Solerius Cemeliensis, Anselmus, pseud. [Raynaud, Th?ophile]; (Frisius, Andreas Wilhelmus, ed.): Bosso, Girolamo: De pileo c?terisque capitis tegminibus tam sacris, qu?m profanis. Editio novissima aucta, emendata & figuris ?neis exornata; [bound with] De toga romana commentarivs, Accedit ex Philippo Rvbenio iconismus statuae togatae, et praeter indicem geminum, quem adjecimus, De modo gestandi togam ex Ferrario dissertatio. Amstelodami [Amseterdam]: sumptibus Andre? Frisii, 1671; 1671. 2 works bound as 1, often found together. 12mo., pp. [xii], 379, [xli] + 4 plates, including 3 folding; 84, [xii] + 1 folding plate. De Pileo with engraved title-page and second title-page with vignette (both part of first gathering), many engraved illustrations several of which occupy a full page, with final blank leaf. Very slightly toned but clean, short repaired tear to De Toga Romana's folding plate at gutter. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, edges sprinkled red. A few marks and smudges, corners very mildly rubbed, a very good copy indeed. Solerius' De Pileo is a curious work on hats and headgear, pseudonymously published by the French Jesuit theologian Th?ophile Raynaud (1583-1663). Amongst the numerous illustrations, the engraved title-page is signed by Romeyn de Hooghe; one folded plate is signed by Cornelis Galle. This 'new edition' of 1671 followed its original publication in Leiden in 1655. Here, it is found paired with the second edition of Girolamo Bosso's work on Roman secular and clerical togas, which made its first appearance in Pavia in 1614. Lipperheide 1650; Barbier III 700 & Lipperheide 220; Colas 399 Ref: 52285show full image..
Southern, Pat: Domitian. Tragic Tyrant. London: Routledge, 1997. First edition. 8vo., pp. viii, 164 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, light foxing and dust to top edge of boards and text block. Dust-jacket, light shelf wear. Still a very good copy. Ref: 53205
Speidel, Michael. P Riding For Caesar: The Roman Emperors' Horse Guard. Harvard University Press, 1994. First edition. 8vo., 223 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: blue cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-dusting only: very good. Ref: 54225
Spence, Joseph: Polymetis: or an Enquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets and the Remains of the Ancient Artists. Being an Attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley 1747. Folio, pp.xii, 361, [i] + portrait frontispiece + 41 plates (of which 2 double page and two double page and folding). Further engraved illustrations in the text. Toning transferred from the frontispiece image to the title-page, foxing and some blotchy toning, a few short closed tears to lower margins. Contemporary mottled brown calf, raised bands, spine lightly gilt, red morocco title label, edges sprinkled red. Both endcaps plus tail endband lost, upper joint cracked at each end but holding firm, corners frayed, repaired scrape to upper board, endpapers toned, rubbed but very good overall. To front pastedown, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst, and small shelfmark label. First edition of Spence's (1699?1768) interesting book on the connections between ancient artists and poets. The "long gestated Polymetis was published as a lavishly illustrated folio in February 1747 and earned him at least ?1450 by subscription and sale of copyright. Conceived during Spence's first visit to Italy and with much of its material collected there, Polymetis was intended to show how the works of ancient artists and of Roman poets illustrate and explain one another. It was attacked in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Laokoon (1766) and, though new editions appeared in 1755 and 1774, and abridged versions for the use of schools were current until the 1820s, it sank fairly quickly from serious notice. However, it proved an invaluable guide to mythological images for Keats." (ODNB). Polymetis is, in common with several of Spence's other works, written in dialogue form as he thought that the first person singular seemed arrogant. ESTC T133753 Ref: 55035show full image..
