Frieda, Leonie: Francis I: The Maker of Modern France. New York: Harper, 2018. First American edition. 8vo., pp. xxx, [ii], 352 + colour plates. Maps and genealogical tables. Hardback: quarter black cloth-backed red boards, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, fine. Unobtrusive black ink remainder-mark to bottom paper-edge, otherwise as new. Ref: 53611
Frontinus, Sextus Julius: (Oudendorp, Frans van, ed.:) Libri Quatuor Strategematicon, cum notis integris Francisci Modii, Godescalci Stewechii, Petri Scriverii, & Samuelis Tennulii. His accedunt, cum P. Scriverii, tum aliorum doctorum ineditae observationes. Curante Francisco Oudendorpio, qui & suas adnotationes, variasque MStorum lec Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Sam. et Joann. Luchtmans, 1779. 8vo. pp. [lxxviii], 570, [cxxxiv]. Engraved frontispiece, woodcut initials and end-pieces. Sporadic very light spotting, very light toning, closed tear to bottom corner 2L6 not affecting text. Contemporary prize binding with certificate bound in, spine gilt, blind-tooled borders and frame with gilt corner-tools and gilt centrepiece with the arms of Leiden to each board, edges sprinkled red. Spine a bit lifted and creased at tail-end, boards a little bowed and very slightly greyed with a few smudgy marks, ties lost, front paste-down lifting a little at fore-edge. Handwritten prize certificate with four signatures awarded to Daniel van Haltern by the 'Quatuorviri' (Board of Trustees) of the Latin School on 4 March 1782. To front paste-down, 20th-century bookplate with coat of arms of Marie Gr?fin von Der Goltz (1873-1941), wife of Count R?diger von der Goltz (1865-1946), army general during WWI, commander of the German Baltic Sea Division' during the civil war in Finland and prominent coordinator of right-wing veterans' organizations in the Weimar Republic. Her son, Gustav Adolf Karl Joachim R?diger Graf[a] von der Goltz (1894-1976) was a lawyer and Nazi Party member who defended many prominent Nazis in the years before they took power, including Joseph Goebbels in 1931-2. He was a member of the Reichstag until his resignation in 1943, when he defended his cousin Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) and Hans von Dohnanyi (1902-1945) before the Reichskriegsgericht. After 1945 he worked as a lawyer at the D?sseldorf Higher Regional Court. Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 ? 103 AD) was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube frontiers. This collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history edited by Frans van Oudendorp (1696-1761), professor of Eloquence and History at Leiden University from 1740 to 1761. Spoelder 5; Graesse II, 639; Schweiger II, 369; Brunet II, 1409 on the ed. Leyden, 1731: "Cette ?dition est bonne, mais elle a ?t? effac?e par la r?impression faite par les soins de Corn. Oudendorp, qui y a ajout? de nouvelles notes, Lugd.-Batavor., 1779" Ref: 54553show full image..
Fulgentius, Fabius Planciades: Opera, quae sunt publici juris omnia. Ad manuscriptos codices plures, nec-non ad editiones antiquores & castigatiores emendata, aucta, & in unum omnia volumen nunc primum collecta. Accessere praeterea in hac nostra editione D. Amedei Episcopi Lausanensis Ho Venetiis [Venice]: apud Augustinum Savioli, 1742. Folio, pp.[iv], XXXVI, 414. Half-tltle, title-page in red and black with engraved device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. A little sporadic foxing including half-title and title, title creased at gutter, towards beginning of text block leaves a little creased horizontally but not affecting legibility, very good. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, small paper library label at head. Some tiny marks and holes to spine, small tear to head cap, a few smudges, corners bumped, paste-downs toned, rear free endpaper with small loss at fore-edge, very good. To title-page, green oval ink stamp Bibliotheek de Vereen. Doopsg. Gemeente, Amsterdam. Works of the (probably) North African Christian writer Fabius Planciades Fulgentius (late 5th ? early 6th century), also containing (p.367-388) 'D. Amedei episcopi Lausanensis De laudibus gloriosae Virginis Mariae. Perelegantes homiliae.'. Debate continues as to whether or not Fabius Planciades Fulgentius and his contemporary, Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe (a Christian bishop) were the same person. Ref: 54565show full image..
