Moss?, Claude: (Stewart, Jean, trans.:) Athens in Decline 404-86 B.C. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. First English edition. 8vo., pp. viii, 181. + 4 plates. Hardback: blue cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. A little dust-marked to edges but still a very good copy. Bookseller's ticket of Henry Sotheran Ltd to front pastedown. Translated from French. Ref: 53911
Nepos, Cornelius: Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae. Londini [London]: Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts, 1735. 12mo., pp. [xii], 114, [vi]. Engraved frontispiece by Du Gernier, title-page in red and black with woodcut device, ornamental headpieces and initials. Internally very clean, some pencil to endpapers. Contemporary tan calf with raised bands and spine label, spine and edges a bit rubbed, upper joint just starting at head but still very sound. Much like the 1715 edition (the title verso is printed with a licence dated 1714 which grants exclusive rights for printing and publishing for 14 years), though reset to be slightly larger, and with different ornaments used. ESTC T83008 Ref: 54212show full image..
Nepos, Cornelius: Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum, [observationibus & notis commentatorum omnium quotquot hactenus innotu?re illustratae. Accesserunt huic editioni praecipuorum Graeciae imperatorum icones aeri incisae; ut & index rerum & verborum auctior & emendatior.] [Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Prostant apud Jansonio-Waesbergios, Boom, & Goethals, 1705.] 1704 8vo., pp.[xxx], 439, [xli]. With the additional engraved title-page but lacking the typographical titlepage. Illustrations in the text. Slightly foxed, sporadic toning. Vellum prize binding with certificate dated 1708 bound in. Gilt spine, borders, cornerpieces, and large centrepiece to each board with the arms of Amsterdam, edges sprinkled brown and red. A few smudgy marks, upper board gilt a little worn, ties lost, very good. Prize certificate made out to Nicolao Doekscheer and signed by Johannes Theodorus Schalbruch, Professor of Logic, History and Oratory (1697-1722) (at Amsterdam). To the additional engraved title page: 'Cornelii Nepotis Vitae excellentium imperatorum cum quorundam iconibus', with imprint "Amstelodami. Ex sumptibus Societatis. MDCCIV". Spoelder 9. Ref: 54918show full image..
Nepos, Cornelius: (Pausanias:) (Fell, John, ed.:) Excellentium imperatorum vitae. Editio novissima; nunc denuo recognita. Accessit Aristomenis Messenii vita, ex Pausania. Oxonii [Oxford]. E Teatro Sheldoniano. 1708. 4to. pp. [xx], 230; [ii], 38, [xviii], [lvi]. Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette to title, engraved ornaments at start of each chapter. Little spotting to title and verso of last leaf. Early 19th century Russia leather, marbled endpapers, triple gilt ruled, raised bands, spine double gilt ruled and gilt-lettered, cross-hatched decoration in blind. Covers a bit faded, joints cracked but firm. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front pastedown. Reprint of the 1678 Oxford edition of Cornelius Nepos's 'Lives of the Emperors', in a remarkably and unusually well-preserved Russia leather binding. ESTC T83009. Ref: 53167show full image..
Nepos, Cornelius: (Van Staveren, Augustinus, ed:) Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum, cum notis selectis Boecleri, Bosii, Buchneri, Ernstii, Gerhardi, Heidmanni, Lambini, Loccenii, Longolii, Magii, Ravii, Savaronis, Schefferi, Schotti, nec non excerptis P. Danielis. Hisce accedit locupletissimus omnium vocabulorum index studio & opera Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Sam. et Joan. Luchtmans, 1773 [1774]. 2nd ed., expanded. 8vo., pp.[32], 832, [176]. Additional engraved title-page dated 1774, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, engraved illustrations in the text (portraits). A few pencil marks, eg. p.117. Contemporary vellum prize binding, gilt spine, borders, corner tools and centrepiece coat of arms of Utrecht to each board, edges sprinkled red and blue. A few light marks, ties lost, very good. Includes: C. Nepotis fragmenta [?] A. Schotti studio collecta, scholiisque illustrata [?] recensita [?] et [?] aucta a J.A. Bosio, cujus [?] animadversiones Schottisnis interseruntur, Curante A. van Staveren. With index at rear. Dibdin II, p246 for this, the better of two Staveren editions (1734 and 1773); Schweiger II pt.i, 302. Ref: 54555show full image..
