Search Results: Authors starting with T from Unsworth's Antiquarian Booksellers

London: Routledge, 1997 8vo., pp. x.156. Paperback. Light shelf-wear towards corners, still a very good copy.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Daniel Elzevir, 1672. 2 vols. 8vo, pp. [xxxii], 1224; [ii], 899, [xi], [ccxxiii]. Additional engraved title-page to first vol., woodcut device to title-page, woodcut head & tail pieces & initials. Occasional light foxing, small loss to fore-edge margin of engraved title-page, vol. II with one front endpaper excised and a marginal scorch-hole to Y7. Late 19th-century red straight-grain morocco, spines and boards blind tooled, gilt titles, a.e.g, green endpapers. Joints, endcaps and corners a bit rubbed, a few faint spots and smudges but very good overall. To front paste-down of each volume a 20th-century bookplate of James Elwin Millard. To front paste-down of vol. I, small bookseller's ticket of Edward Rainford of 12 Red Lion Passage. To preliminary blank, MS extract from Dibdin. Described by Dibdin as more 'beautiful and valuable' than the 1685 Bleau edition, though he observes that the Bipont editors consider that 'its accuracy is not equal to its… Read More

London: Bloomsbury, 2004. First edition. 8vo., pp. xvi, [vi (maps)], 518, [iv] + plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. 1cm tear to lower margin of one leaf, light toning towards page-edges, boards a little marked, dust-jacket creased to edges. Despite these small faults listed, still a very good copy.

Cambridge University Press, 2001. First edition. 8vo., pp. xii, 234. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, light shelf-wear, very good. In the series: Cambridge Studies in French.

Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. 320 + colour plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unread, a hint only of shelf-wear: almost as new.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. 298. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Fine, almost as new.

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1880. 8vo, pp. 281, with illustrated frontispiece. Edges uncut and dusty, slight yellowing, title just toned. Contemporary publisher's vellum, title and device stamped to upper board, title, author and publisher stamped to spine, a little dust-soiling to edges and spine. Ownership inscription of C. F(?). Bradberry to ffep. On last leaf: 'Chiswick Press: C. Whittingham, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.'

Birminghamiae[Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. First Baskerville edition. Large 4to, pp. [ii], 364. Pp. 203 and 299 misnumbered as 303 and 283 respectively, as usual. Very light foxing at front and rear, very good. Contemporary marbled calf, plainly rebacked in slightly lighter Morocco, retaining label. A little rubbed but very good. Bookplate of David Lloyd to front paste-down, with ms addition of Edmund Henning Buxton, 8th Feb. 1823. Ex libris blindstamp of Derek Bair(?) Gibson to ffep. First Baskerville edition of Terence's 'Comedies'. It was printed on the better 'Writing Royal' paper of the Baskerville press, and sold for a Guinea. (A 12mo was also produced in the same year on cheaper paper.) Terence (d. 159 B.C.) was born into slavery at Carthage and brought to Rome, where he was freed, taking his old master's name. His six comedies, which stand out for their particular naturalistic style, were admired right through the Middle Ages for their moral arguments,… Read More

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Apud R. & J. Wetstenios, & G. Smith, 1727. 2 vols in 1. 4to, pp. [xxxii], 444, [clxxxii]; [viii] 87 [xcvii] + 3 plates. Title page in red and black with engraved vignette, divisional half title preceeding Phaedrus. Wanting final blank of vol. 1, slight browning in a few places, edges of first half-title and verso of last leaf a bit soiled. Contemporary tree calf, bordered with roll of gilt palmettes, gilt arms of Middelburgto covers, spine gilt-tooled and lettered. Upper joint, corners, head and foot of spine recently and very well repaired. Beautifully bound. The second (and best) edition of Bentley's Terence, which also includes the Fables of Phaedrus and the Sentences of Publilius Syrus. The first edition was published in Cambridge the previous year, but "that of Amsterdam, according to Harwood, is the most valuable, as Bentley communicated to Wetstein, the publisher, many additional notes and emendations" (Dibdin). Dibdin (4th edn.) II 474.… Read More

