Fulgentius, Fabius Planciades: Opera, quae sunt publici juris omnia. Ad manuscriptos codices plures, nec-non ad editiones antiquores & castigatiores emendata, aucta, & in unum omnia volumen nunc primum collecta. Accessere praeterea in hac nostra editione D. Amedei Episcopi Lausanensis Ho Venetiis [Venice]: apud Augustinum Savioli, 1742. Folio, pp.[iv], XXXVI, 414. Half-tltle, title-page in red and black with engraved device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. A little sporadic foxing including half-title and title, title creased at gutter, towards beginning of text block leaves a little creased horizontally but not affecting legibility, very good. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, small paper library label at head. Some tiny marks and holes to spine, small tear to head cap, a few smudges, corners bumped, paste-downs toned, rear free endpaper with small loss at fore-edge, very good. To title-page, green oval ink stamp Bibliotheek de Vereen. Doopsg. Gemeente, Amsterdam. Works of the (probably) North African Christian writer Fabius Planciades Fulgentius (late 5th ? early 6th century), also containing (p.367-388) 'D. Amedei episcopi Lausanensis De laudibus gloriosae Virginis Mariae. Perelegantes homiliae.'. Debate continues as to whether or not Fabius Planciades Fulgentius and his contemporary, Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe (a Christian bishop) were the same person. Ref: 54565show full image..
Gaudet, John: The Pharaoh's Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization. New York: Pegasus Books, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. xxi, 356 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: quarter black cloth over cream boards, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a single black ink remainder line to bottom edge and a hint only of shelf-dust, otherwise a fine copy. Ref: 54302
Herrin, Judith: Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium. Princeton University Press, 2013. First edition. 8vo., pp. xix, 328. Illustrations to text. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54440
Hourihane, Colum (ed.): Byzantine Art: Recent Studies. Essays in Honor of Lois Drewer. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2009. 8vo., pp. 197. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53408
Hughes, Ian: Attila the Hun: Arch-Enemy of Rome. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp. xxvi, 214. Maps and illustrations to text. Hardback: grey cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54451
Justinian: (Corvinus, Arnoldus:) Institutiones D. Justiniani ss. Princ.: typis variae, rubris nucleum exhibentibus : accesserunt ex Digestis tituli de verborum significatione et regul. juris. Pariis [Paris]: Apud Guillelmum de Luyne, 1676 16mo, pp. [8], 391, [103], [2], including added engraved title, text in red and black. Light water stain to first and last few leaves. Contemporary full speckled calf, raised bands, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, edges sprinkled red, corners a little bumped, extremities minimally rubbed. Contemporary autograph Ja[cques?] Maule to verso of title, 'Monsieur' to verso of last blank. A fresh copy, in an attractive contemporary binding, of this pocket-size pirated edition of Justinian's legal milestone - printed in red and black. It reprises an edition of the same text printed by Daniel Elzevier in Amsterdam in the same year (Willems 1519), including the design of the engraved title, with a revised imprint. Ref: 53556show full image..
Kitzinger, Ernst: (Kleinbauer, W. Eugene, ed.:) The Art of Byzantium and the Medieval West: Selected Studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976. First edition. 4to. (285 x 213mm), pp. xxii, 419. Hardback: blue cloth, edges lightly dusted, very good. Dust-jacket, two closed tears to cover of spine, one 3cm across middle and the other 0.8cm by endcap, shelf wear, otherwise very good. Ref: 53221
Lenski, Noel: Constantine and the Cities: Imperial Authority and Civic Politics. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Large 8vo., pp. ix, 404. Maps and illustrations. Paperback. White covers, and edges, dust-marked, but an unused copy: very good. Ref: 54358
Lieu, Samuel N. C.: Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China: A Historical Survey. Manchester University Press, 1999. Sandpiper Books reprint. 8vo., pp. xviii, 360. Maps. Hardback: burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. With a Foreword by Mary Boyce. First published 1985. Ref: 54445
MacCoull, Leslie S. B. (trans.): Coptic Legal Documents: Law as Vernacular Text and Experience in Late Antique Egypt. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2010. 8vo., pp. 214. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53404
