Schlumberger, L?on Gustave: L'?pop?e Byzantine ? la Fin du Dixi?me Si?cle: Jean Tzimisc?s. Les jeunes ann?es de Basile II, le tueur de Bulgares (969-989). [Paris]: Hachette & cie, 1896. 4to, pp. vi, 799, [I] + coloured frontispiece map + large folding map opposite p.202 + 9 further plates. Additional title-page on translucent paper, with similar leaf at rear. Many illustrations in the text, some of which are full page. Half brown sheep, spine gilt with raised bands, title tooled directly, brown marbled boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. A bit rubbed, endcaps and bands worn, some peeling at corners, light scratching and chipping to marbled paper, still very good. Illegible ownership inscription dated 1943 to endpaper. First, stand-alone volume in a sequence of three volumes on Byzantine epic poetry with the Series title: L'?pop?e Byzantine ? la Fin du Dixi?me Si?cle. The final volume was published in 1905. Ref: 54402show full image..
Scott, Anne M. & Barbezat, Michael David (eds.): Fluid Bodies and Bodily Fluids in Premodern Europe: Bodies, Blood, and Tears in Literature, Theology, and Art. Leeds: Arc Humanities Press, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp. viii, 203. Illustrations to text. Hardback: laminated pictorial boards. Unused: as new. In the series: Borderlines. Ref: 54467
[Scott, Walter:] The Monastery. A Romance. London; Edinburgh: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and for Archibald Cons 1820. First edition. 3 vols., 12mo., pp. [iv], 331, [i]; [iv], 333, [i]; [iv], 351, [i]. Each volume with its half-title; the second and third volumes each with a second half-title bound after the title-page. The misspelling 'attentoin' appears in volume one, in the final line of p.226; volume two has "Chapter II" on both p. 26 and p. 63, and "Chapter III" on pp. 89 and 123. A few spots and smudges, but very good. Near contemporary half brown calf, spines gilt terracotta and blue marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Rubbed, joints and edges worn, a few chips, very good. Ownership inscription of Robert Taylor in an old hand to the head of each title-page, though barely visible in vol. I. The first edition of The Monastery, in three volumes. Published with a print run of 10,000 and a price ?1 4s (?1.20). Like all the other Waverley novels before 1827, it was published anonymously. Ref: 54924show full image..
[Scriptores Rei Rusticae:] (Gesner, Johannes Matthias, ed.:) Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini ex recensione Jo. Matthiae Gesneri cum eiusdem Praef. et Lexico Rustico. Biponti [Zweibr?cken]: ex typographia Societatis, 1787-88. 4 vols. 8vo, pp. [ii], CLVI, 248; [ii], 566; [ii], 510; [vol.IV unpaginated]. Vols I-III with engraved vignettes to title-pages. Very lightly toned, internally clean. Slightly later dark brown half calf, spine blind and gilt-tooled with green title labels, brown marbled boards, edges sprinkled blue, brown marbled endpapers. Endcaps and joints a bit rubbed, corners fraying, very good. Round library ink stamp 'Bibliotheek Seminarie Ijpelaar' to blank front endpaper each vol.. To vol. I, folding prize certificate awarded by Hageveld Seminarium to Henrico van Beek, dated 11th August 1837. Oval gilt mark of Hageveld Seminarium to the tail of each spine. Bipont Classics edition. Contains: Vol. I. Praefatio. M. Porcii Catonis vita ex Plutarchi gr?co latine reddita. Notitia literaria de M. P. Catone ex J. A. Fabricii Bibliotheca lat. [?] Marci Terentii Varronis vita a Martino Hankio conscripta. Notitia literaria de M. Terrentio Varrone [?] de L. Columella [?] de Palladio [?] de Vegetio Renato ex J. A. Fabricii Bibliotheca lat. [?] Christiani Schoettgenii de Gargilio Martiale brevis dissertatio. Index editionum rei rustic? scriptorum [?] Index auctorum [?] laudatorum. M. Porcius Cato De re rustica. M. Terentii Varronis De re rustica libri III; Vol. II. L. Junii Moderati Columell? de re rustica, libri XII et Liber de arboribus, &c.; Vol. III. Palladi Ratilii Tauri ?miliani De re rustica, libri XIV. Vegetii Renati Artis veterinari? sive mulomedicin?, libri IV. Gargilii Martialis fragmentum. Ausoni Popm? Frisi De instrumento fundi liber; Vol. IV. Lexicon rusticum. Butters, Ueber die Bipontiner und die Editiones Bipontinae, p.43 Ref: 54312show full image..