Fulton, Michael S.: Siege Warfare during the Crusades Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp. xxiv, 344. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54438
[(Gale, Thomas, ed.:)] Opuscula Mythologica. Physica et Ethica. Gr?ce et latine. Seriem eorum sistit pagina pr?fationem proxime sequens. Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1688. 8vo., pp.[xxx], 7-752, [viii]. Additional engraved title-page, printed title-page in red and black, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. Occasional tiny marginal notes, some fore-edges unopened. Top of head margin very faintly toned. Vellum prize binding, spine gilt, gilt centrepiece of arms of Leiden to each board, edges sprinkled red. Spine a little grey, some smudgy marks, centrepiece stamped to front board so emphatically it has gone through the vellum in a few spots, silk ties lost except one, which is tucked into the rear endpapers, pastedowns lifted and a little creased, still very good. The better second edition, revised and expanded from the 1671 first, of Thomas Gale's most important collection of fragments and small works by classical authors including Eratosthenes, Heraclitus, Heraclides, Theocritus, and Timaeus, with facing Latin translations. Brunet IV, 198 ("Bonne ?dition"); Graesse V, 31; Schweiger I, 133 & 221. Ref: 55094show full image..
Gaudet, John: The Pharaoh's Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization. New York: Pegasus Books, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. xxi, 356 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: quarter black cloth over cream boards, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a single black ink remainder line to bottom edge and a hint only of shelf-dust, otherwise a fine copy. Ref: 54302
Gellius, Aulus: Noctes Atticae. Editio nova et prioribus omnibus doctis hominis cura multo castigatior. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1651. Editio Nova. 12mo. [48], 498, [124]. Small clean tear to lower blank margin of F10, another three on K12, V3-4 touching text. Contemporary vellum over boards, yapp edges, title inked to spine (modern), all edges sprinkled blue. Spine little rubbed. Ex-libris of Rudolph Apfelbeck 1883 to ffep. 'The first two editions from the Elzevir press [of which this is the first] were carefully published by J.F. Gronovius.' (Dibdin) 'Fort jolie et qui passe pour tres correcte' (Willems) Dibdin I, 340; Pokel, 101; Schweiger II, 378; Willems, 1127. Ref: 53177show full image..
Gentili, Bruno; Andreae, Bernard, et al: Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica Vol. I & II. LXXXV Annata; Terza Serie; Volume X, Fascicoli I-II. Firenze: Felice le Monnier, 1992. 2 vols. 8vo., pp. ix, 714; [iv], 718-1202. Pink paperbacks, spines slightly faded. Very minor shelf wear, a very good clean set. Ref: 50376
Gibbon, Edward: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 12 vols. London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; J. Gree 1819. 12 vols., 'A New Edition', 8vo.. First vol. with portrait frontispiece, vols. I and II each with a folding map. A little toned offsetting from the plates, very occasional light foxing but generally clean. Contemporary tan diced calf neatly rebacked, spines attractively gilt with titles, vol. numbers and dates, gilt borders, marbled edges, drab endpapers. Lightly rubbed, a little staining to boards, corners frayed but a very good, good-looking set. Armorial bookplate of William Jeffrey Lockett to front pastedown of each volume. The shield depicts the arms of Lockett and Johnson, implying this is William Jeffrey Lockett (1768-1839), whose mother Hannah was a Johnson. Lockett was a Derbyshire solicitor and Deputy Clerk of the Peace who was instrumental in organising the trial of the Luddite Pentrich Rebels in 1817. Gibbon's (1737-1794) masterpiece, originally published 1776-1788. Volume I contains a 'Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq.' on pp.[3]-16, volume XII contains a general index on pp.[429]-508. Each volume has its own contents page. Printer statement to title-page verso: Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love-Lane, Little Eastcheap. Ref: 55140show full image..
Gittes, Tobias Foster: Boccaccio's Naked Muse: Eros, Culture, and the Mythopoeic Imagination. University of Toronto Press, 2008. First edition. 8vo., pp. xi, 369. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. A hint of use and dust, very good. In the series: 'Toronto Italian Studies'. Ref: 53338
