Lenski, Noel: Constantine and the Cities: Imperial Authority and Civic Politics. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Large 8vo., pp. ix, 404. Maps and illustrations. Paperback. White covers, and edges, dust-marked, but an unused copy: very good. Ref: 54358
Lewis, Matthew: Rebellion in the Middle Ages: Fight against the Crown. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2021. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 269 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54446
Libanius: (Wolfius, J.C., ed.:) Epistolae. Quas nunc primum maximam partem e variis codicibus, manu exaratis, edidit, Latine convertit & notis illustravit. Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios. 1738. Editio princeps. Large folio, pp. [20], 865, [1], lacking final blank. With half-title, title page in red and black, engraved printer's device to title, double column in Greek and Latin. Half-title, title and a handful of other leaves slightly foxed, occasional toning. Contemporary Dutch vellum, traces of ties, gilt ruled to a panel design, gilt centrepieces with arms of Amsterdam, small gilt arms of Amsterdam to corners, raised bands, small gilt arms of Amsterdam to spine, title inked to spine, modern shelfmark label to upper cover. Corners a bit bumped. Modern stamp of Maastricht library to ffep. A sumptuously bound, large folio prize book - a clean and well-margined copy. The first collected printing of the letters of Libanius, the 4th-century AD rhetorician. More than 1500 of his letters survive, the largest extant collection from antiquity, and only brief selections had been previously edited. Wolf's magisterial volume not only prints as many as were known but also includes Latin translations for each letter; Smith called it 'the best edition' (Dict. Gr. & Rom. Bio.), and it is still cited in modern editions. Brunet III, 1050; Graesse IV, 195; Hoffman II; Spoelder, 493 (Amst. 12). Ref: 53359show full image..
Lindsay, W.M.: Early Latin Verse: Oxford: Clarendon Press (Special edition for Sandpiper Books), 2000. 8vo., pp. ix, 372. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. First published by Oxford University Press in 1922. Ref: 55175
Lipsius, Justus: Admiranda, sive, de Magnitudine Romana Libri Quattro (3rd ed.); De Militia Romana Libri Quinque, Commentarius ad Polybium (3rd ed.); Analecta sive Observations Reliquae ad Militiam et Hosce Libros; Poliorceticon sive de Machinis. Tormentis. Telis. Libri Quinque. Ad H Antverpi? [Antwerp]: Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1605; 1602; 1602; 1605; 1604; 1604. 6 parts in 1 vol. 4to., pp.223, [ix]; 366, [ii] + 1 folding plate; xxix, [vii]; [ii], 219, [iv]; 55, [i], [ii], 59-77, [vii] + 2 folding plates; 136, [iv] + 4 double-page plates. Many further illustrations in the text, engraved printer's devices. Occasional toning, some faint staining, tiny burn hole to leaf d4 Amiranda. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, overlapping fore-edges, edges sprinkled red. Vellum a little grubby, a few spots, but very good. Lipsius's (1547-1606) Opera Militaria, comprising six essays on Roman military power with plates depicting armaments, machinery, fortresses, gladiators and amphitheatres. First published in 1595 (Antwerp: Plantijn-Moretus). Ref: 54052show full image..
Livingston, C.H.: Gliglois: A French Arthurian romance of the thirteenth century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1932. First edition. 8vo, pp. [viii], 182. Slight browning, but still a very good copy. Blue cloth, spine gilt, head and foot of spine bumped, dust-jacket, a little browned, edges a bit chipped. Ref: 53511
Lloyd, Roger B.: The Stricken Lute: An account of the life of Peter Abelard. London: Lovat Dickson Ltd, 1932. First edition. 8vo, pp. 221. Slight toning, fore-edge uncut and a little dusty, last gathering loosening, else very good. Brown cloth, spine gilt, a little faded around spine, a couple of light stains, but still good. Autograph of M.G. Clark dated 1935 to front free endpaper. Ref: 53531
Loughlin, Susan: Insurrection: Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace. Stroud, Glos.: The History Press, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. 224 + colour plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-wear: a fine copy. Ref: 53862
Loxton, Alice: Uproar: Satire, Scandal & Printmakers in Georgian London. London: Icon Books, 2023. First edition. 8vo., pp. xviii, 398. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Very small bump to fore-edge of upper board, otherwise very good. Ref: 54756
[Lucan] Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus (Oudendorp, F., ed.:) Pharsalia, sive Belli Civilis libri decem. cum scholiaste, hucusque inedito, et notis integris Henrici Glareani, Jacobi Micylli, Joachimi Camerarii, Hugonis Grotii &c., et excerptis Omniboni Vicentini, Joannis Sulpitii Verulani, Jodoci Badii Ascensii, Lamberti Hortensii, Gregorii Bersmanni, T Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans 1728. 4to., pp. [lxxiv], 966, [cxciv] + added engraved title-page and folding map. With prize certificate bound in. Title-page in red and black, woodcut initials and endpieces, some illustrations in the text. A few smudgy marks and the odd bit of foxing but generally very good inside. 1830s tree calf, gilt spine, tan morocco label, gilt borders, blue paste-patterned edges. Spine scuffed and quite dry, joints worn with the upper just starting at the head, edges rubbed, ties lost, rust mark from a paperclip to front endpapers, very good. To front pastedown, an apparently early 20th-century bookplate of Mr D. Bijendijk. School presentation certificate made out to D. Bijdendijk and dated 1830 bound before the added engraved title. The classic variorum edition of Lucan's 'Pharsalia'. Oudendorp (1696-1761) was a student and professor at Leiden. He adds both the ancient scholia to the 1st century AD poet of the Roman Civil Wars, and the modern continuation of Lucan by the author Thomas May (1595-1650). According to Dibdin: 'A very excellent edition. It contains the ancient Scholia, the select notes of various ancient and modern editors, such as Omnibonus, Sulpitius, Micyllus, Bersmannus, Grotius, and others, with the editor's own remarks and annotations, in which he has explained the subject of his author in a concise and perspicuous manner. Between the text and the notes are excerpta from the various MSS. and editions which Oudendorp consulted.' Selected by Dibdin for his list of best 4to variorum classics. Brunet III, 1200; Dibdin II, 186; Sandys II, 454; Schweiger, 564 Ref: 55134show full image..
