Classical History

Venice: Jo. Baptistam Recurti, 1740. Hardcover. See Description. Third Edition. 8vo. pp. XXXX, 246, 14. Including engraved frontispiece and numerous numismatic portraits of Roman emperors with the text. Title printed in red and black. Bound in contemporary full vellum. A couple of very faint library stamps in the bottom and outer title margins. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild spots of soiling. Small area of staining on the frontispiece. Name and date (or shelf number) printed in an old hand on front paste-down. Patarol's History of Roman, Byzantine and Holy Roman Emperors from Julius Caesar to Carolus VI. Text in Latin. [Lipsius II, p. 307; Cicognara 2961 - lists the first edition of 1702].

Philadelphia: J. Whetham, 1839. First edition. Full leather. Published Philadelphia: J. Whetham, 1839. 12mo., 4 1/2" x 7 1/2", viii+160pp. Full calf with leather spine label. Scuffing/wear to the leather, sweating stain to top corner of first 20 pages, top corner of page 60 chipped with slight loss to text (supplied in facsimilie), mild foxing, label on fly leaf. Binding tight, text unmarked. Good. Scarce. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.

NY: Columbia University. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B0017CWHU6 . Slate Blue cloth, gilt, both bright. Signed and inscribed ffep by the author in the year of publication. Erratum slip bound in p215. Tattered, unclipped (4.50) dj; 8vo; 339 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Richard Davis, 1676. Eighth Edition, Revised . Full Calf. Fine. 20 Cm Tall. Eighth Edition, Revised, 1676. (12), 349, (9), Nicely Rebound In Antique Style Full Calf, Tooled In Antique Style To Resemble Paneled Leather, Four Bands, Gilt Lettering And Date On Spine, New Endpapers Plus Two Original Free Endpapers In Front And Another At Rear. Contents Clean, Light Foxing Without Spotting, Pages Nearly Square (19.2 Cm), Binding 20 Cm Tall. No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates.

Waukesha, Wisconsin:: Citron Press,, 2015.. Edition of 40. 3.75 x 3.25 x .9" tin box with hinged lid containing Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; Souvenirs in paper bag; folded map; and Addendum. Box and book printed with relief prints, letterpress, and digital images. Printed on Ingres, Stonehenge, Mi Teintes papers.Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: 3 x 2". 20 pages. Fold out and pop up elements. Signed and numbered on the last page. ( Map "Ancient Greece, Anatolia, Egypt, and Mesopotamia C. 1540 B.C.": 7.25 x 5.25" single sheet laid out. 2 x 3.5" closed. Souvenirs: 2 x 3" shaped paper bag. Contains 7 shaped souvenirs. Addendum: 2 x 3.5"; 8 pages. Single strip double-sided accordion.) Stephanie Copoulos-Selle: "This book is a new edition of a classical antiquity guidebook. Travel guides to view the Seven Wonders were popular during the 1st and 2nd centuries B.C. The ancient Greeks used the word 'theamata,' which means 'sights'… Read More

London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co.1831 + M. A. Nattali 1841 + Baldwin And Cradock 1834, 1831. First Edition Thus . Original Brown Cloth. Good. Four Volumes Bound In Original Brown Cloth, Gilt Short Title "Greek Prosody" And Authors Listed On Spine, Embossed Cloth. 179 Pp + 1 Pp Catalog; 123 Pp.; 44 Pp.; 67 Pp. The Spitzner And Goettling Works Are Apparently First Printings (1831); The Burton Is A Fifth Printing (1841); And The Tate Is A Fourth Printing (1834). Gilt Bright. Considerable Wear To Cloth With Some Fraying At Corners, Spine Cloth Split Along Upper Two Thirds Of Rear Edge And Across Spine So Held Only By Front Edge- But Easily Re-Glued; Front Hinge Solid, Rear Hinge Weak And With A Few Short Splits; Owner's Blind Stamp On Front Free Endpaper; A Few 1/8" Holes On Foredge Of Front Free Endpaper; Dampstaining Along Parts Of Foredges Of All Pages And Endpapers, Not Intruding Into Text; Many Small, Light Damp Spots On Covers. The Tate Paper Is Rare, Only 5 Copies Listed In… Read More

