[Sallust] Sallustius Crispus, Gaius: (Boxhorn, M.Z., ed.:) (Opera) [...] cum veterum historicorum fragmentis. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana. 1634. 12mo (120 x 65mm), pp. [xvi], 310, [xxxiv]. Engraved title, woodcut vignette of Sallust facing p.1, ornament of the head of Medusa on p.216, ornament at end of index. Very minor mainly marginal foxing, the odd spot. Later (c.1800?) straight-grained morocco, double gilt ruled, bordered with roll of palmettes in blind, spine double gilt ruled, gilt fleurons and dentelles, gilt-lettered, inner edges gilt, a.e.g., silk bookmark. Wanting ffep, head and foot of spine and lower edges a trifle rubbed. 18th-century French bibliographic note to fly, illegible near contemporary autograph on [*]8. Second reprint of the first Elzevir edition, also 1634. Willems 412, Dibdin (4th edn) II 384. Ref: 53180show full image..
[Sallust] Sallustius Crispus, Gaius: (Boxhorn, M.Z., ed.:) (Opera) [...] cum veterum historicorum fragmentis. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana. 1634. 12mo., pp.[xvi], 310, [xxxiv]. Woodcut initials, head-pieces and tail-pieces, illustration to p.(xvi). Occasional underlining in sepia ink. A a little loss to lower fore-edge corner of F1 not affecting text, a few tiny spots, faint dampstain to tail margin affecting pp.219-239. Contemporary vellum, brown morocco gilt label to spine, fore-edges slightly overlapped, edges sprinkled blue. Vellum a little greyed with some slight marks, top edge darkened, a few pencilled notes and codes to endpapers, very good indeed. Armorial bookplate of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Baronet, of Walton, Warwickshire to ffep. The 6th Baronet (c.1697-1778) seems the most likely candidate, based on the style of bookplate and the incorporated crest of Conyers (he married Dorothy Conyers of Walthamstow in 1720). Mordaunt was a landowner and Tory politician who held his seat in the House of Commons for 40 years from 1734 to 1774. Second reimpression of the first Elzevir edition (also published 1634). Admired by Dibdin as 'a beautiful little volume'. Willems 412, Dibdin (4th edn) II 384. Ref: 55089show full image..
[Sallust] Sallustius Crispus, Gaius: [Crespin, Daniel, ed.:] [?] opera omnia qu? extant, interpretatione et notis illustravit Daniel Crispinus, in usum serenissimi delphini. In hac editione prioris errata [...] corriguntur. Londini [London]: impensis A. Bettesworth, S. Ballard, W. & J. Innys, J. Osborne & T. Longman, B. Mo 1726. 8vo., pp. [xviii], 234, [c]. Title-page in red and black, woodcut ornaments. Contemporary calf, gilt ruled, edges sprinkled red. Some dark staining to boards, otherwise very good. To front paste-down armourial bookplate of George Strode Esq. of Newnham Park, Devon and ownership inscription of R. Strode. Based on Daniel Crespin's (1640-1716) Delphin edition. ESTC T111401 Ref: 54211show full image..
[Sallust] Sallustius, C. Crispus; Florus, L. Annaeus: (Opera). Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Joannis Baskerville, 1774. 12mo., pp. [ii], 275, [ii]. Final leaf blank. Small marginal tear to pp.137-8, lightly toned. Later straight grain red morocco, gilt title and 'Baskerville' to spine, gilt dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine and corners a bit rubbed, but very good. Small ink stamp of Berkelouw Booksellers, Sydney to ffep version. Presentation inscription to preliminary blank: 'Buckie Higher Grade School / 1905 / Leaving Certificate Examination / George Cowie / passed in Higher Latin / from the School Board [illegible]'. An illegible ownership inscription to title-page. Gaskell notes five different arrangements of the pagination in gathering O; this copy conforms to variant d). ESTC T131427; Gaskell 55 Ref: 54179show full image..
Sampson, Gareth C.: Rome, Blood & Politics: Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic 133-70 BC. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2017. First edition. 8vo., pp. xviii, 286 + plates. Maps. Hardback: red cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54500
[Scriptores Rei Rusticae:] (Gesner, Johannes Matthias, ed.:) Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini ex recensione Jo. Matthiae Gesneri cum eiusdem Praef. et Lexico Rustico. Biponti [Zweibr?cken]: ex typographia Societatis, 1787-88. 4 vols. 8vo, pp. [ii], CLVI, 248; [ii], 566; [ii], 510; [vol.IV unpaginated]. Vols I-III with engraved vignettes to title-pages. Very lightly toned, internally clean. Slightly later dark brown half calf, spine blind and gilt-tooled with green title labels, brown marbled boards, edges sprinkled blue, brown marbled endpapers. Endcaps and joints a bit rubbed, corners fraying, very good. Round library ink stamp 'Bibliotheek Seminarie Ijpelaar' to blank front endpaper each vol.. To vol. I, folding prize certificate awarded by Hageveld Seminarium to Henrico van Beek, dated 11th August 1837. Oval gilt mark of Hageveld Seminarium to the tail of each spine. Bipont Classics edition. Contains: Vol. I. Praefatio. M. Porcii Catonis vita ex Plutarchi gr?co latine reddita. Notitia literaria de M. P. Catone ex J. A. Fabricii Bibliotheca lat. [?] Marci Terentii Varronis vita a Martino Hankio conscripta. Notitia literaria de M. Terrentio Varrone [?] de L. Columella [?] de Palladio [?] de Vegetio Renato ex J. A. Fabricii Bibliotheca lat. [?] Christiani Schoettgenii de Gargilio Martiale brevis dissertatio. Index editionum rei rustic? scriptorum [?] Index auctorum [?] laudatorum. M. Porcius Cato De re rustica. M. Terentii Varronis De re rustica libri III; Vol. II. L. Junii Moderati Columell? de re rustica, libri XII et Liber de arboribus, &c.; Vol. III. Palladi Ratilii Tauri ?miliani De re rustica, libri XIV. Vegetii Renati Artis veterinari? sive mulomedicin?, libri IV. Gargilii Martialis fragmentum. Ausoni Popm? Frisi De instrumento fundi liber; Vol. IV. Lexicon rusticum. Butters, Ueber die Bipontiner und die Editiones Bipontinae, p.43 Ref: 54312show full image..
