Verner, Miroslav: (Rendall, Steven, trans.:) The Pyramids: Their Archaeology and History. London: Atlantic Books, 2002. 8vo., pp. xii, 495 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, edges dusted. Dust-jacket, edges slightly creased. Still very good. Originally published in Czech in 1997, this edition translated into English from the 1998 revised and extended edition in German and first issued in the USA in 2001. Ref: 54254
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Opera) E doct. virorum castigatione. Accessit Animadversionum liber; Cum indice locupletissimo. Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden]. Apud Abraham. Elsevirium. 1622 12mo. pp. [xxiv], 394, [xxv]. Engraved title. Light marginal staining from edge-colouring, few leaves dust-soiled, small clean tear at gutter of p.117. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, strips of 15th century manuscripts used as spine lining, all edges blue. Covers rubbed. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front pastedown, contemporary autograph 'Jacobus de Berck' dated 1654 on front pastedown and flyleaves, his student's annotations in Dutch in a few places. 'Mediocre edition which has retained some value due to its rarity' (Willems 208); 'difficult to find' (Brunet V, 485). Not in Dibdin. Willems 208; Brunet V, 485. Ref: 53158show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Brunck, J. P. F., ed.:) Bucolica Georgica Et Aeneis. Argentorati [Strassburg]: Typis Philippi Jacobi Dannbach. 1789. 4to., pp. [iv], 430, [ii]. Faint, blotchy toning to first few leaves, occasional very slight spotting. Contemporary light tan tree calf, spine heavily gilt with red Morocco label, edges sprinkled red, blue marbled endpapers. A few recent notes loosely inserted. Slightly sunned spine, joints a little rubbed, a few small ink stains to upper board, to lower board a small area of scratched and three small wornholes at joint, very good, attractive copy. Second Dannback printing of Virgil (the first being the 8vo. of 1785), with the recension of J. P. F. Brunck. Stylistically, the production takes its influence from the uncluttered large quartos of Baskerville, who is indeed praised in the publisher's preface. 'These editions are not only very beautiful specimens of typography, but they present the text of the poet complied with great care and correctness, in which the ancient orthography and true reading are endeavoured to be restored.' (Dibdin). Schweiger II, 1180; Dibdin II, 561-2. Ref: 54637
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Burman, P. ed.:) Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni. Glasguae [Glasgow]: In aedibus academicis, excudebat Andreas Foulis, 1784. 8vo., pp. [iv], 240, 157, [3]. With new pagination and register after signature Gg4 at the end of Book VI of the ?nead. Publisher's catalogue to final leaf. Occasional light spotting, internally very good. Simple contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, very slim boards, edges lightly sprinkled brown. Pencil note, 'edition de Burmann' to front paste-down, illegible ownership inscription in blue pen to ffep. A little greyed but very good. Dibdin omits this 1784 8vo edition, citing only the 1758 12mo and the 1788 folio, which are described as 'very correct and beautiful' and 'printed in a correct and magnificent manner' respectively. ESTC T126176; Gaskell 673; Dibdin II, p.558 (1758 and 1788 eds.); Schweiger II, p.1179. Ref: 54479show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Dryden, John, trans.:) The Works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden [?]. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1769. 3 vols. 12mo., pp. [iv], xxxvii, [iii], 158, [iii] + portrait frontispiece; [iv], 224 + folding map; [iv], 245, [iii]. Half-title to each volume, vol. I with single-page Foulis catalogue at rear, vol. III with two-page catalogue. Variant using paper of slightly lower quality, very occasional faint spotting but generally bright. Contemporary plain tan calf, raised bands gilt ruled, spine labels mostly lost with blind impressions remaining, edges sprinkled red. Spines dry and rubbed, vol. III upper joint split but board firm, endpapers toned at edges, very good indeed. Half-titles read as follows: Vol. I. Containing the Pastorals and the Georgics; Vol. II. Containing the First Six Books of the Aeneis; Vol. III. Containing the Last Six Books of the Aeneis. ESTC T139417; Gaskell 497 Ref: 54578show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Haupt, Moriz, ed.:) Opera Lipsiae [Leipzig]: S. Hirzelium, 1873. Small 8vo., pp.