Catullus, Gaius Valerius; Tibullus, Albius; Propertius, Sextus: Opera. Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. 12mo., pp. [ii], 276. Internally very clean. Later dark green morocco, gilt spine, borders and dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine faded, very good indeed. Small, blue-bordered label with MS letter V to front pastedown. The title-page is the variant in which the 'T' of 'CATULLUS' is slightly oversized. Page 209 is misnumbered 109 as usual. Leaf A2 is a cancel. According to Gaskell, 800 copies remained in Baskerville's stock in 1775. Dibdin describes this edition, based on Coustelier's 1743 production, as 'very beautiful', though 'not esteemed for accuracy'. ESTC T4788; Gaskell 45; Dibdin I (4th ed) 377. Ref: 54178show full image..
Catullus, Gaius Valerius; Tibullus, Albius; Propertius, Sextus: Opera. Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. 4to., pp. [ii], 200, 221-372 (i.e. 352, due to usual error in pagination). Writing royal paper of good quality. Occasional tiny marks, a few very faint spots of foxing, some small pencil notes mostly to endpapers. Small stain to fore-edge showing very slightly at page edges. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, gilt leaf border to boards, edges pale yellow, marbled endpapers. Neatly rebacked with original spine retained though darkened, a few scratches and chips, corners a little worn, very good. Gilt rose with an Earl's coronet to upper board, portcullis also with an Earl's coronet to lower board. The same symbols alternating to each compartment of the spine. Possibly the arms of St John's College, Cambridge, though there are no other institutional markings. Leaves A2 and H3, often cancelled, are both found here in their original state. Also available in 12mo., this 4to. version was priced on publication at a guinea, though copies were advertised for sale at 18s. on 9th July 1773; 780 copies remained in stock in 1775. Dibdin describes this edition, based on Coustelier's 1743 production, as 'very beautiful', though 'not esteemed for accuracy'. ESTC T6260; Dibdin I (4th edn.) 377; Gaskell 44; Graesse 287; Moss 1263 Ref: 54591show full image..
Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Epistolae ad Familiares. Pauli Manutius Annotationes breves in margine adscriptae. Eiusdem scholar. Verba Greca Latinos expressa. Dionysii Lambini Monstroliensis viri doctiss emendationes, & earum rationes. Gulielmi Canteri locorum aliquot explications & emendationes, nunc p Amstelreodami (sic) [Amsterdam]: Henricum Laurentii, 1626. 8vo., pp.[xvi], 487, [i]. Printer's device to title-page, woodcut initials. A few tiny manicules etc to margins. Faint tidemark to first gathering, final two gatherings nibbled along edge of lower margin but no loss of text. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, fore-edges slightly overlapped, edges sprinkled red. Spine darkened, quite a few smudgy marks and stains, corners frayed especially at the bottom of the upper board, turn-ins lifting and endpapers grubby but still a very good, if well-used, copy. To title-page, ownership inscription of James Forbes in an old hand. To ffep also in an old hand, the name Cornelius Heijmenberg crossed through followed possibly by Gerardii (smudged), three lines of numbers, and the name Heijmenberg then repeated. To ffep verso a single line of ms, 'So have I seen a King on Chaff'. Seemingly a reprint of the 1577 Estienne with notes of Paulus Manutius, Lambinus, etc. and WIlliam Canter's explanations of place. (see Dibdin I. 423). This edition appears scarce, with Jisc Library Hub finding no copies and Worldcat only one. The Worldcat copy lists no publisher and, as the publisher's name is clearly visible on the title-page here, some room for doubt is left as to whether it is in fact the same edition. Ref: 54658show full image..
