[Diamond Classics] [Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Opera). Londini [London]: Impensis G. Pickering, 1823. 48mo. (88 x 48 mm), pp. [6], 220. With engraved frontispiece (author's portrait) and title-page. A few edges untrimmed, light age yellowing, the odd spot. Contemporary cloth, spine gilt-lettered. Head and foot of spine a bit rubbed, hinges starting. Autograph R.W. Lamb 1939 to front pastedown; another illegible to ffep. From Pickering's 'Diamond Classics' series. Dedicated to George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), renowned bibliophile, and exquisitely printed, by C. Corrall. A clean copy. Keynes, p.92. Ref: 53694show full image..
Donatus, Alexander: Roma vetus ac recens utriusque ?dificiis illustrata. In multis locis aucta [?] Editio ultima. Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: prostant apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem Wolters (Campis typis Caspar 1695. 4to., pp.[xvi], 356, [xx] + 92 plates, 4 of which folding. Title-page in red and black with engraved vignettes, woodcut initials and endpieces, some illustrations in the text. Page of polyglot instructions to the binder. Ink stamps etc to title, further stamp to margin p.35. A few light stains, short closed tear to folding plates opposite p.87 and p.251, plate opposite p.117 loose, 2H4 creased with ragged fore-edge and long horizontal tear affecting a line of text each side but with no loss, bit of worming to head margin pp.257-65, ink or soot smudge to final page affecting but not obscuring text. Contemporary tan speckled calf, spine heavily gilt, raised bands, gilt borders and cornerpieces, centrepiece with arms of Amersfoot to each board, edges red. Spine label lost, chip to headcap, joints a bit worn, tow paper library labels to upper board, rubbed, edges a bit worn, very good indeed. To title-page, a paper label and two library ink stamps, all crossed through in blue pen. A small illegible ownership inscription in the same blue ink. Alexander Donatus (Alessandro Donati, 1584-1640) was a Jesuit, antiquarian, poet, and Latin orator. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1600 and taught rhetoric at the Roman College in Rome from 1619 to 1624. His study of the buildings of ancient and modern Rome was first published in Rome in 1633 (8vo.) and 1639 (4to.), with Amsterdam editions following in 1664 (8vo) and 1694 in this 4to printing (the statement of printing is taken from colophon, which is dated 1694). LibraryHub finds few copies in the UK: British Library; National Library of Scotland; Fitzwilliam Museum; Cambridge University Library and Norwich Cathedral. Spoelder 480 (Amersf. 6) Ref: 55233show full image..
Drexel, Jeremias: Orbis Pha?thon hoc est de uniuersis vitiis lingu? pars prima (altera). Monachii [Munich]: Formis Cornelii Leysserii Electoralis Typographi, 1630. 24mo., pp. [xxx], 544, [ii]. Engraved title-page, illustrations in the text, final leaf blank. Occasional light offsetting from illustrations, a little light foxing, a few tiny ink spots, some closed tears neatly repaired, old tape marks to pp.185-6. Contemporary vellum, inked title to spine, blind-tooled boards. Vellum a bit greyed, edges of text block darkened, very good. To front paste-down, bookplate with blue printed border and indecipherable inscription. Part one (the second following in 1636) of this small-format dictionary of vices and sins, with engravings by Philippe Sadeler. Drexel's (1581-1638) works virtue, eternal truth and recognition of the divine were popular and much-read in his lifetime. Aware of the power of visual symbols to convey his teachings, it is not uncommon for his books to be heavily illustrated. COPAC finds copies only in the British Library and the Bodleian. Ref: 54167show full image..
Dunlop, John: History of Roman Literature, from its Earlist Period to the Augustan Age. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. First edition. 2 vols., 8vo., pp. xxiii, [i], 598; [ii], 627, [i] + errata slip at rear of each volume. A few illustrations in the text. A few patches of faint toning but generally good. Both volumes rebacked with raised bands: vol. I with a plain spine, green gilt title and vol. labels; vol. II with previous spine retained, gilt with brown title and vol. labels. Contemporary calf boards, plain gilt borders. Edges sprinkled red, drab endpapers. Rubbed, some scrapes, vol II hinges repaired and volume label chipped with some loss. Good, sound copies overall. Traces of a bookplate removed from front pastedown. Noted as being most useful for its 'abstracts of the works under consideration and illustrations drawn from modern European literatures' (Tedder, ODNB). Ref: 54773show full image..
