Enders, Jody: Holy Deadlock and Further Ribaldries: Another Dozen Medieval French Plays in Modern English. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 536. Hardback: burgundy cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54304
Epictetus; Cebes of Thebes: (Berkel, Abraham van, ed.:) Enchiridium una cum Cebetis Thebani Tabula. Graec. & Lat. cum notis Wolfii, Casauboni, Caselii & aliorum: Abrahamus Berkelius textum recensuit, & suas quoque addidit. Accedit Graeca Enchiridii Paraphrasis, Iacunis omnibus, codicis Medicei ope, ? Jocobo Gronovio Delphis Batavorum [Delft]: Gerardi de Jager, 1683. Second edition. 8vo., pp. [xxxii], 280 + impressive engraved folding plate by R. De Hooghe. Additional engraved title-page, woodcut device to printed title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Two-column parallel text in Greek and Latin. Closed tear to title-page through printer's details, very faint toning towards outer edges of margins but generally very clean. Vellum prize binding with certificate intact, spine gilt with title in ink, gilt borders, gilt centrepiece and corner pieces with arms of Amsterdam, edges sprinkled blue. A few faint smudgy marks, boards slightly splayed, ties lost, but still a very good copy overall. To ffep verso, ownership inscription possibly with the name Greve dated 1782. Prize certificate inscribed with the names Abr[aham] Quina a Tongeren and Jos. Theod. Schalbruch, dated 1702. Recommended by Dibdin as reputedly 'the best of the octavo variorum editions', combining the work of Berkel, Wolf, Casaubon and Caselius along with the notes and corrections of Gronovius. Dibdin I, 515 (for the Leiden/Amst. edition of 1670); Schweiger I, 106; Spoelder, 5. Ref: 54634
Epplett, Christopher: Gladiators and Beast Hunts: Arena Sports of Ancient Rome. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. xii, 196 + plates. Hardback: blue cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54347
Euripides: (Valckenaer, Lodewijk Caspar, ed.:) Tragoedia Phoenissae. interpretationem addidit H. Grotii; graeca castigavit e mstis, atqve adnotationibvs instrvxit, scholia svbiecit, Lvdovicvs Casp. Valckenaer. [UNIFORMLY BOUND WITH] Tragoedia Hippolytus quam, Latino carmine conversam a Georgio Ratallero, adnotationibu Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: apud Samuelem et Joannem Luchtmans; Ioann. Luzac, & Ioann. Le Mair, 1802; [1768], 1767. 2 vols., 4to., pp.[iv], xxiii, [i], 452, 196; xxviii, 322, [xviii], [viii], 311, [i]. Engraved head-piece to vol. II, p.iii. Occasional spots of foxing, some patchy toning toward the end of the first work. Vellum prize bindings with printed certificate to each vol., gilt spines with raised bands, gilt borders, frames and centrepieces with arms of Amsterdam, green silk ties intact bar two, edges sprinkled red and blue. A few smudgy marks to vellum, some small areas of gilt a little worn, very good indeed. To each title-page, ink stamp reading R. K. Kerr van den H. Joseph le Haarlem. Prize certificates made out to N.J.A. Steins Bisschop, both dated 1817. Reprinted from Valckenaer's "masterly work on Euripides" (Sandys), first printed by Brouwer at Franeker in 1755. Containing the version of Grotius and including the first printing of parts of the Scholia, "enriched by every thing which can render it most acceptable to a critical student", this reprint has been "improved and enlarged" to be "deserving of strong recommendation" (Dibdin). Dibdin I, 545 & 548-9; Hoffman II, 78; Schweiger I, 118; Spoelder, 491 (Amsterdam 10). Ref: 55092show full image..
Eusebius of Caesarea: (Caton, William, ed. & trans.:) An Abridgement of Eusebius Pamphilius's Ecclesiastical History, in Two Parts. Part I. A compendious commemoration of the remarkablest chronologies which are contained in that famous history. Part II. A summary or brief hint of the twelve persecutions sustained by the antient christians, with a compendious paraphrase upon the s London: Francis Holden 1698. Second edition. 8vo., pp. 32, 95, 94-210, 111-130, [iv] (i.e. usual mispagination). Index at rear (seemingly bound before The First Book in some copies). A little toned. Contemporary tan Cambridge-panelled sheep, robustly rebacked, raised bands, gilt title. Rubbed, edges a bit worn, corners frayed, endpapers replaced but a very good copy overall. Small bookseller's label of Ebenezer Palmer, Paternoster Row, London EC. 'In late 1659 Caton [1636-1665] was back in Swarthmoor, where he copied out 170 letters that had been sent to Margaret Fell by Quakers throughout Britain and Europe during the previous five years, apparently with the intention of publication. These letters comprise the William Caton MSS in the Library of the Society of Friends, London. Most of Caton's own letters to Fell and other Friends are to be found in the Swarthmoor collection in the same library. [?] A letter of particular interest is Swarthmore MS 4, fol. 241, in which Caton describes the 'fantastical' celebrations that greeted the entrance of Charles II into London and expresses his fears for the safety of Quakers under the new regime. Indeed, soon after the Restoration Caton published An abridgement ? of the remarkable chronologies which are contained in that famous ecclesiasticall history of Eusebius (1661), in which he sought to draw a parallel between the sufferings of the early Christians and the contemporary persecution of Quakers.' (ODNB, McDowell) ESTC R1923; J. Smith, Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books, I, p.394 Ref: 55224show full image..