Sedlar, Jean W.: East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994. First edition. Blue cloth, red title to spine, some rubbing to corners and endcaps, edges dusted, very good. Dust-jacket, four small closed tears to both covers by spine, a little sticker residue to back cover, shelf wear, still very good. A History of Central Europe, vol. III. Ref: 51936
Selden, John: Titles of Honour. London: Printed by William Stansby for Richard Whitakers [sic], and are to be sold at the Kings Arme 1631. Second edition. Folio in 4s, pp. [xxxvi], 941, [i]. State three, of three: p.354 numbered correctly (misnumbered as 356 in states one and two); p.592 misnumbered 992 and lists items XXI-XXXIX. Title-page in red and black, large woodcut initials, illustrations in the text including coins, crowns and six full-page engravings of ceremonial dress, with final errata leaf. Occasional marks to margins, eg. lines, crosses. Some library inkstamps, small paper repairs to title-page fore-edge, small faint dampstains here and there towards edges, occasional faint spotting, a little toned. Recent heavily-grained brown morocco, raised bands, gilt title to spine, blind-tooled diaper pattern within frame to each board, endpapers and endbands renewed, edges red, very good. Birmingham Law Society round inkstamps, 2 to title-page, 2 to dedication leaf, 2 to p.1 and others scattered throughout (approximately 1 every 30 pages). Work on this second edition (the first having appeared in 1614) was done by Selden (1584?1654) during his imprisonment in the Tower of London from late June 1629 until the summer of 1630, and the period immediately afterwards when he regained access to his books and was allowed to move in and out of the Tower. 'A monument to the wide-ranging mastery of medieval continental and English sources and studies, the weighty second edition of Titles of Honor (1631) drew its evidence widely. As well as providing a model for a true history based upon many primary sources, this edition also sought to establish a solid foundation for a new philosophy of politics that would emulate the revolution in astronomy brought about by 'Copernicus, Tycho, Galileus, Kepler' (sig. ?2r), although Selden's political advice remained more than a little obscured by the details of his analytical narrative. Attempting to chart the origin and development of the titles of monarchy, nobility, and gentility in western Europe from the end of the Roman empire to the present, this new edition dissolved the unitary feudal law interpretation espoused in the first edition into various national, provincial, or local feudal laws. Selden portrayed these jurisdictions as a series of ancient constitutions, each having its own 'state' or 'frame of government' and its own feudal customs. Only the titles of emperor and king received a fully comparative treatment, with those of duke, count, baron, and knight unfolding country by country as rulers carried out their own adaptation of northern European customs to Roman offices. [?]. Indeed, the second edition of Titles of Honor provided sophisticated historical support for Selden's interpretation of the mixed monarchy of England, not least by placing it in a plausible, equally well-supported context of European ancient constitutions. It portrayed the continual calling of parliaments as a necessary part of English governance.' (Christianson, ODNB) STC (2nd ed.) 22178 Ref: 54660show full image..
