenaeans. His work, which – unlike the Iliad and the Odyssey – does entirely without gods, was at the center of the way Troy was regarded during the Middle Ages and early modern… Read More

[Bath]: Printed for Private Distribution among Friends. [W. & F. Dawson, Printers, Market Place, Bath. 1868. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 180 x 110 mms., pp [vi], 75 [76 blank], original maroon cloth, blocked in gilt on front cover, gilt spine. A very good to fine copy. These are the rare and surprisingly fine verse translations of Virgil's eclogues by Henry Duncan Skrine (1815-1901) of Warleigh Manor, Somerset. Skrine was educated at Wadham College in the University of Oxford, and an impressive number of his progeny became Oxonians themselves in due course: five are named in Alumni Oxonienses. It may say something of the quality of a nineteenth-century Oxonian education in classical language and literature that Skrine graduated B.A. in 1837, and published these dextrous translations of Virgil more than three decades later. Skrine's Eclogues of Virgil is such a rare book that COPAC finds no copies beyond BL and Oxbridge. OCLC adds UC Berkeley, Yale, Library of Congress, and… Read More

Londini: Imprensis Thomae Woodward, 1739, 1741. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. Small 4to, 196 x 146 mms., pp. [xvi], [5] 5 - 680; [681 - 683- 684 - 792 [793 Errata, 794 blank]] [3] - 4 - 277 [288 blank, 289 - 3778 Indexes], with a drop-title in volume 2 on 5ir, reading "In Dissertationes Epicteti Ab Arriano Collectas Notae et Emedationes Joannis Uptoni; cume integris Annotationibus Jacobi Schegkii, Ieronymi Wolfii, Selectique aliorum Virorum doctorum Noties," contemporary calf, spines ornately gilt in compartments, red morocco labels; some occasional foxing and very slight damp-staining, tops and base of spines chipped and front joints very slightly cracked, but a good and attractive set, with the book label of George Proctor Upton on the front paste-down end-paper of each volume; he was mayor of Lyme Regis in the early 19th century and a descendent of John Upton. A Latin translation is below the Greek text. The editor, John Upton (1707 - 1760), was the son of the schoolmaster and scholar… Read More

London: Printed for Joseph Davidson..., 1745. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 200 x 124 mms., pp. [v] iv - vi, 180, with adverts leaf before title-page, bound in 19th century, half calf, spine gilt with olive label, rubbed and cracked to front joint; lacks frontispiece, but it seems never to have had one. A reasonable copy, with two 18th century autographs on the top margin of the title-page, the first scored out (?"N. Harley 1756", the second "J. Peake 1782" and "Peake/ Chepstow" on the recto of the second front free end-paper