Eutropius: Breviarum Historiae Romanae. Accedunt Selectae lectiones dilucidando Auctori appositae. Parisiis [Paris]: Typis Josephi Barbou. 1754. 12mo., pp. [ii], xxviii, 221, [i]. Additional engraved frontispiece, engraved head- and tailpieces. Frontispiece and title a bit dusty, minimal foxing, margins of two leaves lightly waterstained, traces of small pasted paper slip on verso of last leaf. Contemporary crimson morocco, triple gilt ruled, spine triple gilt ruled, large gilt fleurons, gilt-lettered morocco label, small worm hole at foot, inner edges gilt, a.e.g. Joints expertly repaired, boards lightly rubbed. 18th century armorial bookplate of Louis des Champes des Tournelles to front pastedown, book label of Alfred Neild to ffep, bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to flyleaf. An attractively-printed pocket edition of the abridged Roman history written by the 4th century historian Eutropius. This copy belonged to Louis des Champes des Tournelles (1744-95), a staunch Jacobin appointed French Minister of Finance in 1793. After Robespierre's abolition of ministries, he was imprisoned for defending too ardently his brother, later executed on the guillotine. Louis died of poisoning in 1795. Brunet II 1116. Ref: 53163show full image..
Fabricius, J.A.: Bibliotheca Graeca, sive Notitia scriptorum veterum Graecorum. Hamburgi [Hamburg]: apud Christian Liebzeit & Theodor. Christoph. Felginer, 1714-1728 14 vols (I-II bound together, IV in two vols). 4to. I-II: pp. [2], [14], 940; III: pp. [2], [14], 830, including one full-page engraved illustration; IV/1: pp. [2], [14], 711, [1]; IV/2: pp. [2], [12], 618; V: pp. [2], [14], 338; [6], 111, [1]; [6], 186; [6], 250; VI: pp. [14], 840, including one full-page engraved illustration; VII: pp. [2], [6], 792; VIII: pp. [2], [18], 876; IX: pp. [2], [6], 808; X: pp. [2], [26], 824; XI: pp. [2], [14], 860, [2]; XII: pp. [2], [12], 911, [1]; XIII: pp. [2], [10], 860; XIV: pp. [2], [10], 740; all (except vol. VI) including engraved frontispieces. Varying degrees of browning or foxing as usual, upper edges a little dusty, the odd ink mark, I-II: 2 extreme lower outer corners torn, IV/1: light marginal water stain to last few leaves, small repair to 4N3 not affecting reading, VIII: small worm hole to lower blank margin, expanding into worm trail to one gathering; XIII: last verso a little soiled. Modern quarter crushed crimson morocco over cloth boards, raised bands, spine gilt-lettered, corners a little rubbed. Modern bookplate of Writers' Library, London, to front pastedowns. The full 14-volume set of this renowned bibliographical monument to Greek antiquity - a masterpiece of erudition by the German classicist J.A. Fabricius (1668-1736), professor of rhetoric at Hamburg. Originally published between 1705 and 1728, 'Bibliotheca Graeca' is one of his several works of historical bibliography, which reached down to medieval Latin writers. It covers works written between pre-Homeric times and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, including, for major figures like Homer, the tradition of scholia and the criticism of late antiquity. Some of its volumes include previously unpublished essays by Fabricius on sundry topics, e.g., a grammar of Dionysius Thrax. Chapters are organised in a variety of ways: some by subject (e.g., jurisprudence), others by literary or philosophical current (e.g., Peripatetics). The volumes of this set were published between 1714 and 1728. A handsome work, scarce as a full set. Ref: 53673show full image..
Fajardo-Acosta, Fidel: Courtly Seductions, Modern Subjections: Troubadour Literature and the Medieval Construction of the Modern World. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2010. 8vo., pp. 267. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53409
Farrer, William & Brownbill, J. (eds.): The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. Volume Three. Folkestone, Kent: Dawson for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1990. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. A touch of dust to edges otherwise fine. Reprinted photographically from the 1907 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company. Ref: 54022
Farrer, William & Brownbill, J. (eds.): The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. Volume VIII. Folkestone, Kent: Dawson for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1993. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Rear bottom corner bumped, a touch of dust to edges, otherwise very good. Reprinted photographically from the 1914 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company. Ref: 54027
