Tacitus, Publius Cornelius: [...] Opera, Quae Extant. Integris J. Lipsii, Rhenani, Ursini, Mureti, Pichenae, Merceri, Gruteri, Acidalii, Grotii, Freinshemii, & selectis aliorum commentariis illustrata. Joh. Fred. Gronovius recensuit, & suas notas passim adjecit. Accedunt Jacobi Gronovii exc 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 beauty'. Contains the notes of various commentators including J.F. Gronovius, who unfortunately died before the work was completed. Willems 1479; Dibdin II (4th ed.) 453 Ref: 52212show full image..
[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: Comoediae. 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, and were still on school curricula in the nineteenth century. "Printed in the usually beautiful style of the impressions of ancient classical authors by this printer" (Dibdin). The popular typeface Monotype Baskerville, produced in 1923, was based on Baskerville's Great Primer type as it appeared in this edition (Pardoe, 'John Baskerville', p. 167). 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 through the nineteenth century. Gaskell, 'Baskerville', * 46 (p. 58). ESTC T137489. Dibdin (4th edn.) II 477. Schweiger III 1070. Graesse VI.2 61. Brunet V 718. Ref: 54374show full image..
[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Bernard, Richard, trans.:) Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimi et elegantissimi poetae Terentii omnes Anglicae factae, et hac noua forma edit 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 enough to see six editions in his lifetime. ESTC S118346. Ref: 53780show full image..
[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Bernard, Richard, trans.:) Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimi et elegantissimi poetae Terentii omnes Anglicae factae, et hac noua forma edit 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. ESTC R1627 Ref: 54047show full image..
[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Phaedrus; Publilius Syrus:) (Bentley, Richard, ed.:) Comoediae. Recensuit, notasque suas et Gabrielis Faerni addidit Richardus Bentleius. Editio altera; Augusti Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum; Sententiae. 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. Schweiger III 1068. Ref: 53184show full image..
[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Phaedrus; Publilius Syrus:) (Bentley, Richard, ed.:) Comoediae. Recensuit, notasque suas et Gabrielis Faerni addidit Richardus Bentleius. Editio altera; Augusti Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum; Sententiae. 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 July, 1725, when he had just been restored to the University degrees, of which he had been deprived in 1715. He here explains the significance of the several symbols of the doctoral degree, the chair, the cap, the book, and the gold ring, which is the emblem of liberty.' Dibdin adds that this edition 'of Amsterdam, according to Harwood, is the most valuable, as Bentley communicated to Wetstein, the publisher, many additional notes and emendations.' Dibdin (4th edn.) II 474; Sandys II 407; Schweiger III 1068; Spoelder 5. Ref: 54322show full image..
Tertullian: (Novatian) (Le Prieur, Philippe; Pam?le, Jacques de Joigny de; Haverkamp, Siwart, eds.:) Opera, ad vetustissimorum exemplarium fidem sedul? emendata, diligentia Nicolai Rigaltii J.C. Cum ejusdem annotationibus integris, & variorum commentariis seorsim antea editis. Argumenta et notas in libros omnes Philippus Priorius de novo adjecit, & dissert 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 Justice. He was the eldest son of Sir John Taylor Coleridge, judge, and the great-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Dibdin rather bluntly says: "A reprint of the Parisian edition of 1675, with the notes of Havercamp in the Apology. A splendid, but most inaccurately printed book. It must be shunned." Dibdin 4th ed. I, 209 Ref: 54564show full image..
Theocritus; Bion; Moschus: (Valckenaer, L. C., ed.; Hessus, H.E., and Hightius, E.G., trans.:) Carmina Bucolica Graece et Latine. Latino carmine pleraque reddita ab Eobano Hesso, nonnulla ab E.G. Higtio subiecit, Graeca ex edd. primis, codd. & aliunde emendavit, variisque lectionibus instruxit L.C. Valckenaer. 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. Ref: 54315show full image..
Theognis, Megarensis; Just, H.G. (ed.): Sententiae Elegiacae Graeco Latinae, notis philologicis, ex probatissimis quibusdam autoribus excerptis... Francofurti & Lipsiae [Frankfurt and Leipzig]: apud Michelem Keyserum, 1710. 8vo, pp. [16], 85, [89], 314, [30]. Facing Greek and Latin text. A couple of gatherings slightly browned (poorly dried paper), small paper flaw to lower outer blank corner of 2A2. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, title inked to spine, shelfmark label, a.e.r. A trifle soiled. Early bibliographical note to ffep; autograph of Johann Augustin Groebel to title; illegible modern library stamp to p.85. A scarce Greek-Latin edition, unrecorded in major bibliographies, of Theognis of Megara's (6th century B.C.) gnomic and elegiac poetry. Its moralising tone ensured its continuous transmission throughout late antiquity and the middle ages. It was edited by Heinrich Gottlob Just, professor of Greek at Erfurt. This copy belonged to Johann Augustin Groebel, who edited a work by Agapetus, Bishop of Constantinople, in 1733. WorldCat locates only 1 copy in the US. Hoffmann, Lexicon bibliographicum, p.704. Not in Ebert, Moss or Schweiger. Ref: 53357show full image..
Theophrastus: (Casaubon, Isaac, trans.; Pauw, Jan Corenelis de, ed.:) Characteres Ethici Graece cum versione Latina Isaaci Casauboni et notis Joannis Cornelii de Pauw. Trajecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht]: apud Joannem Evelt, 1737. 8vo., pp. [xl], 221, [iii]. Text in Greek with parallel Latin translation, final page is 'Corrige in Notis' and colophon. Woodcut ornament to title-page, woodcut initials. Small horizontal tear to fore-edge margin *4 just touching text, G2 with tiny hole and small loss to bottom corner not affecting text. Contemporary vellum, title faintly inked to spine. Spine a little darkened with a few smudges and stains, endpapers bit toned, very good overall. Translated by Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614) with commentary by Jan Cornelis de Pauw (d.1749). Schweiger I, 320. Ref: 54731show full image..
