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Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1957. Scholarly classic text presents a commentary on one of the great Orestes Plays of Aeschylus, "Agamemnon", written in 458 BC. This commentary was begun by the late Dr.Denniston, and completed with expansions by Denys Page. Includes an introduction; text and apparatus criticus; commentary; the metres; and appendix. 240 pgs. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Four tiny numerals stamped on top corner of front cover; dustjacket in mylar. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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

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.

London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1959. Classic scholarly text examines classical education in England, Scotland, and Ireland during the four centuries since the Renaissance, including schools and universities in each country, main foundations, innovations, and reforms. Includes details recorded by teachers and pupils about textbooks, techniques of teaching, influence of social pressures, the great teachers and the great reforms. 234 pgs. Frontispiece. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Dustjacket is price-clipped, some light rubbing to edges and corners; minor small discoloration spot on inside lower edge of dustjacket; in mylar. Minimal shelfwear to text.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Leipzig, Germany: B.G. Teubner, 1961. Scholarly two-volume set presents the works of Publius Cornelius Tacitus, which includes the Histories- annalistic history of the Roman realm of Galba (69) to Domitian (96); and the Annals- annalistic history of the Roman realm of the Julio-Claudian period up to the death of Nero (68). Tacitus was considered one of the most important speakers of its time. Text in Latin. 725 pgs. collectively. Spines slightly faded. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpapers. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris, France: Librairie Hachette, 1891. Classic comprehensive French-Latin dictionary revised, corrected and enlarged from the original edition. Includes classical, medieval, and modern age Latin terminology. 1551 pgs. Mild foxing along edges; some shelfwear. Tight binding. Prior owner's name plate pastedown on inside front cover. Heavy Item.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Pantheon Classic scholarly text originally translated by Stephen MacKenna, currently revised by B.S. Page, with a new translation and several hundred modifications to the first edition. Includes an appendix of alternative renderings and a detailed amount of work on text and interpretation. 635 pgs. Clean, unmarked text. Tiny scuff to outer edge. Gilt spine. Publication date not specified. Minimal shelfwear. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1979. Classic text presents a detailed commentary by Prof. Chilver on the first two books of Cornelius Tacitus' first major historical work known as the Histories. In these books I & II, Tacitus describes the fall of the first emperor, Galba, and an account of the war in which the second emperor, Otho, was defeated by Vitellius and committed suicide, and of the challenge of the final victor, Vespasian, presented to Vitellius in the latter part of year A.D. 69. Includes emphasis on the major historical themes, analysis of textural and syntactical problems when their solution is vital to establishing Tacitus' meaning. 280 pgs. Illustrated with two maps: the Roman Empire in A.D. 69, and Eastern Gaul, the Alps, and Northern Italy. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Dustjacket spine slightly sunned; tiny closed tear on rear upper edge; in mylar. Very minimal shelfwear. Scarce.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over… Read More

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.

Madison, WI.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1920. Classic text presents a detailed study of Lucilian and Horatian satirical relationships utilizing theories of literary imitation prevalent in the age of Augustus, and examining and interpreting fragments of both Greek and Roman literature. Topics covered include the classical theory of imitation; the relation of Lucilius and the scipionic circle to the new greek learning and literature; Lucilius and the Greek satirists; the Satires of Book I & II; the epistles and ars poetica. 524 pgs. Small nameplate pastedown and stamp on front and rear endpapers; small label removal mark on spine. Rear endpaper seam repaired; small chunk missing from upper corner of rear endpaper. Gilt spine. Light rubbing to corners and edges. Tight binding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Professional Library.

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.: Oxford University Press, 1913. Classic text considered to be one of the finest scholarly achievements, contains the third installment of Desiderius Erasmus' famous historic letters written during the early era of the Renaissance. Prof. Allen has meticulously reproduced these volumes of letters from the earliest sourcesof manuscripts and books, with minimal corrections due to deprivation of the original text, and close adherence to the original format. Text includes a list of manuscripts about which information is desired; a table of letters; list of abbreviations commonly used; addenda and corrigenda for Vols. I, II, and III; and index of correspondents. Text in Latin. 640 pgs. Illustrated with 8 plates. Two pgs. in the table of letters and the first index page are uncut. Front and rear endpaper have a light brown vertical streak on the page, probably from a paper bookmark insert. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaqper; tiny UK bookseller's nameplate pastedown… Read More

London, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1906. Classic text considered to be one of the finest scholarly achievements, contains the first installment of Desiderius Erasmus' famous historic letters written during the early Renaissance era. Prof. Allen has meticulously reproduced these volumes of letters from the earliest sources of manuscripts and books, with minimal corrections due to deprivation of the original text, and close adherence to the original format. Text includes a commentary which explains dates assigned to the letters, and detailed index and biographical notes. Text is in original Latin. Includes several plates of reproductions of Erasmus' original handwritten letters. 618 pgs. Endpapers have a minor vertical browning streak near the seam, probably from a paper bookmark insert. Pgs.3-6 has a very light two inch discoloration streak on the upper edge- does not affect the text. Dustjacket has a few minor tiny closed edge tears on the top edge; in mylar. Prior owner's nameplate… Read More

Philadelphia, PA.: American Philological Association, 1941. Classic scholarly treatise presents a detailed study of the manner in which the problem of method was expressed by the empirically oriented philosophy of the Epicureans and Sceptics, and by their rationalistic opponents, the Stoics. Each of these schools developed a theory of signs, as the basis for both epistemological and logical speculations. Philodemus' treatise is a defense of Epicurean empirical method, and simultaneously an attack on the rival Stoic rationalistic method. Includes sections on the life and works of Philodemus; text and translation; sources of Epicurean empiricism; development of Epicurean logic and methodology; logiical controversies of the Stoics, Epicureans, and Sceptics. 200 pgs. Include a plate of the Herculanean papyrus no. 1065. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Some light browning to page edges. Minimal shelfwear. Gilt spine. Scarce.. . First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/ . 8vo - over… Read More

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.

London, England: Oxford University Press, 1973. Classic text contains two introductory essays on the Prefecture of Rome and on the life of Quintus Aurelius Symmachus. The Latin text is that of Seeck (without his apparatus criticus) and on the opposite page is the English translation. Includes a short introduction which prefaces each dispatch, brief historical notes, and a glossary which interprets Latin official terms not rendered in the translation. 246 pgs. Frontispiece. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Dustjacket has slight age-browning along the top edge; in mylar. Scarce.. 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.

Boston, MA.: Allyn and Bacon, 1948. Classic revised and expanded text contains sections covering the life and writings of Tacitus; De Vita Iluii Agricolae and De Germanica with notes; critical appendix; index Nominum et Rerum. Detailed appendices include the literary character and purpose of the Agricola; Tacitus's sources of information; the purpose, sources, and trustworthiness of the Germania; style and rhetoric. Includes a chronological table and 22 illustrations. 409 pgs. Frontispiece. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Several pages have isolated minor tiny notations/marks which does not affect the general text. Tight binding. Minimal shelfwear. Dustjacket has minimal shelfwear; in myla. rScarce.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. .

Roma, Italy: Edizioni Di Storia e Letteratura, 1984. Classic two-volume text presents a selection of 38 classical studies contributed by renown scholars in honor of Joseph Billanovich, one of the founders of twentieth-century scholarship on Renaissance humanism. Includes a chronologic bibliography of Billanovich's works from 1937-1984. Text in Italian. 826 pgs. collectively. Illustrated. Deckled edges. Some of the pages are uncut. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Minor rubbing to corners and edges. No spine creases or cracks. Scarce.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. .