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
Loew, E.A.: The Beneventan Script. A History of the South Italian Minuscule. Oxford University Press, 1999 8vo. Black boards, blue dw. A little shop worn but otherwise in fine condition. Ref: 54928
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..
[Lucan] Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus: (Grotius, Hugo; Farnaby, Thomas; Schrevel, Cornelius, eds.:) De Bello Civili [...]. Londini [London]: Typis excudebat J.F. Dove;,prostant venales apud R. Priestley, 1818. 8vo., pp.[xviii], 599, [lxxxvii]. A little faint foxing. Contemporary diced tan calf, sturdily rebacked retaining original spine with raised bands and dark brown morocco label, gilt borders, blue marbled edges and endpapers. Retained spine worn and marked, reback a perhaps a little heavy, a few scuffs, very good. To ffep verso, ownership inscription of F. H. Sandbach, dated '25 ( being Francis Henry Sandbach (1903-1991), professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge). To a preliminary blank, the ownership inscription of Roland George Mayer, Peterhouse 1970. Also contains "Petronii Arbitri Specimen belli civilis" and "Supplementum Lucani, libri septem, authore Thoma Majo". Ref: 54907show full image..
Lucian of Samasota: (Mayne, Jasper, trans.:) Part of Lucian Made English from the Originall. In the Yeare 1638. Oxford: R. Davies, 1664. FIRST PART ONLY. 1st edition 2nd issue, folio, pp. [xvi], 398, [iv] + portrait frontispiece of Lucian signed: W: Faithhorne sculpsit.. As usual pp.162-167 and pp.316-317 are misnumbered as 182-187 and 306, 311 respectively. Woodcut device to title-page, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. Some old repairs to frontis at gutter, to title-page verso (particularly head and tail edges) plus a few other places e.g. head of first dedicatory leaf, M1, Z1, and some other smaller repairs; small worm trail to bottom corner of fore-edge margin roughly pp.202-281, repaired in some places; light browning and possible dampstaining to head and tail edges near front and rear; occasional wax spots and tiny scorch holes, final blank leaf laid down.. Contemporary speckled calf boards neatly rebacked in polished sheep, raised bands and morocco gilt label to spine, blind-tooled borders, edges sprinkled red, endpapers replaced. Endcaps, raised bands and joints rubbed, a little chipping to edges, corners worn, a few light scuffs and scrapes. A good copy, soundly repaired. To the front paste-down: small book label of Charles Whibley. To frontispiece verso: various pen trials and doodled faces, plus inscriptions of Thos. Hartopp and Elizabeth Mallory 'Her Booke, 1694'. To title-page recto: two more inscriptions of Tho. Hartopp, and one of Ralph Welles. To final blank: another inscription of Elizabeth Mallory dated 1694 and another (seemingly in the same handwriting) of Elizabeth Welles; in the same hand a quotation, 'One moment gives Invention to Destroy / What to Rebuild would A whole Age Imploy'. This comes from William Congreve's play The Double-Dealer, which was first produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in November or December of 1693 and first appeared in print the following year. There are also what appear to be faded signatures on the leather of the lower board, though these are illegible. This version, with its title-page dated 1664, seems to be a reissue of the original 1663 first (the title-page of the first issue is dated 1663 and there is no portrait). The second part of the work is not found here; titled "Certain select dialogues of Lucian: together with his true history, translated from the Greek into English. By Mr. Francis Hickes", it has separate pagination, register, and title page with the imprint "printed for Richard Davis,... 1663". It appears that it was also issued separately (Wing L3425). ESTC R23081; Wing L3435 Ref: 52318show full image..
Lucretius Carus, Titus: De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. Birminghamae [Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. First Baskerville edition. 4to., pp. [ii], 280. First and last leaves (and endpapers) toned at edges, occasional very faint foxing. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, edges pale yellow, marbled endpapers. A little loss to endcaps, upper joint split but cords firm, rear joint just starting, corners frayed with a little loss of leather to bottom corner of upper board, still very good overall. Strangely-deteriorated (has become dark reddish-brown) bookplate of William Downes to front paste-down. William Downes, 1st Baron Downes PC (1751-1826) was one of the most prominent Irish judges of his time. He was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1803 to 1822. The first Baskerville edition of Lucretius (a duodecimo followed the next year). In a somewhat backhanded fashion, Dibdin comments that this edition is remarkable for its typographical beauty though nothing else. ESTC T50365; Dibdin II (4th edn.), 203; Gaskell 43; Gordon 20; Schweiger II, 577 Ref: 54592show full image..
