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: (Schweighauser, J., ed.:) Dissertationum ab Arriano Digestarum Libri IV. Eiusdem Enchiridion, et ex deperditis sermonibus fragmenta. Post Io. Uptoni aliorumque curas [...] Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in libraria Weidmannia 1799 (vols.I-III), 1800 (vols.IV-V), 1798 (vol.VI) 6 vols. bound as 7. 8vo., pp.XXXII, 684; [iv], 465, [v]; [v], 466-969, [vii]; [iv], 504; [iv], 540; [iv], 500; CLX, 412. Very occasional light foxing but generally remarkably bright and clean within. Uniformly bound in slightly later brown straight-grain morocco, raised bands, gilt-lettered spines, gilt centrepiece to each board, a.e.g., wide gilt dentelles. Bands and edges rubbed, spines a little scuffed, a few marks, bookplates attached to each ffep causing the paper to cockle slightly, very good. To the upper board of each volume a gilt centrepiece cartouche with the initials T.W., a bird crest and the motto Deus Alit Me; to each rear board a small gilt coat of arms. Together with a small clipping from an auction catalogue pasted to the ffep in vol.I these identify as a previous owner Rev. Theodore Williams (his library sold by in London by Stewart, Wheatley and Adlard, April 1827). To each front pastedown a small oval gilt bookplate of John, Earl of Clare. Below this in volume I only, a paper label reading 'From the collection of Charles Butler of Warren Wood, Hatfield' (his extensive library sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1911-14). To each ffep, armourial bookplate of the Earl of Cromer. The bookplate is signed J.F. Badeley and dated 1912, suggesting as the owner Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917). The Discourses, or oral teachings, of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, compiled by his famous student Arrian and here edited by Johann Caspar Schweighauser (1742-1830), professor of Greek and Oriental Languages at Strassburg from 1778-1824. 'The celebrity of all preceding editions is eclipsed by the sagacity, erudition, and research displayed in this most excellent work by Professor Schweighauser.' (Dibdin). Contains: vol.I: Epicteti Dissertationes; vol.II. pt.i-ii: Notae in Epicteti Dissertationes; vol.III: Enchiridion, fragmenta, indices; vol.IV: Simplicii commentarius in Epicteti Enchiridion ex versione Latina Hieronymi Wolfii; vol.V: Enchiridii paraphrasis Christiana, cum Mer. Casauboni Latina versione. Nili Ascetae Manuale Epicteti, ad usum juvenum Christianorum adcommodatum. Epicteti Enchiridion Angelo Politiano interprete. Notae ad Simplicii comment; vol.VI: Epicteti Manuale et Cebetis Tabula. Bound as volume VI is the standalone, Epicteti Manvale et Cebetis tabvla Graece et Latine (1798). Dibdin I (4th edn.) 518. Ref: 54752show full image..
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
Eutropius: Breviarum Historiae Romanae. Accedunt Selectae lectiones dilucidando Auctori appositae. Parisiis [Paris]: Typis Josephi Barbou. 1754. 12mo., pp. [ii], xxviii, 221, [i]. Additional engraved frontispiece, engraved head- and tailpieces. Frontispiece and title a bit dusty, minimal foxing, margins of two leaves lightly waterstained, traces of small pasted paper slip on verso of last leaf. Contemporary crimson morocco, triple gilt ruled, spine triple gilt ruled, large gilt fleurons, gilt-lettered morocco label, small worm hole at foot, inner edges gilt, a.e.g. Joints expertly repaired, boards lightly rubbed. 18th century armorial bookplate of Louis des Champes des Tournelles to front pastedown, book label of Alfred Neild to ffep, bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to flyleaf. An attractively-printed pocket edition of the abridged Roman history written by the 4th century historian Eutropius. This copy belonged to Louis des Champes des Tournelles (1744-95), a staunch Jacobin appointed French Minister of Finance in 1793. After Robespierre's abolition of ministries, he was imprisoned for defending too ardently his brother, later executed on the guillotine. Louis died of poisoning in 1795. Brunet II 1116. Ref: 53163show full image..
