[Autores Rei Venaticae] Vliet, Jan van: Autores rei venaticae antiqui cum commentarijs Jani Vlitii; ad Christinam Augustam. Lugd. Bat. [Leiden]: apud Elsevirios, 1653 12mo., pp.[xxiv], 491, [xxiii], 48. Elaborate engraved title-page, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials. Usual errors in pagination. Small intermittent damp-stain to head margin, 11* with closed tear to bottom corner not affecting text. Contemporary brown calf, raised bands, red morocco gilt title label to spine, blind-tooled borders, edges sprinkled red. Headcap worn, joints rubbed, a few small chips and scratches, endpapers lifted and a little toned around the edges but still very good indeed. First published in 1645 as Venatio Novantiqua, this volume of poems on the subject of hunting was the first publication of the Dutch philologist and great friend of Junius, Jan Van Vliet (1622-1666). Contains contributions from Faliscus Gratius, Nemesianus and Calpurnius Siculus. Willems 719; Rahir 716. Ref: 54542show full image..
Baltussen, Han & Davis, Peter J. (eds.): The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. First edition. 8vo., pp. vi, 329. Hardback: grey cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54349
Barca, Natale: Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars: The Revolts of Eunus & Salvius 136-132 & 105-100 BC. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiii, 256. Maps. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54508
Berry, Joanne & Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew (eds.): A Cultural History of the Home in Antiquity. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. First edition. Large 8vo., pp. x, 216. Illustrations. Hardback, laminated decorative boards. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Volume 1 in the series of A Cultural History of the Home. Ref: 55278
Bishop, M. C.: Lucius Verus Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. xv, 197 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: green cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. Ref: 54644
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus; (Bernaerts, Jean, com; Oudaert, Nicolaus, ed.:) De Consolatione Philosophiae, Libri Quinque. Antverpiae [Antwerp]: ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1607. 8vo., pp.[xvi], 394, [vi]. Printer's device to title page, to I8 recto and on leaf b8 recto at end; printed marginal notes; tail-pieces; woodcut initials. Colophon at end of 'De consolation philosophiae' (p. [142]) dated 1604. Dampstaining to edges, especially bottom fore-edge corner. Occasional wax spots, worming to bottom fore-edge corner of gatherings F-I, tiny worm trail to fore-edge margin of final gathering, small patch of final leaf stuck to rear paste-down. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, board edges slightly overlapped, edges red. Vellum a bit grubby, some stains, good sound copy. Inscription of William Fleming(?) dated Feb. 18th 1827 to front paste-down. Considered by Dibdin 'an elegant and correct edition'. The second, larger part of the volume contains Bernaert's commentary with separate half title: 'Ioh. BernartI ad AnicI ManlI SeverinI BoetI De Consolatione philosophiae libros V. commentarius. Dedication signed by the editor: Nicolaus Oudaert. Dibdin I (4th edn.), 352; Schweiger II.i. 32-33. Ref: 54590show full image..
Boissier, Gaston: La Religion Romaine. D'Auguste aux Antonins. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1906. 2 vols. in 1. Small 8vo., pp. xiv, 403; 413. Cream cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated, spine label, spine browned, boards grubby, slight shelf wear to edges, endcaps and corners, edges dusted, top edge gilted, foxing to free end-papers, still very good. Gilt-embossed stamp 'Schola Civitatis Londinensis' (City of London School) to upper board. Ref: 48781
Bolling, George Melville: The External Evidence for Interpolation in Homer. Oxford: Clarendon Press (Special edition for Sandpiper Books), 1998. 8vo., pp. xii, 259. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. First published by Oxford University Press in 1925. Ref: 55176
Bryen, Ari Z.: Violence in Roman Egypt: A Study in Legal Interpretation. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. First edition. 8vo., pp. 363. Hardback: red cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unread, a hint only of shelf-wear: almost as new. In the publisher's "Empire and After" series. Ref: 53618