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus ('the Elder') & Seneca, Marcus Annaeus: (Gronovius, J.F., et al. eds.:) Opera, quae exstant [...] Accedunt Liberti Fromondi in Quaestionum Naturalium libros & (Greek letters) APOKOLOKHNTWSIN notae et emendationes. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Danielem Elsevirium, 1672. First edition thus. 3 vols., pp. [lviii], 869, [iii]; [iv], 998, [lxxxiv]; [xxiv], 750, [ii], 316, [xxviii]. Vol I with extra engraved frontispiece and further illustrations in text. Woodcut printer's device to title-pages with motto 'Ne extra oleas', woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Marginal notes in several different old hands to the first two volumes. Head margins faintly toned, occasional light spotting and a bit of foxing to vol. III, vol. I with unobtrusive repair to final leaf. Contemporary vellum with titles very nicely inked to spines, fore-edges turned in, edges lightly sprinkled blue. Vellum a bit dusty, a few small marks, very good indeed. Vol. I has an illegible ownership inscription in an old hand to its ffep, and a second inscription (possibly reading 'W.W. Kosteri') to the title-page. According to Harwood "the most beautiful and correct edition of Seneca.". Dibdin considers it "one of the rarest and dearest of the octavo Variorum classics: its typographical beauty is equal to its editorial correctness. Scholars who possess it will do well to treasure so valuable and commodious a work." This Elzevier edition is unusual in presenting in its third volume the writings of the younger Seneca, which Dibdin notes are omitted in the Antwerp editions. It contains the best notes available: those of the first great modern Senecan, Justus Lipsius in the late sixteenthcentury, and those of the second great Seneca scholar, J. F. Gronovius. Daniel Elzevier's dedication, to Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, covertly discusses the part which Elzevier played as printer for an orchestrated anti-Jesuit campaign. Willems 1477; Schweiger II, 913; Dibdin II 398-399. Ref: 54139show full image..
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: (Farnaby, Thomas, ed:) Tragoediae, Ad Editionem Gronovii Emendatae. Cum notis Thomae Farnabii. Accedunt Hieronymus Avantius et Georgius Fabricus de Generibus Carminum, apud L. Anneum Senecam Tragicum. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1713. 12mo., pp. [xxxvi], 371, including additional engraved title-page. Title-page in red and black with woodcut decoration, woodcut initials. Final leaf deliberately adhered to rear board in lieu of endpapers, internally very clean. Slightly later quarter calf, gilt spine with red Morocco label, blue marbled paper boards. Quite worn but sound, ffep (possibly as replacement, as it seems to have been tipped in) loose, spine and label chipped, corners frayed, good. A pleasant pocket edition of Farnaby's edition of Seneca, which had been first published in 1613. Schweiger II pt.ii, 941. Ref: 54635
Seneca: (Lipsius, Justus; Gronovius, Joannes Frederick, eds.:) Opera Omnia [...]; Notae. Lugd. Batav. [Leiden]: Apud/Ex officina Elzevirios. 1649. Four vols., 12mo., pp. [xlviii], 552; 718; 442, 154; [xxiv], 429, [xxvii]. Engraved title-page to vol. I, woodcut headpieces and initials, some full-page illustrations. Illustration opposite p.1, vol. I annotated in the margins in an old hand. Lightly toned, occasional tiny marks. Contemporary vellum, titles inked to spines, board edges slightly overlapped, edges of vols. I-III sprinkled red and IV blue and red. Vol. I front pastedown lifted, showing fragments of ms binder's waste. Spines a bit greyed, a few small spots and stains, very good. Ownership inscription of John Venables, in an old hand, to head of title-page vols. I and III. The second Elzevier edition of Seneca, complete with the separately-issued volume of notes by Gronovius, in a contemporary binding. The text volumes in this edition are largely reimpressions of the 1640 printing, but the volume of notes had not appeared before. Described by Willems as 'very beautiful'. Dibdin (4th edn.) II 397. Willems 672; 664. Schweiger II 912. Ref: 55091show full image..
[Seneca] Regenbogen, Otto: Schmerz und Tod in den Tragodien Senecas. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1963. 8vo., pp.56. Internally clean and bright. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine lightly faded, a little shelf-wear, no dust-jacket, very good. Inscription of C.D.N. Costa dated 20.vi.'88 to ffep. Pain and Death in the Tragedies of Seneca. Ref: 52087