Dych, Ludwig Heinrich: The Roman Barbarian Wars: The Era of Roman Conquest. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2015 First edition. 8vo., pp. xviii, 238 + plates. Maps. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. Ref: 54639
Eaton, Jonathan: Leading the Roman Army: Soldiers and Emperors 31 BC - AD 235 Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 205 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54509
Epictetus; Cebes of Thebes: (Berkel, Abraham van, ed.:) Enchiridium una cum Cebetis Thebani Tabula. Graec. & Lat. cum notis Wolfii, Casauboni, Caselii & aliorum: Abrahamus Berkelius textum recensuit, & suas quoque addidit. Accedit Graeca Enchiridii Paraphrasis, Iacunis omnibus, codicis Medicei ope, ? Jocobo Gronovio Delphis Batavorum [Delft]: Gerardi de Jager, 1683. Second edition. 8vo., pp. [xxxii], 280 + impressive engraved folding plate by R. De Hooghe. Additional engraved title-page, woodcut device to printed title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Two-column parallel text in Greek and Latin. Closed tear to title-page through printer's details, very faint toning towards outer edges of margins but generally very clean. Vellum prize binding with certificate intact, spine gilt with title in ink, gilt borders, gilt centrepiece and corner pieces with arms of Amsterdam, edges sprinkled blue. A few faint smudgy marks, boards slightly splayed, ties lost, but still a very good copy overall. To ffep verso, ownership inscription possibly with the name Greve dated 1782. Prize certificate inscribed with the names Abr[aham] Quina a Tongeren and Jos. Theod. Schalbruch, dated 1702. Recommended by Dibdin as reputedly 'the best of the octavo variorum editions', combining the work of Berkel, Wolf, Casaubon and Caselius along with the notes and corrections of Gronovius. Dibdin I, 515 (for the Leiden/Amst. edition of 1670); Schweiger I, 106; Spoelder, 5. Ref: 54634
Epplett, Christopher: Gladiators and Beast Hunts: Arena Sports of Ancient Rome. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. xii, 196 + plates. Hardback: blue cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54347
Euripides: (Valckenaer, Lodewijk Caspar, ed.:) Tragoedia Phoenissae. interpretationem addidit H. Grotii; graeca castigavit e mstis, atqve adnotationibvs instrvxit, scholia svbiecit, Lvdovicvs Casp. Valckenaer. [UNIFORMLY BOUND WITH] Tragoedia Hippolytus quam, Latino carmine conversam a Georgio Ratallero, adnotationibu Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: apud Samuelem et Joannem Luchtmans; Ioann. Luzac, & Ioann. Le Mair, 1802; [1768], 1767. 2 vols., 4to., pp.[iv], xxiii, [i], 452, 196; xxviii, 322, [xviii], [viii], 311, [i]. Engraved head-piece to vol. II, p.iii. Occasional spots of foxing, some patchy toning toward the end of the first work. Vellum prize bindings with printed certificate to each vol., gilt spines with raised bands, gilt borders, frames and centrepieces with arms of Amsterdam, green silk ties intact bar two, edges sprinkled red and blue. A few smudgy marks to vellum, some small areas of gilt a little worn, very good indeed. To each title-page, ink stamp reading R. K. Kerr van den H. Joseph le Haarlem. Prize certificates made out to N.J.A. Steins Bisschop, both dated 1817. Reprinted from Valckenaer's "masterly work on Euripides" (Sandys), first printed by Brouwer at Franeker in 1755. Containing the version of Grotius and including the first printing of parts of the Scholia, "enriched by every thing which can render it most acceptable to a critical student", this reprint has been "improved and enlarged" to be "deserving of strong recommendation" (Dibdin). Dibdin I, 545 & 548-9; Hoffman II, 78; Schweiger I, 118; Spoelder, 491 (Amsterdam 10). Ref: 55092show full image..
Eusebius of Caesarea: (Caton, William, ed. & trans.:) An Abridgement of Eusebius Pamphilius's Ecclesiastical History, in Two Parts. Part I. A compendious commemoration of the remarkablest chronologies which are contained in that famous history. Part II. A summary or brief hint of the twelve persecutions sustained by the antient christians, with a compendious paraphrase upon the s London: Francis Holden 1698. Second edition. 8vo., pp. 32, 95, 94-210, 111-130, [iv] (i.e. usual mispagination). Index at rear (seemingly bound before The First Book in some copies). A little toned. Contemporary tan Cambridge-panelled sheep, robustly rebacked, raised bands, gilt title. Rubbed, edges a bit worn, corners frayed, endpapers replaced but a very good copy overall. Small bookseller's label of Ebenezer Palmer, Paternoster Row, London EC. 'In late 1659 Caton [1636-1665] was back in Swarthmoor, where he copied out 170 letters that had been sent to Margaret Fell by Quakers throughout Britain and Europe during the previous five years, apparently with the intention of publication. These letters comprise the William Caton MSS in the Library of the Society of Friends, London. Most of Caton's own letters to Fell and other Friends are to be found in the Swarthmoor collection in the same library. [?] A letter of particular interest is Swarthmore MS 4, fol. 241, in which Caton describes the 'fantastical' celebrations that greeted the entrance of Charles II into London and expresses his fears for the safety of Quakers under the new regime. Indeed, soon after the Restoration Caton published An abridgement ? of the remarkable chronologies which are contained in that famous ecclesiasticall history of Eusebius (1661), in which he sought to draw a parallel between the sufferings of the early Christians and the contemporary persecution of Quakers.' (ODNB, McDowell) ESTC R1923; J. Smith, Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books, I, p.394 Ref: 55224show full image..