Cantabrigiae [Cambridge]: Ex Officina Iohannis Legat, 1607. Second Edition. 4to., pp. [ii], 455, [i], with the usual mispagination pp.336-355. Lacking the translator's dedication (6 leaves) at the start. Text in Latin and English. A little MS to title. Some light staining, tiny burn to pp.145-6 affecting a couple of letters, wax mark to p.201, last leaf toned and laid down. Later straight-grain Morocco with blind-tooled boards, rebacked with red and green spine labels. Spine has faded to a lighter colour, corners worn but still good. To front pastedown, armorial bookplate of Charles Mathews, plain bookplate of John Besemeres. To ffep, bookplate of Charles Vaughan with lion crest. The second edition of Richard Bernard's translation of Terence into English, first published in 1598. Bernard (1568-1642) was primarily a clergyman and author of religious works, including 'Isle of Man' (1627), which was his most famous book, but this translation was his first publication and was popular… Read More

London: printed by John Legatt, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, 1641. 1641. Sixth edition, corrected. 4to. in 8s, this copy heavily trimmed (17 x 13.5cm), pp. [viii], 428. Small woodcut to title-page, Latin text in a single column, with marginal notes; English translation in double columns. MS names and quotations to title and final leaf, some marginalia in an old hand. First 8 leaves and final leaf laid down on fine archival tissue, some stains and wax spots, close trimming occasionally touching pagination and signatures with half a line lost on p.169. Recent plain tan calf. A good copy. Contemporary signature of John Fossebrooke to title-page. The sixth edition of Richard Bernard's translation of Terence into English, first published in 1598. Bernard (1568-1642) was primarily a clergyman and author of religious works, including 'Isle of Man' (1627), his most famous book, but this translation was his first publication and was popular enough to see six editions in his lifetime.… Read More

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Apud R. & J. Wetstenios, & G. Smith, 1727. 2 vols in 1. 4to, pp. [xxxii], 444, [clxxxii]; [viii], 87, [xcvii] + 3 plates including additional engraved title and portraits. Title page in red and black with engraved vignette, half-title and divisional half-title preceeding Phaedrus. Occasional light foxing, some gatherings toned. Contemporary vellum, gilt spine, gilt boards with central coat of arms of Amersfoort. Light smudgy marks, ties lost, very good indeed. Small ownership inscription in an old hand, of C.A. Piek (?) dated '08. Second (and best) edition, following one of Cambridge, 1726. 'Early in 1726 [Bentley] published an edition of Terence, in which the text is corrected in about a thousand passages, mainly on grounds of metre. The same volume includes an edition of Phaedrus and of the 'Sentences' of 'Publius Syrus'. The preface is followed by a Schediasma on the metres of Terence, and by a Latin speech delivered by Bentley in… Read More

Londini: printed by Whittingham, 1854. 4to., pp. [iv], 463, [i]. Woodcut head-pieces and initials. Generally clean and bright internally. Tan polished sheep, gilt spine, borders and dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine and joints scuffed, a few other scrapes and scratches, corners a little worn, endpapers slightly foxed and creased, still a very good copy. Presentation certificate bound in, made out to Francis William Garden-Campbell. Charles Old Goodford (1812–1884) became headmaster of Eton College in 1853; he edited this edition of Terence's Comedies chiefly to present as a leaving book to sixth-form boys.

Hagae-Comitum [The Hague]: Apud Thomam Johnsonium, 1726. 2 vols., 4to, pp. [x], lxxxix, 859, [1]; [ii], [861]-1240, 244, [380] + engraved dedication pages in both vols., a frontispiece in vol. 1, and 47 plates (these last from another work). Some toning and spotting.Contemporary sprinkled calf spines divided by gilt rolls, red morocco labels, edges yellow. Spines somewhat rubbed, some small scratches to boards. 'This is a sumptuous and valuable edition' (Dibdin), which has been made even more so by the inclusion of 47 engraved plates depicting Terentian scenes or Roman theatrical masks, all from an octavo volume and mounted on quarto sheets to fit, with the page references amended by hand. Dibdin II 475.