Sponsler, Claire: The Queen's Dumbshows: John Lydgate and the Making of Early Theater. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. First edition. 8vo., pp. vii, 308. Hardback: dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unread, a hint only of shelf-wear: almost as new. Ref: 53622
Statius, Publius Papinius: Sylvarum Libri V; Thebaidos Libri XII; Achilleidos Libri II. [Bound with:] Orthographia et flexus dictrionum Graecarum omnium apud Statius cum accentib. et generib. ex variis utriusque linguae authoribus. Parisiis [Paris]: apud Simonem Colin?um, 1530 8vo., ff. [ii], 263, [i]; [36]. Woodcut printer's device to title-page. Also contains the unpaginated "Orthographia et Flexus Dictionum Graecarum" at rear, with its own title and register. Title-page foxed with small abraded area (not affecting text), some sporadic light foxing but very good. Old semi-limp vellum, very plain, edges slightly overlapped. A couple of small stains, some smudgy marks, very good indeed. To front paste-down, engraved bookplate 'Biblioth?que de Mr Beaupr?, Conseiller ? la Cour de Nancy' of Jean-Nicolas Beaupr? (c.1792-1869), a magistrate and antiquary. To ffep, ownership inscription of Henry M. (Simmons?) in a fairly old hand. Very faintly to title page, ownership inscription with the first name Paulus dated 1649, surname sadly illegible. A reprint of the 1519 Aldine edition, together with the 'Orthographia', an etymological dictionary of the Greek words in Statius. The two were first printed together in 1502 (the first Aldine edition of Statius and the first edition of the 'Orthographia') but are otherwise not found together in any of the early editions. Described by Dibdin as 'an elegant and very accurate edition, worthy of the reputation of Colinseus'. BM STC French (1470-1600), 408; Adams, S1673; Schweiger II, pt.ii, 963; Dibdin II (4th edn.), 226. Ref: 54596
[Stephen of Byzantium] Stephanus Byzantinus: (Pinedo, T. de, ed.:) (Gronovius, J.F.:) [AND] [Holstein] Holstenius, Lucas: De Urbibus quem primus Thomas de Pinedo Lusitanus Latii jure donabat, & Observationibus Scrutinio Variarum Linguarum, ac praecipue Hebraice, Phaeniciae, Graecae & Latinae detectis illustrabat, his additae praeter ejusdem Stephani fragmentum collationes Jacobi Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Typis Jacobi de Jonge; Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden] :Apud Jacobum Hackium, 1678; 1684. First edition thus. 2 works in 2 vols.. Folio, pp.[xx], 800, 84; [xvi], 497, [xxxv]. First vol.: with engraved emblem plate of a porcupine accompanying a motto on envy; engraved vignette to tile-page, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces; a little light sporadic toning, 5L2 and 5L3 a little toned with tiny hole affecting a couple of letters. Second vol.: title-page in red and black with printer's device; woodcut initials and head-pieces; half-title a little foxed and dusty; 2T slightly blotchy; 3V has been misbrand in the middle of 3X. Uniformly bound in blind tooled vellum, raised bands, embossed centrepieces, edges sprinkled red. Ties lost, some smudgy or dusty grey marks, very good indeed. Library bookplate with coat of arms to front paste down and small paper labels with shelf marks to head and tail of spines. Embossed coat of arms to head of both title-pages. The first work is the first printing of Pinedo's edition of Stephen of Byzantium, with Latin translation and commentary; the most scholarly to its date. Pinedo, a native of Portugal, dedicated his work to Don Gaspar de Mendoza. Pinedo's notes include studies of Hebrew and Phoenician as well as Greek and Latin words. Included is an edition, with new notes and commentary, of the Seguier library manuscript of Stephen, still considered the best; and the first printing of a collation made by Gronovius (1611-1671) with a manuscript from Perugia. A full index of words and matters is included at the end. This encyclopaedic etymology of the world's known places, written by the sixth century grammarian Stephen, is in fact lost in its original form, and the text that we have is an epitome possibly by a scholar called Hermolaus. Stephen dedicated his work to the Emperor Justinian, possibly Justinian I. Here uniformly bound as a made-up set with Lucas Holstein's volume of notes, which also contains: "Francisci Guieti Notae in Stephanum de urbibus, Xylandrianae editionis marginibus ab eo adscriptae" p. 365-372; "Scymni Chii Fragmenta [Periegeseos] (Romanised) hactenus non edita cum versione Latina Lucae Holstenii" p. [373]-383; "Theodori Ryckii Dissertatio de primis Italiae colonis et Aeneae adventu. Accedit ejusdem Oratio de Gigantibus" p. [393]-484. First work: Graesse VI, 1, 492; Hoffmann III, 441; Schweiger I, 300; Brunet V, 531. Ref: 55050show full image..
Stephens, W. B. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Warwick. Volume VII: The City of Birmingham. London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1965. First edition, second impression. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Edges uncut. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. Light shelf-wear, a little fraying along jacket edges, but still very good. First published 1964. Ref: 54099
Stone, Lawrence: Uncertain Unions: Marriage in England 1660-1753. Oxford University Press, 1992. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiii, 281 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, very good. Ref: 53574
Strabo: (Veronese, Guarino; Tifernate, Gregorio, trans.:) [...] De Situ Orbis [?] De Situ Orbis Libri XVII. Editi quidem in eorum gratiam, qui geographi? studiosi sunt [?] Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Joannem Janssonium Juniorem, 1652. 2 vols., pp.[xii], 809, [i], 41, [I]; 670, [ii], [xxiv] + folding map. Additional engraved title-page to vol.I, title-page with small woodcut to each volume, woodcut initials and headpieces. Vol.II with intermittent light dampstaining. Contemporary vellum, later reddish-orange gilt labels to spines, fore-edges slightly overlapped, edges sprinkled blue. Both spines a bit marked near the head, vellum a little yellowed, vol.I label neatly repaired, very good. Early Latin translations (first printed in 1469) of Guarino, who translated the first ten books, and Trifernas, who translated the remainder, of Strabo, one of the authors least frequently printed in his own Greek during the Renaissance. Dibdin II, 432-3. Adams S 1905. Ref: 54187show full image..