Fabricius, J.A.: Bibliotheca Graeca, sive Notitia scriptorum veterum Graecorum. Hamburgi [Hamburg]: apud Christian Liebzeit & Theodor. Christoph. Felginer, 1714-1728 14 vols (I-II bound together, IV in two vols). 4to. I-II: pp. [2], [14], 940; III: pp. [2], [14], 830, including one full-page engraved illustration; IV/1: pp. [2], [14], 711, [1]; IV/2: pp. [2], [12], 618; V: pp. [2], [14], 338; [6], 111, [1]; [6], 186; [6], 250; VI: pp. [14], 840, including one full-page engraved illustration; VII: pp. [2], [6], 792; VIII: pp. [2], [18], 876; IX: pp. [2], [6], 808; X: pp. [2], [26], 824; XI: pp. [2], [14], 860, [2]; XII: pp. [2], [12], 911, [1]; XIII: pp. [2], [10], 860; XIV: pp. [2], [10], 740; all (except vol. VI) including engraved frontispieces. Varying degrees of browning or foxing as usual, upper edges a little dusty, the odd ink mark, I-II: 2 extreme lower outer corners torn, IV/1: light marginal water stain to last few leaves, small repair to 4N3 not affecting reading, VIII: small worm hole to lower blank margin, expanding into worm trail to one gathering; XIII: last verso a little soiled. Modern quarter crushed crimson morocco over cloth boards, raised bands, spine gilt-lettered, corners a little rubbed. Modern bookplate of Writers' Library, London, to front pastedowns. The full 14-volume set of this renowned bibliographical monument to Greek antiquity - a masterpiece of erudition by the German classicist J.A. Fabricius (1668-1736), professor of rhetoric at Hamburg. Originally published between 1705 and 1728, 'Bibliotheca Graeca' is one of his several works of historical bibliography, which reached down to medieval Latin writers. It covers works written between pre-Homeric times and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, including, for major figures like Homer, the tradition of scholia and the criticism of late antiquity. Some of its volumes include previously unpublished essays by Fabricius on sundry topics, e.g., a grammar of Dionysius Thrax. Chapters are organised in a variety of ways: some by subject (e.g., jurisprudence), others by literary or philosophical current (e.g., Peripatetics). The volumes of this set were published between 1714 and 1728. A handsome work, scarce as a full set. Ref: 53673show full image..
Feeney, Denis: Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 372. Quarter red cloth with red paper boards, gilt. Dust-jacket. Almost fine. Ref: 54201
Ferris, Iain: Cave Canem: Animals and Roman Society. Stroud, Glos.: Amberley Publishing, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. 288 + colour plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-wear: a fine copy. Ref: 53863
Finley, M.I.: The Ancient Economy. London: Chatto & Windus, 1973. First edition. 8vo., pp. 222. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, edges dusted, very good. Dust-jacket, 1.8cm closed tear to bottom edge of front cover, 0.5cm and 0.3cm closed tears to fore-edge of front cover, shelf wear, still good. Ref: 52129
Florus, Lucius Annaeus L. Annaeus Florus. CL. Salmasius, addidit Lucium Ampelium, & cod. M.S. nunquam antehac editum. Lugd. Batav. [Leiden]: Apud Elzeviros, 1638. 12mo. pp. [viii], 290, [ii], [293-] 336, [xvi]. Engraved title, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Light red ink stain to upper outer blank corner of title and first two leaves, few leaves a trifle foxed. Near contemporary full calf, double gilt ruled, gilt fleurons to corners, spine gilt with fleurons and stars, gilt-lettered morocco label, inner edges gilt, a.e.g. Joints a bit cracked, lower with small worm hole. Bookplate of Faulque de Jonchieres to front pastedown, occasional annotations. Handsomely-bound copy of the better edition of the two printed by the Elzevirs in 1638. 'The preference is given to those copies where the two vignettes (one at the head of the dedicatory epistle, the other at that of the text of Florus) are different' (Dibdin II, 10). 'La plus jolie' (Willems 467), with the first headpiece in the shape of a mermaid. This copy belonged to Faulque de Jonqui?res (d.1873), librarian of the Minist?re de la Marine. Dibdin II, 10; Willems 467. Ref: 53175show full image..