Nieupoort, G.H.: (Nagel, Carel Ferdinand, ed,:) Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio; ad intelligentiam veterum auctorum facile methodo conscripta [...]. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: [s.n.], 1802. 8vo., pp. viii, 614, [ii] + additional engraved title + 11 plates, 10 of which folding. With half-title, a few pages unopened at fore-edge. Occasional very faint spotting, some light toning, light damp staining at fore-edge increasing towards rear and becoming pinkish. Contemporary vellum prize binding with certificate bound in, spine gilt, gilt arms of Utrecht centrepiece to each board surrounded by border and corner tools, edges sprinkled red and blue. Spine a little darkened, a few small marks, all ties bar one lost, very good indeed. An illustrated study of Roman rituals. Scarce in the British Isles, COPAC locates copies in the British Library and the Bodleian only. Spoelder 4. Ref: 54430show full image..
Ottaway, Patrick: Julia Velva: A Roman lady from York. Her Life and Times Revealed. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2021. First edition. 8vo., pp. xvi?, 382? + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54507
Peter, Hermann: Der Brief in der R?mischen Literatur. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1965. Reprint. 8vo., pp. 259. Blue cloth, gilt-letter to spine and upper board, top corners bumped, else very good. No dust-jacket. Ownership inscriptions of C.D.N. Costa in pen to front paste-down and Anne Wilson, crossed-out, to ffep. One or two markings, not obstructing text. Reprint of the Leipzig 1901 edition. Ref: 51030
Petit, Pierre: De Amazonibus Dissertatio. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: apud Johannem Wolters et Ysbrandum Haringa, 1687 12mo. pp. [12], 398, [12] + 1 folding map of the Mediterranean. Engraved titlepage with portrait of amazon, numerous small engravings of amazons or ancient coins and medals portraying amazons or their weapons. Engraved title a little dusty at margins, small hole (paper flaw) to outer blank margin of title, slight yellowing. Contermpoary Netherlandish vellum, yapp edges, title inked to spine. Modern bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front pastedown. A very good, clean copy of the second edition of this curious treatise on the existence of Amazons, first published in 1685 by the French physician Pierre Petit (b. 1617). The first scholarly work entirely devoted to a subject which had elicited the interest of the likes of Th?vet and Mercuriale, it boasts a painstaking amount of information on all accessible evidence and observations from ancient and more recent sources. It discusses the nature of the Amazons' commonwealth, suggested identifications (e.g., with Scythian women), their territories and religion, the custom that Amazons should have their right-hand breast removed, and so on. The engraved statues, coins and medals provide a novel comparative stance of the iconography of Amazons - although some of the items portrayed were actually antique-style fakes. The work also features fascinating debates on the nature of men and women. Ref: 53650show full image..
Phaedrus, Gaius Julius: (Burmann, Pieter, ed.:) Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque. Cum novo commentario Petri Burmanni. Leidae [Leiden]: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1727. Burman's 4th edition. 4to., pp. [lii], 263, xlix, 93, [i] + additional engraved title-page and folding portrait plate of the editor. Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device, head- and tail-pieces. Francis Hare's 93-page 'Epistola Critica' at rear, the presence of which indicates a large paper copy according to Lamb. Toned, with some leaves quite strongly affected. Light spotting. Small closed tear to middle of title-page (possibly a paper flaw), closed tear to lower margin leaf H3, final few sections with damp stain to lower fore-edge corner. Contemporary vellum, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt frame and borders, gilt centrepiece with the arms of Rotterdam to each board. Ties lost, boards a little splayed, top corner of upper board lightly bumped, few smudgy marks, good overall. Book label to front paste down, A. Roobol, and Cat '259' in blue ink. Plain endpaper with an inscription crossed through, illegible. 'To this day Burman's edition of 1727 is the only complete commentary on Phaedrus and has not been superceded. Unlike his variorum editions, the notes are Burman's own work. He uses conjecture sparingly and often discusses the emendations of other scholars at considerable length.' (Lamb, Annales Phaedriani, p.vi). Dibdin II (4th ed.) 281; Schweiger II 736; Lamb 167; Spoelder 661, Rotterdam 1. Ref: 54429show full image..