Cicero, Marcus Tullius: (Ernesti, Johann August, ed.:) Opera Omnia [...] cum Notis et Clave Ciceroniana. Halis Saxonum [Halle an der Saale]: In Orphano Tropheo, 1773-77. 5 vols bound as 8, 8vo., pp. LXXXVI; XVI, 734, [ii] + frontispiece + portrait of Ernesti opposite p.1; XXII, [ii], 847, [i]; [iii], 852-1696; XVI, 510, [ii]; VIII, 513-1166, [ii]; VIII, 736; [iii], 740-1200; XVI, 910, [ii]. Woodcut vignette to title-page, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Some foxing and toning though vol. 4 parts 1 and 2 are less affected, occasional spots and smudges, vol. 4 part one with a few paper flaws to fore-edges, final vol. with a small strip torn from the upper margin pp.III-IV but not affecting text. Contemporary half tan calf, raised bands gilt ruled, red and green title labels, brown sprinkled paper boards, edges sprinkled red. A bit rubbed, corners fraying, very good. Vol.1 [Rhetorica]; vol.2, pars 1-2 Orationes; vol.3, pars 1 Epistol? ad diversos - vol.3, pars 2 Epistol? ad Atticum, Q. fratrem et Brutum; vol.4, pars 1 Opera philosophica; vol4, pars 2 Opera philosophica. Accedunt fragmenta scriptorum deperditorum; [vol.5] Clavis Ciceroniana. The third and the 'more critical and profound' of Ernesti's editions of Cicero. '"No man, since the restoration of literature", says the Bibl. Crit. Amst., "has more contributed towards the illustration of Cicero than John Augustus Ernesti"....The third edition is more particularly valuable, as presenting us in each volume with some account of the editions of the various works of Cicero, and a few additional notes and emendations of the text' (Dibdin). Dibdin (4th edn.) I 403. Schweiger II 109. Dibdin (4th edn.) I 403. Schweiger II 109. Ref: 54723show full image..
[Cook, Captain James:] Anderson, George William, ed.: A New Authentic and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Undertaken and Perfomed by Royal Authority. Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook?s First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, [...]. London: A[lexander] H[ogg], [1784]. First edition, folio, pp [iv], 654, [iv] + portrait frontispiece, folding General Chart and 153 further plates (of 155 called for). Lacks the final leaf before the unpaginated 4-page List of Subscribers, i.e. p.655, the end of the Concluding Remarks followed by a brief Contents list, with Directions to the Binder to verso First and last few leaves creased, title-page trimmed at bottom edge with loss of publisher's name and date, 8C only loosely inserted, small loss to bottom margin 2S2, South Side of Adventure Bay plate with a closed v-shaped tear to the centre (no loss), A Man of the Sandwich Islands plate with a closed tear to fore-edge (affecting image but with no loss), Winter Habitations of Kamtschatka plate coming loose, a little light sporadic foxing towards bottom edge with a very small area of light damp staining toward the rear. Many pressed dried leaves inserted between pages, but not affecting the surrounding paper. Slightly later simple brown calf, spine with raised bands gilt ruled and black gilt title label. Upper board detached but present, endcaps worn, lower joint split but cords holding firm, a little scuffed, corners frayed, without ffep. Includes the expeditions of Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Mulgrave, Anson, and Drake as well as those of Cook. Issued originally in 80 parts at a cost of sixpence a piece, this highly detailed and popular edition helped to spread the stories of Cook's travels among the general public. Often referred to as 'Anderson's Cook', although the name of the editor is likely a publisher's pseudonym. ESTC N5221 Ref: 54817show full image..
Cooper, Thomas: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae & Britannicae [...]. London: 1584. Folio. [1716]pp., wanting first and last blank. Decorated initials, double column. Title a bit soiled, intermittent light marginal water staining, heavier to first and last gathering, ancient repair to upper outer blank corner of A2, small clean tears to few margins, one with loss touching text to upper margin of 3E2, two more to outer blank margin of 3F and lower outer blank corner of 4Q2, slight toning, small ink splash to 2H4-5 and 2V6. Recently rebound in goatskin using early 19th-century marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Desmond Morris to front pastedown; autograph Tho: Beach to ffep and R.H. Whitehurst 1803 to fly; ex-libris Francis Garbet 1654 to verso of 7M5; monogram Th.M.(?) inked to 3O2; occasional 17th-century marginalia. Third edition of this monumental Latin-English dictionary authored by Thomas Cooper, later Bishop of Winchester. It was inspired by Thomas Elyot's own Latin dictionary, which Cooper completed after Elyot's death. The ex-libris of Francis Garbet, dated 1654, points to the clergyman of Wroxceter who was Richard Baxter's instructor in theology during his early years. One of the marginalia refers to Cardinal Bellarmine's doctrines. The copy was more recently in the collection of Desmond Morris, author of "The Naked Ape" (1967). ESTC S121950; STC (2nd ed.), 5689. Ref: 53172show full image..
