Velleius Paterculus, Marcus: (Burmann, Pieter, ed.:) Quae supersunt ex historiae romanae voluminibus doubus: cum integris scholiis, notis, variis lectionibus, et animadversionibus doctorum. [?]. Rotterodami [Rotterdam]: Joh. Danielem Beman & Filium, 1756. Second ed., 'auctior & emendatior', 8vo., pp.[xl], 748, [cxviii] + added engraved title-page (dated 1744). Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and endpieces, typographic headpieces, 2-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Vellum prize binding, spine gilt with title added in ink, blind-tooled borders and frames, gilt corner-pieces and gilt centrepieces with arms of Leiden, edges sprinkled red. Spine a little grey but boards very clean, corners a little bumped, ties lost. Reprint of second edition of Burmann's Vellius Paterculus, the first edition having appeared in Leiden in 1719 and the second in 1744. 'These are very excellent editions,' writes Dibdin, 'the second is a reimpression of the first, with considerable improvements. Ernesti and Harwood give the first a very high character. Both of these productions contain the pure text of the editio princeps, and the best notes of all the preceding editors, with other matter; which, however, may be considered more voluminous than useful. [?] Dr. Harwood says, some title-pages have Rotterdam, 1756: in the Pinelli Cat. no. 7813, I find an edit. Lug. Bat. 1756.' This copy is a prize-binding of the Latin school in Leiden, a so-called praemium scribendi for the pupil with best results in calligraphy, a compulsory school subject on the Latin schools in the Netherlands till ca. 1762. This stamp was used in the period 1729-1762. Hence the two quills with the arms of Leiden. See Jan Spoelder's book Prijsboeken op de Latijnse school, p. 626 and p. 630 (note 1). Dibdin II, 525. Spoelder pp. 626 & 630. Ref: 55235show full image..
Verner, Miroslav: (Rendall, Steven, trans.:) The Pyramids: Their Archaeology and History. London: Atlantic Books, 2002. 8vo., pp. xii, 495 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, edges dusted. Dust-jacket, edges slightly creased. Still very good. Originally published in Czech in 1997, this edition translated into English from the 1998 revised and extended edition in German and first issued in the USA in 2001. Ref: 54254
Vikan, Gary: The Holy Shroud: A Brilliant Hoax in the Time of the Black Death. New York: Pegasus Books, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. xvii, 211 + plates. Hardback: black cloth-backed beige boards, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. With a Scientific Addendum by Robert Morton and Rebecca Hoppe. Ref: 54344
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Brunck, J. P. F., ed.:) Bucolica Georgica Et Aeneis. Argentorati [Strassburg]: Typis Philippi Jacobi Dannbach. 1789. 4to., pp. [iv], 430, [ii]. Faint, blotchy toning to first few leaves, occasional very slight spotting. Contemporary light tan tree calf, spine heavily gilt with red Morocco label, edges sprinkled red, blue marbled endpapers. A few recent notes loosely inserted. Slightly sunned spine, joints a little rubbed, a few small ink stains to upper board, to lower board a small area of scratched and three small wornholes at joint, very good, attractive copy. Second Dannback printing of Virgil (the first being the 8vo. of 1785), with the recension of J. P. F. Brunck. Stylistically, the production takes its influence from the uncluttered large quartos of Baskerville, who is indeed praised in the publisher's preface. 'These editions are not only very beautiful specimens of typography, but they present the text of the poet complied with great care and correctness, in which the ancient orthography and true reading are endeavoured to be restored.' (Dibdin). Schweiger II, 1180; Dibdin II, 561-2. Ref: 54637
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Burman, P. ed.:) Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni. Glasguae [Glasgow]: In aedibus academicis, excudebat Andreas Foulis, 1784. 8vo., pp. [iv], 240, 157, [3]. With new pagination and register after signature Gg4 at the end of Book VI of the ?nead. Publisher's catalogue to final leaf. Occasional light spotting, internally very good. Simple contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, very slim boards, edges lightly sprinkled brown. Pencil note, 'edition de Burmann' to front paste-down, illegible ownership inscription in blue pen to ffep. A little greyed but very good. Dibdin omits this 1784 8vo edition, citing only the 1758 12mo and the 1788 folio, which are described as 'very correct and beautiful' and 'printed in a correct and magnificent manner' respectively. ESTC T126176; Gaskell 673; Dibdin II, p.558 (1758 and 1788 eds.); Schweiger II, p.1179. Ref: 54479show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Dryden, John, trans.:) The Works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden [?]. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1769. 3 vols. 12mo., pp. [iv], xxxvii, [iii], 158, [iii] + portrait frontispiece; [iv], 224 + folding map; [iv], 245, [iii]. Half-title to each volume, vol. I with single-page Foulis catalogue at rear, vol. III with two-page catalogue. Variant using paper of slightly lower quality, very occasional faint spotting but generally bright. Contemporary plain tan calf, raised bands gilt ruled, spine labels mostly lost with blind impressions remaining, edges sprinkled red. Spines dry and rubbed, vol. III upper joint split but board firm, endpapers toned at edges, very good indeed. Half-titles read as follows: Vol. I. Containing the Pastorals and the Georgics; Vol. II. Containing the First Six Books of the Aeneis; Vol. III. Containing the Last Six Books of the Aeneis. ESTC T139417; Gaskell 497 Ref: 54578show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Haupt, Moriz, ed.:) Opera Lipsiae [Leipzig]: S. Hirzelium, 1873. Small 8vo., pp.