Hagae-Comitum [The Hague]: Apud Petrum Gosse, 1726. First edition thus. 2 vols., 4to, pp. [12], lxxxix, [7], 859, [1]; [viii], [865]-1240, 244, [380], last blank, including engraved frontispieces. Large copy, on thick paper. Titles in red and black, 1 full-page engraved plate to vol. 1. Slight toning or mainly marginal spotting, upper edge dusty, very minor offsetting from plates. Contemporary vellum over boards, double blind ruled, blind-stamped lozenge-shaped centrepiece to covers, raised bands, title inked to spine. A little soiled and rubbed. Handsome (if rather ruggedly so), large copy on thick, high-quality paper. 'This is a sumptuous and valuable edition, [...] to be admired for elaborate care and research' (Dibdin); 'very sought after for the commentary and good index' (Brunet). Edited by A.H. Westerhovius, it is accompanied by a thorough commentary with glosses by Donatus, Calphurnius and Lindenbrog, followed by a 380-page index. Dibdin II 475; Brunet V/1, 717.

Birminghamiae[Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. First Baskerville edition. Large 4to, pp. [2], 364. Light age yellowing, title and last four leaves slightly foxed, occasional marginal spotting, long clean tear from outer edge of M3. Contemporary straight-grained crimson morocco, triple gilt ruled, rebacked to style, corners repaired, edges scuffed, boards scratched at margins. First Baskerville edition of Terence's 'Comedies'. It was printed on the better 'Writing Royal' paper of the Baskerville press, and sold for a Guinea. (A 12mo was also produced in the same year on cheaper paper.) Terence (d. 159 B.C.) was born into slavery at Carthage and brought to Rome, where he was freed, taking his old master's name. His six comedies, which stand out for their particular naturalistic style, were admired right through the Middle Ages for their moral arguments, and were still on school curricula in the nineteenth century. "Printed in the usually beautiful style of the… Read More

Venetiis [Venice]: Apud Thomam Bettinelli, 1790. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. [ii], 416; [ii], 324 + frontispiece in vol. 1. Title-pages engraved. Modern marbled boards, black leather spine labels, edges retaining earlier gilt. A bit of minor spotting. Gift inscription to retained binder's blank at front of vol. 2, dated 1807. An elegantly printed edition of Terence, reproducing the text of the 1726 Westerhovius edition. This copy was given to one William Wybergh by Matthew Raine, the headmaster of Charterhouse School, after Wybergh's graduation from that institution. Wybergh (b. 1787, at Charterhouse 1803-1806) was a member of an ancient Cumbrian family; he inherited Clifton Hall in Westmoreland, which had passed through unbroken male descent in the Wybergh family since the time of Edward III.

Venetiis [Venice]: Typis Gasparis Girardi, 1744. 2 vols. bound as 1. Folio, pp.[viii], LXXXVIII, 748, x, [x], 166, [xxiv], 21, [I] + 1 plate. Usual small errors in pagination. Both title-pages in red and black with engraved portrait vignette, ornate head-and tail-pieces and initials, a few illustrations in the text. Without final blank. Vol. I title-page a little crumpled and dusty, a couple of small paper flaws to edges, generally very clean internally. Later plain vellum (perhaps late 19th century), spine label possibly from an earlier binding, edges slightly overlapped, all edges red, endpapers renewed. Spine darkened, label chipped, vellum a little grubby, corners a bit worn, very good. To ffep, ownership inscription of J.D. Coleridge, 1 Sussex Square, dated 1890 (or possibly 1870). This is John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820-1894). A lawyer, judge and Liberal politician, he held the posts of Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief… Read More

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. First edition. 8vo., pp. xvii, 396. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Spine slightly cocked, mild signs of use with jacket lightly creased to edges, still a good copy. In the publisher's Author Chronologies series.

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud A. et J. Honkoop, 1810. 8vo., pp. [xvi], 567, [i]. Text in Greek and Latin. Small ink stamp to title-page. A few tiny marginal notes. Contemporary vellum, gilt spine, gilt borders, central gilt coat of arms of Utrecht to boards. Some light smudgy marks, ties lost, very good indeed MS notes in an old hand to ffep. With prize certificate made out to Jacobus Adolphus Carolus Rovers, dated '6 Septemb. 1816', with several Masters' signatures. Round inkstamp to title-page, 'Academia Rheno-Traiectina'. Edition by Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer (1715-1785), Dutch classical scholar at Leiden. A follower of Tiberius Hemsterhuis, he succeeded him in 1766 in the chair of Greek at Leiden. Hoffman III 483; Spoelder 7.