Corneille, Pierre & Thomas: Les Chef-d''Oeuvres Dramatiques de Messieurs Corneille. Avec Le Jugement des Scavans a la fin de chaque Piece Amsterdam: aux D?pens de la Compagnie, 1773. 12mo. 4 vols., pp.viii, 384 + 6 plates; [iv], 314 + 5 plates; [iv], 272 + 3 plates; [iv], 352 + 3 plates. Engraved portrait frontispieces to vols. I and II, woodcut head and tail pieces and initials, a few leaves of vol. IV unopened, '990' in blue pencil at foot of final page vols. I and IV. Occasional light spots and stains, a little damp-staining to vols. II and IV, vol. I with lower corner of leaf F2 torn but not affecting text. Later mottled calf, spines heavily gilt, edges red, marbled endpapers. Edges a little rubbed but very good. To each front paste-down the red-printed book label of the translator Niccolai Gamba-Castelli, with MS shelfmark. Vol. I - Trag?dies de P. Corneille: Le Cid; Horace; Cinna; Polieucte; L Mort de la Pomp?e. Vol. II - Trag?dies de P. Corneille: Rodogune; Heraclius; Othon. Vol. III - Trag?die de T. Corneille: Le Comte D'Essex. Com?die de P. Corneille: Le Menteur. Com?die de T. Corneille: Le Baron D'Albikrac. Vol. IV - Com?dies de T. Corneille: Le Festin de Pierre; La Comtesse D'Orgueil (Nouveau Prologue); L'Inconnu (Nouveau Divertissement). Ref: 54145show full image..
Curtius Rufus, Quintus: (Freinsheim, Johann; Letellier, M., eds.:) De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni: cum supplementis Freinshemii, interpretatione et notis illustravit Michael Le Tellier ? Societate Jesu. Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini. Parisiis [Paris]: apud Fredericum Leonard [...], 1678. First edition thus. 4to., pp. [xxxvi] 417 [cxxxv]. Additional engraved title-page, winged lion device to title, engraved end pieces and initials. Occasional light dampstaining particularly near bottom edge and top corner towards the rear, some very light spotting, leaf V1 tip of bottom corner lost not affecting text. Contemporary semi-limp vellum, later dark green morocco label to spine, date inked at tail, blind panelled boards. Vellum slightly yellowed with some smudgy marks, corners a little bumped, small hole to ffep. Armorial bookplate of Charles Vere Dashwood Esq. (1745-1821). The tenth 'Delphin' edition issued (a classical library for Louis XIV's son, the Dauphin). This history of Alexander the Great is the only known work of the (probably) first-century historian Quintus Curtius Rufus. Schweiger II 321. Ref: 54426show full image..