Selden, John: (Boxhorn, Marcus:) Mare Clausum seu de Dominio Maris. Libri Duo [?]. I. Mare, ex iure natur? seu gentium, omnium hominum non esse commune, sed dominii privati seu proprietatis capax, pariter ac tellurem, esse demonstratur: II. Serenissimum Magn? Brittani? regem maris circumflui, ut individu? atque perpetu? imperii bri Londini [London]: Juxta exemplar Will. Stanesbeii pro Richardo Meighen, 1636. Second edition. 12mo., pp. [xxiv], 504, 61, [iii]. Two parts bound together, chiefly in Latin, with passages in English, French, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Title-page in red and black, woodcut initials, several full-page illustrations (including 2 maps) and smaller numismatic illustrations in the text. Title-page with library ink stamp and the remains of a small paper label to top fore-edge corner, a few gatherings toned (e.g. K), some faint spots and smudges, a little light toning. Contemporary plain vellum, detailed titles inked to spine, edges faintly sprinkled brown. Vellum a little yellowed, spine greyed, a few small stains, a little surface damage to top corner of board near joint where a sticker has been mostly removed, top corner of ffep lost, still a very good, sound copy overall. To front pastedown, 'Heinbrychelii 1767', a few library codes. This edition came a year after the first, which appeared in folio in 1635. Selden (1584-1654) was commissioned by Charles I (pursuing a highly ambitious maritime policy) to undertake this work in order to settle disputes which had arisen between England and Holland over the rights Dutch fishermen claimed to fish in the waters surrounding the British Isles. It ranks as the classic opposition to the arguments made by Grotius, one of the Dutch emissaries, in his work 'Mare Liberum' (1609) that 'the sea was free to all'. Selden's response argued that the seas as well as land were capable of private dominion; he traces customs from the Greeks forward in support of his thesis. The result is a book "of tremendous erudition and replete with learning? fortified at every point with authority from record, statute, case-book and chronicle" (Fletcher: John Selden, Selden Society Lecture, 1969). ESTC S117048; Sabin 78972; Rahir 439; cf. Willems 449. Ref: 54922show full image..
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus ('the Elder') & Seneca, Marcus Annaeus: (Gronovius, J.F., et al. eds.:) Opera, quae exstant [...] Accedunt Liberti Fromondi in Quaestionum Naturalium libros & (Greek letters) APOKOLOKHNTWSIN notae et emendationes. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Danielem Elsevirium, 1672. First edition thus. 3 vols., pp. [lviii], 869, [iii]; [iv], 998, [lxxxiv]; [xxiv], 750, [ii], 316, [xxviii]. Vol I with extra engraved frontispiece and further illustrations in text. Woodcut printer's device to title-pages with motto 'Ne extra oleas', woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Marginal notes in several different old hands to the first two volumes. Head margins faintly toned, occasional light spotting and a bit of foxing to vol. III, vol. I with unobtrusive repair to final leaf. Contemporary vellum with titles very nicely inked to spines, fore-edges turned in, edges lightly sprinkled blue. Vellum a bit dusty, a few small marks, very good indeed. Vol. I has an illegible ownership inscription in an old hand to its ffep, and a second inscription (possibly reading 'W.W. Kosteri') to the title-page. According to Harwood "the most beautiful and correct edition of Seneca.". Dibdin considers it "one of the rarest and dearest of the octavo Variorum classics: its typographical beauty is equal to its editorial correctness. Scholars who possess it will do well to treasure so valuable and commodious a work." This Elzevier edition is unusual in presenting in its third volume the writings of the younger Seneca, which Dibdin notes are omitted in the Antwerp editions. It contains the best notes available: those of the first great modern Senecan, Justus Lipsius in the late sixteenthcentury, and those of the second great Seneca scholar, J. F. Gronovius. Daniel Elzevier's dedication, to Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, covertly discusses the part which Elzevier played as printer for an orchestrated anti-Jesuit campaign. Willems 1477; Schweiger II, 913; Dibdin II 398-399. Ref: 54139show full image..
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: (Farnaby, Thomas, ed:) Tragoediae, Ad Editionem Gronovii Emendatae. Cum notis Thomae Farnabii. Accedunt Hieronymus Avantius et Georgius Fabricus de Generibus Carminum, apud L. Anneum Senecam Tragicum. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1713. 12mo., pp. [xxxvi], 371, including additional engraved title-page. Title-page in red and black with woodcut decoration, woodcut initials. Final leaf deliberately adhered to rear board in lieu of endpapers, internally very clean. Slightly later quarter calf, gilt spine with red Morocco label, blue marbled paper boards. Quite worn but sound, ffep (possibly as replacement, as it seems to have been tipped in) loose, spine and label chipped, corners frayed, good. A pleasant pocket edition of Farnaby's edition of Seneca, which had been first published in 1613. Schweiger II pt.ii, 941. Ref: 54635
[Seneca] Regenbogen, Otto: Schmerz und Tod in den Tragodien Senecas. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1963. 8vo., pp.56. Internally clean and bright. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine lightly faded, a little shelf-wear, no dust-jacket, very good. Inscription of C.D.N. Costa dated 20.vi.'88 to ffep. Pain and Death in the Tragedies of Seneca. Ref: 52087