[ii], 607,[i] + additional engraved title-page. Original paper covers bound in at rear,with 'Signet Library' handwritten at head. Some dusty marks to printed title and half-title butgenerally clean within. Brown library buckram, gilt title and shelfmark to spine, gilt centrepiece ofthe Society of Writers to the Signet to upper board, top edge trimmed but the others uncut. Jointsrubbed, a few small marks, edges a bit dusty, very good. One of the German philologist Moriz Haupt's contributions to classical scholarship, which included editions of Ovid's Halieutica and the Cynegetica of Grattius and Nemesianus (1838), of Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius (1868), of Horace (3rd ed, 1871) and this of Virgil (1873). Ref: 54903show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Heyne, C.G. (ed.:) Opera, varietate lectionis et perpetua adnotatione illustrata...accedit index uberrimus editio tertia emendatior et auctior. Londini [London]: Typis T. Rickaby, impensis T. Payne, B. & J. White, R. Faulder & J. Edwards, 1793 Royal 8vo. 4 vols. pp. [vi], CCLV, [1], 566 + engraved frontispiece and engraved plate; pp. [2], XCIV, 820; pp. [2], 760; pp. [2], 259, [1], 704. Engraved title and text vignettes. Minimal toning or offsetting from engravings, occasional light spotting, I: engraved frontispiece, title and first leaf somewhat foxed, III: slight spotting to a couple of gatherings,. Contemporary polished calf, marbled endpapers, double gilt ruled, blind-tooled decorative roll, raised bands, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, inner edges gilt, all edges marbled, joints, head and foot of spine a trifle rubbed with occasional very minor loss. Remarkably fresh and clean, uniformly bound set of this much celebrated, deluxe, student edition of Virgil, by C.G. Heyne. He issued four 'incomparable editions' (Dibdin), this being the London reprint of the Leipzig edition of 1788. In addition to the received Vergilian canon, it includes indexes and an incredibly thorough chronological list of all Virgil editions ever printed. This is probably one of the copies on large paper, in royal octavo, ornamented with beautiful vignettes, mentioned by Dibdin. Dibdin (4th ed.) II, p.559; Schweiger II, 1181. Ref: 53345show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Hunter, John, ed.:) Opera: ad Lectiones Probatiores Diligenter Emendata, et Interpuctione Nova Saepius Illustrata [?]. Cupri Fifanorum [Cupar, Fife]: R. Tullis, Academiae Andreanae Typographus, Londini, apud Whyte et Fi (1810). 2 vols. 8vo., pp. xviii, 227, [i]; [ii], 253, [i]. A little light foxing, some slight dusty marks. Contemporary brown calf, attractive gilt spine, blind tooling to joints, marbled edges and endpapers. Endcaps and joints a bit worn, upper joint vol.I just starting, some stains and scuffs, corners frayed, still very good. To each front pastedown an armourial bookplate; to initial blank vol.I, 'E.I.H., 1821 May'. We believe this to be Edward Isaac Hobhouse (1804-1854), the bookplate showing Hobhouse arms impaling those of his wife, Hester Charlotte, whom he married in 1832. Edward was the half-brother of John Cam Hobhouse (1786-1869), the English Radical politician and great friend and travelling companion of Lord Byron. During John's extremely brief period as Chief Secretary for Ireland he appointed Edward as his private secretary. An interesting scrap of Edward's adolescence is preserved in the National Library of Scotland in the form of an 1819 letter from Henry Drury, master of Harrow School, to Edward's father Sir Benjamin Hobhouse about his unruly son (Item Reference: MS.42303). Drury complains about the boy's behaviour, in particular an incident of letting off fireworks in the house, and "a determined defiance of all authority". As a result, Drury recommends that Edward is removed from the school and given a private tutor, before he is inevitably "publicly expelled". A later edition by Robert Tullis of Dr John Hunter's much acclaimed text, which had first appeared in 1799. Tullis took inspiration from the Foulis Press and as such his editions were noted for the elegance of their typesetting. See Dibdin (4th edn.) II, 564 for the 1799 appearance of Hunter's edition. Also referenced by: "The Tullis press Cupar, 1803-1849," by D.W. Doughty, Abertay Historical Society Publication 12 (1967), no. 20. Ref: 54905show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Schrevel, Cornelis, ed.:) [Opera] Cum Veterum Omnium Commentariis et Selectis Recentiorum Notis. Nova Editio. [Lugduni Batavorum]: Ex officina Abraham Commelini, 1646. 'Nova editio'. 4to, pp. [xvi], 996, [lvi]. Engraved title-page, woodcut initials. Small quantity of annotations and underlining throughout. 3D3 with loss to fore-edge margin, not affecting text. Vellum prize binding, ruled spine with title inked at head, gilt borders, gilt centrepieces with arms of Amsterdam to each board. Spine darkened, smudgy marks, small split in vellum of final compartment, tiny loss to headcap, endpapers a bit toned, ties lost, still very good overall. Small clipping from bookseller's catalogue to front pastedown. A notable feature of this important edition is Schrevel's use of collations supplied by Nicolas Heinsius, who would later produce his own edition of Virgil, following the work of his father, whose text had been printed by the Elzevirs. Graesse VI, 340; Schweiger, 1169-70; Spoelder 484 (Amst I). Ref: 55234show full image..