Curtius Rufus, Quintus: (Snakenburg, Hendrik, ed.:) De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni, Regis Macedonum, Libri Superstites. Cum omnibus supplementis, variantibus lectionibus, commentariis ac notis perpetuis Fr. Modii, V. Acidallii, T. Popmae, Joh. Freinshemi, Joh. Schefferi, Christoph. Cellarii, Nic. Heinsii. Selectis & excerptis Ph. Rubenii, J. Rutgersii, C. Barthii, Joh Delphis, & Lugd. Bat. [Delft & Leiden]: apud Adrianum Beman, Samuelem Luchtmans, 1724. First edition thus. 2 parts in 1. 4to., pp. [lxxiv], 472; [ii], 473-824, [ccxxiv] + 1 folding map and 17 further plates. Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and tailpieces. The plate opposite p.214 is printed on a smaller leaf. Sporadic light foxing, a few stains but very good overall. Contemporary tan calf neatly rebacked preserving gilt spine, corners repaired, edges red, marbled endpapers. A few stains and scrapes to boards, very good. Ownership inscription of John Taylor Coleridge of Park Crescent dated 1851 to preliminary blank. John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876) was an English judge and the nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). 'This is the celebrated quarto Variorum edition of Q. Curtius, by Snakenburg, which contains many valuable extracts from Bruno, Modius, Freinshem, and Cellarius. The text is formed according to the first edit. of Freinshem, from which it never departs but with the most scrupulous caution, and when warranted by a better reading. In compiling the work, Snakenburg consulted one good ancient MS, and two modern ones: but with the early editions of this author he appears to have been ill provided, as he consulted no edition more ancient than the Aldine. "This editor," says Ernesti, "as is too often the case, undertook the publication more from the importunity of the bookseller, than from the conviction of being able to compose a useful work from previous study, and diligent accumulation of materials." It must, however, be confessed that this edition of Snakenburg is a very valuable performance, and is deservedly held in high respect. Dr. Harwood has pronounced a warm eulogium upon it, and the editor is by him declared to have "manifested an accurate knowledge of ancient manners and customs".' (Dibdin) Schweiger II, 323; Graesse II, 311; Brunet II, 450; Dibdin II, 376-77 Ref: 54282show full image..
Curtius Rufus, Quintus: (Snakenburg, Hendrik, ed.:) De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni, Regis Macedonum, Libri Superstites. Cum omnibus supplementis, variantibus lectionibus, commentariis ac notis perpetuis Fr. Modii, V. Acidallii, T. Popmae, Joh. Freinshemi, Joh. Schefferi, Christoph. Cellarii, Nic. Heinsii. Selectis & excerptis Ph. Rubenii, J. Rutgersii, C. Barthii, Joh Delphis, & Lugd. Bat. [Delft & Leiden]: apud Adrianum Beman, Samuelem Luchtmans, 1724. First edition thus. 2 parts in 1. 4to., pp. [lxxiv], 472; [ii], 473-824, [ccxxiv] + 18 plates (3 of which folding) including additional engraved title-page. Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and tail-pieces. The catchword at the end of the dedication (T4) does not match the following leaf, as also found in other copies and seemingly due to the insertion of the Preface. Faintly foxed. Contemporary marbled calf, neatly rebacked with original spine retained, orange gilt title-label, gilt borders, gilt-stamped emblem of Haarlem to each board, edges coloured yellow, green cloth ties replaced, corners neatly repaired. Old spine piece worn but soundly rebacked, some scratches and scuffs to boards, a few whitish marks to top edge, endpapers a little toned at edges, very good overall. A few pencilled bookseller's notes to front paste-down. 'This is the celebrated quarto Variorum edition of Q. Curtius, by Snakenburg, which contains many valuable extracts from Bruno, Modius, Freinshem, and Cellarius. The text is formed according to the first edit. of Freinshem, from which it never departs but with the most scrupulous caution, and when warranted by a better reading. In compiling the work, Snakenburg consulted one good ancient MS, and two modern ones: but with the early editions of this author he appears to have been ill provided, as he consulted no edition more ancient than the Aldine. "This editor," says Ernesti, "as is too often the case, undertook the publication more from the importunity of the bookseller, than from the conviction of being able to compose a useful work from previous study, and diligent accumulation of materials." It must, however, be confessed that this edition of Snakenburg is a very valuable performance, and is deservedly held in high respect. Dr. Harwood has pronounced a warm eulogium upon it, and the editor is by him declared to have "manifested an accurate knowledge of ancient manners and customs".' (Dibdin) Schweiger II, 323; Graesse II, 311; Brunet II, 450; Dibdin II, 376-77 Ref: 52286show full image..