[ii], 607,[i] + additional engraved title-page. Original paper covers bound in at rear,with 'Signet Library' handwritten at head. Some dusty marks to printed title and half-title butgenerally clean within. Brown library buckram, gilt title and shelfmark to spine, gilt centrepiece ofthe Society of Writers to the Signet to upper board, top edge trimmed but the others uncut. Jointsrubbed, a few small marks, edges a bit dusty, very good. One of the German philologist Moriz Haupt's contributions to classical scholarship, which included editions of Ovid's Halieutica and the Cynegetica of Grattius and Nemesianus (1838), of Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius (1868), of Horace (3rd ed, 1871) and this of Virgil (1873). Ref: 54903show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Heyne, C.G. (ed.:) Opera, varietate lectionis et perpetua adnotatione illustrata...accedit index uberrimus editio tertia emendatior et auctior. Londini [London]: Typis T. Rickaby, impensis T. Payne, B. & J. White, R. Faulder & J. Edwards, 1793 Royal 8vo. 4 vols. pp. [vi], CCLV, [1], 566 + engraved frontispiece and engraved plate; pp. [2], XCIV, 820; pp. [2], 760; pp. [2], 259, [1], 704. Engraved title and text vignettes. Minimal toning or offsetting from engravings, occasional light spotting, I: engraved frontispiece, title and first leaf somewhat foxed, III: slight spotting to a couple of gatherings,. Contemporary polished calf, marbled endpapers, double gilt ruled, blind-tooled decorative roll, raised bands, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, inner edges gilt, all edges marbled, joints, head and foot of spine a trifle rubbed with occasional very minor loss. Remarkably fresh and clean, uniformly bound set of this much celebrated, deluxe, student edition of Virgil, by C.G. Heyne. He issued four 'incomparable editions' (Dibdin), this being the London reprint of the Leipzig edition of 1788. In addition to the received Vergilian canon, it includes indexes and an incredibly thorough chronological list of all Virgil editions ever printed. This is probably one of the copies on large paper, in royal octavo, ornamented with beautiful vignettes, mentioned by Dibdin. Dibdin (4th ed.) II, p.559; Schweiger II, 1181. Ref: 53345show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Hunter, John, ed.:) Opera: ad Lectiones Probatiores Diligenter Emendata, et Interpuctione Nova Saepius Illustrata [?]. Cupri Fifanorum [Cupar, Fife]: R. Tullis, Academiae Andreanae Typographus, Londini, apud Whyte et Fi (1810). 2 vols. 8vo., pp. xviii, 227, [i]; [ii], 253, [i]. A little light foxing, some slight dusty marks. Contemporary brown calf, attractive gilt spine, blind tooling to joints, marbled edges and endpapers. Endcaps and joints a bit worn, upper joint vol.I just starting, some stains and scuffs, corners frayed, still very good. To each front pastedown an armourial bookplate; to initial blank vol.I, 'E.I.H., 1821 May'. We believe this to be Edward Isaac Hobhouse (1804-1854), the bookplate showing Hobhouse arms impaling those of his wife, Hester Charlotte, whom he married in 1832. Edward was the half-brother of John Cam Hobhouse (1786-1869), the English Radical politician and great friend and travelling companion of Lord Byron. During John's extremely brief period as Chief Secretary for Ireland he appointed Edward as his private secretary. An interesting scrap of Edward's adolescence is preserved in the National Library of Scotland in the form of an 1819 letter from Henry Drury, master of Harrow School, to Edward's father Sir Benjamin Hobhouse about his unruly son (Item Reference: MS.42303). Drury complains about the boy's behaviour, in particular an incident of letting off fireworks in the house, and "a determined defiance of all authority". As a result, Drury recommends that Edward is removed from the school and given a private tutor, before he is inevitably "publicly expelled". A later edition by Robert Tullis of Dr John Hunter's much acclaimed text, which had first appeared in 1799. Tullis took inspiration from the Foulis Press and as such his editions were noted for the elegance of their typesetting. See Dibdin (4th edn.) II, 564 for the 1799 appearance of Hunter's edition. Also referenced by: "The Tullis press Cupar, 1803-1849," by D.W. Doughty, Abertay Historical Society Publication 12 (1967), no. 20. Ref: 54905show full image..
[Virgil] Virgilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Joannis Baskerville, 1757. First edition. 4to, pp. [x], 103, [ii], 105-231, 233-432 (errors in pagination as usual). With initial blank and list of subscribers. Occasional extremely faint spotting but very clean overall. Contemporary tan speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and red morocco label, edges red. Joints split but boards holding firm, some crackling to spine, but sound. Headcaps worn and chipped, some scuffs and scrapes, corners worn, some evidence of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown, but still a good, sound copy. The position of the 'J' of 'Johannis' between the 'B' and 'I' of 'Birminghamiae' on the line above identifies this copy as a first edition in accordance with Gaskell, who defines it as 'Baskerville's first and perhaps his finest book', and cites Renouard's judgement of it as 'the most beautiful and the most sought-after of Baskerville's quarto classics'. Dibdin adds, "I have always considered this beautiful production as one of the most finished specimens of typography". ESTC T131451; Gaskell 'Baskerville', 1; Dibdin (4th edn.) II, 554 Ref: 54518show full image..
Vout, Caroline: The Hills of Rome: Signature of an Eternal City. Cambridge University Press, 2012. First edition. Large 8vo. (250 x 182 mm), pp. xvii, 284 + colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket, lightly scratched with remains of label adhesive to lower portion of front cover. Other than these slight flaws to jacket, an unused, mint copy. Ref: 53593
