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Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1952. Rare classic scholarly text is a monumental work undertaken by the highly acclaimed Greek-Latin scholar-author, Ben Perry, consuming more than fifteen years of research and special studies such as the scarce ancient manuscripts of Rinuccio Aretino, "Vita of Aesop". The "Vita of Aesop", the legendary slave born around 620 B.C., is preserved in manuscript versions from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries. Prof. Perry discovered that the earliest complete extant manuscript, a 10th century Greek codex, correlates with a papyrus fragment of the second century A.D., and was probably compiled using anecdotes dating back to the fifth century B.C. possibly by a Greek speaking Egyptian. This early dating gives the work an immense significance in the history of literature as the author not only compiled fictional anecdotes, which include a number of fables, but has brought to the Vita a distinct literary style. A translation of the… Read More

New York: American Museum of Natural History/W.W. Norton Co., 1987. Book discusses the landmarks of the 3000-year history of Carthage, with particular emphasis on the Berbers, the Punic people (Phoenicians), and the Romans. Includes topics covering Tunisian assessment of their ancient land; and a catalogue of objects proper, prepared by leading Tunisian experts, along with American Art historians. 238 pgs. Photographs by Martha Cooper. Lavishly illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Cooper,Martha. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Classic highly acclaimed scholarly work presents the second major part of Cicero's correspondence- his letters to his friends. Unlike the Atticus volumes, this edition no translation, which allows the complete letters and commentary to be contained in only two volumes. Includes a reassessment of the manuscript tradition in the introduction, followed by a completely revised text and apparatus criticus. The commentary covers many problems of the text, interpretation, history, prosopography, and letter-chronology. Both volumes contain indexes. 1171 pgs. collectively. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Vol.I inside dustjacket flap lower corner snipped. Very minor rubbing to lower dustjacket spines and edges. Dustjacket in mylar. Scarce set. Heavy Item.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1954. Comprehensive classic text presents a detailed study by Dr.Hunt of all of Cicero's series of main philosophic works from the "Academica" to the "De Officiis", and argues that, contrary to the commonly accepted view, there is "an orderly sequence in the series and a sustained argument". Topics include: the Academica; the De Finibus; the Tusculan Disputations; the Cosmological and Theological Works; the De Officiis; the philosophic schools with which Cicero was concerned. 221 pgs. Mild foxing to outer edges. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown to front endpaper and small 4-digit number printed on top corner of front dustjacket, and lower spine. Minimal shelfwear. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1961. Classic scarce text, vol. two, contains the letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero written to Pomponius Atticum between 68-43 B.C. Cicero, leader in the last half of the Roman Republic, was generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist, and noted for his speeches against Cataline. Text is entirely in Latin and includes annotations and critical commentary by Prof. Bailey. 348 pgs. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Small isolated area of minor foxing on outer edge. Dustjacket has a tiny closed tear on upper edge; minor shelfwear; in mylar.. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1961. Classic scarce scholarly text is the first full-length book in English on Sallust, a well known Roman historian and politician, for more than one hundred years. Dr. Earl examines "The Prologues" and similar generalizing passages, and shows that Sallust's chief concern was with a certain concept of "virtus". He considers the development of the particular tradition in which Sallust's concept is placed and shows how Sallust applied his general ideas to the particular events of his narratives and how they affected his choice and arrangement of topics. Contents include: the political theory: the prologues; "virtus" as an aristocratic ideal; Sallust's concept of "virtus"; the moral crisis in Sallust's view; the "Jugurthine War"; the "Catilinarian Conspiracy"; the "Historiae"; conclusion. 132 pgs. Gilt spine. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper, and tiny… Read More

London, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1972. Classic scholarly text contains a collection of the surviving attested fragments of Posidonius, the leading stoic philosopher of his time in the first half of the first century, B.C. This exhaustive work was begun by Prof. Edelstein, a preeminant authority on Posidonius, and subsequently completed and edited after his death by Ian Kidd. There are some sixty different ancient reporters represented in this volume. Text contains three parts: Testimonia; Fragments and Titles of Named Books; Fragments not Assigned to Books. Includes an index of Greek and Latin words and subjects; index of proper names; index of sources; and a concordance with Jacoby. 336 pgs. Gilt spine. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Dustjacket has minimal shelfwear. In mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford, U.K.: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1969. Classic scarce text covers the period from 1300 to 1527, when the sack of Rome by the troops of Charles V brought the Italian Renaissance to an end. Includes sections on the topography and the destruction of Ancient Rome; the discovery of the Greek world during the Quattrocentro; the antiquities of Italy; the rise of the study of classical epigraphy and ancient numismatics; collections of antiquities during the 15th and early 16th centuries. 222 pgs. Finely illustrated with sixteen half-tone plates. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.