P. F. Collier, New York, 1892, Ten volume set. First Editions. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. 7,233 pp in ten volumes. Text clean, no foxing, lightly yellowed with age, no prior owner attributions or markings in any of the volumes. Illustrated with 54 wood-engravings, including a a depiction of the author on the frontispiece of volume one. Gilting on front cover and spine of each volume shows various evidence of shelfwear. Speckled outer edges.Volume I has a small tear near tail of spine and contains: The Deerslayer, The Pathfinder and The Pioneers. Volume II contains: Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie and The Spy. Volume III has light markings on rear cover and contains: The Pilot, The Red Rover and The Two Admirals. Volume IV has pages 119-120 partially missing and contains: The Sea Lions, Afloat and Ashore and The Water Witch. Volume V has a large tear in pages 607/608 and two tears on page 717-718 (all tears intact) and contains: The Crater, Miles Wallingford and… Read More

Athena, Typographeia "Kyklos", Athens, 1935; 8vo (5 1/2" x 8"), 723 pages; leather bound. The tragedies of Euripides, translated from the classic Greek into modern demotic, plus interpretive prefaces and semiotic analyses by distinguished Greek scholar and philologist, Demetrios Sarros. Two volumes: 372-page Volume II (1935), containing Medea, Hecuba, Elektra, and Andromache, and 351-page Volume III (1938) with Phoinissai, Iketides, Erakleidai, and Kyklos, beautifully bound together in custom quarter calf with textured green cloth, raised bands, gilt rules, gilt spine decorations, gilt morocco title labels, and decorative end papers. Fine condition. A most handsome volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Four volumes. Marbled calf skin boards with dentelles. Gilt tooling to spines. Marbled endpapers. Ownership inscription. Wear to extremities. Front pastedown cracking at hinge of Volume 1 but board is firmly attached. Light, scattered foxing and browning. Extra shipping charges may be required for international shipments.

Oxford: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Oxford, E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1949 and 1953. First Editions. Two volume set. Good in Fair dust jackets. Dust Jackets are faded gray paper with black text. Some nicks and chips to edges and corners. Volume one has a larger tear on the back lower corner. Dust Jackets have some staining. Bound in red cloth with minimal wear and gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. There may be staining to the edges. Text in Latin and Greek. Shelf 1

197The Complete Opera Book is a very interesting and comprehensive book of operas illustrated with sixty three portraits, besides many lyrical and musical notation excerpts. There are very minor indications of wear in this book and no markings. The binding is very slightly discolored from exposure compared to the rest of the cover. I have been unable to find another copy of the 1937 version.

Beautifully illustrated book cover like new, slight edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged. Large copper satin ribbon marker.
Jacket near new, modest edge/shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover.
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This spectacular compilation of plates representing a superb collection of ancient Etruscan, Greek, and Roman vases is the fruit of a collaboration between Sir William Hamilton and British diplomat and collector Pierre-Francois Hugues d'Hancarville, an adventurous connoisseur and amateur art dealer.

This small volume contains the potery of Claudius Claudiani, known as Claudian (c. 370-c. 404 AD). A poet of Greek origin who wrote in Latin, he has been considered the last significant poet in the classical tradition and was in particular known for his epigrams praising Romans in significant political positions, as well as his poetry on mythic topics. He was considered a poet of importance in the Middle Ages.
This edition of Claudian's works was published by Daniel Elzevier, a member of the significant Dutch publishing House of Elzevier, in 1677. This is an excellent example of the small editions for which the House of Elzevier was particularly well-known, measuring approximately 2.5 inches wide by 4.5 inches tall, and its contents accord with their focus on classical works as well as editions of the Greek New Testament.
This particularly edition of Claudian's poetry includes a life of Claudian written by Giglio (here identified as Lilio) Gregorious Giraldi (1479-1552) taken from his work on the… Read More

Tokyo: Kodansha Showa 54, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. The, uncommon & fully illustrated, catalogue of ancient Syrian artifacts. Published in 1979 by Kodansha Ltd in Japan - and with a detailed Japanese description for each of the 279 objects. Each object also has an English title. Fine condition in decorative clam shell box - all contained in original heavy cardbox container. Please note that this is a heavy book (6.2Kg) and insured shipping to Japan will cost £73.20 so an additional shipping cost will be requested if ordered from Japan. Due to the weight and size of this book other countries, outside the UK, will also be subject to an additional shipping charge so kindly contact me, before ordering, for a revised shipping quotation. One copy, only, found in online COPAC. The, uncommon & fully illustrated, catalogue of ancient Syrian artifacts.

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in VG dw. 8vo, xvi+808pp, slate cloth with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. First hardcover edition of this significant study of Grecian music. Unmarked copy, minor wear, dustwrapper has a bit of fading to spine.