Caesar, Gaius Julius: (Clarke, S., ed.; Hirtius, A. ed.:) C. Julii Caesaris et A. Hirtii De Rebus a Caesare Gestis Commentarii cum Fragmentis. Accesserunt indices [?] Omnia ex recensione Samuelis Clarke fideliter expressa. Glasguae [Glasgow]: in Aedibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1750. Folio, pp.[iv], 378, [xiv]. Large paper copy, wide margins. With half-title. Very faint sporadic foxing, faint dampstain to bottom fore-edge corner towards rear. Contemporary dark brown calf recently rebacked in a slightly lighter shade, raised bands, title tooled directly to 2nd compartment, edges sprinkled red, endpapers renewed. A bit rubbed, scrape to upper board, corners a bit worn, very good overall. The Foulis' 1750 edition of Caesar appeared in three forms: 8vo., 4to., and folio. The 8vo edition is in 3 vols. and is distinct from the others, which correspond line for line though the folio holds more lines per page. Described by Schweiger as very clean, and by Brunet as a beautiful edition. Gaskell 139; Brunet I, 314; Schweiger II pt.i, 47-8 Ref: 54559show full image..
Caesar, Gaius Julius: (O.Donnell, James J., trans.:) The War for Gaul: A New Translation. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp. xlv, 275. Map of Gaul to text. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54504
Calderwood, David: Altare Damascenum, seu Ecclesiae Anglicanae politia, Ecclesiae Scoticanae obtrusa [?]. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Cornelium Boutesteyn, 1708. 4to., pp.[viii], 782, [x]. Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device. Woodcut initials and end-pieces. Divisional title page for 'De regimine Scotican? ecclesi?'. Inkstamps to preliminary blanks (edges tattered) and to p. 17. Occasional light spotting. A little faint dampstaining to gutter up to about p.50, a few tiny scorch marks. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, plain frames and borders, blind embossed centrepieces, edges sprinkled red. Spine a bit darkened, a few scratches, very good. To ffep, preliminary blank and margin of p.17 an inkstamp reading: From the Library of Rev. Owen Thomas, D.D., Liverpool. Purchased and Present by Mr William Thomas, Bootle, Liverpool. The Theological College, Bala. December 1891. First published in 1621 in Amsterdam as 'The altar of Damascus or the patern of the English hierarchie, and Church policie obtruded upon the Church of Scotland', the greatly expanded Latin edition 'Altare Damascenum' followed in 1623. Calderwood (1575-1650) wrote both whilst living in the Netherlands, having been banished for 'resolutely oppos[ing] to the attempts of James VI to reintroduce episcopacy into the Church of Scotland'. (ODNB) Ref: 54396show full image..
Callimachus: [Bentley, Thomas, ed.:] Hymni et epigrammata: quibus accesserunt Theognidis carmina: nec non epigrammata centum septuaginta sex ex anthologia Gr?ca, Quorum magna pars non ante separatim excusa est. His adjuncta est Galeni suasoria ad artes. Notas addidit, atque omnia emendate imprimenda curavit Londini [London]: Londini : impensis Gul. Thurlbourne Bibliopolae Cantab. Veneunt apud J. Nourse, P. 1741. 8vo., pp. xviii, 243, [i], 52, [i]. Parallel Greek and Latin texts. Some woodcut ornaments. Very clean internally. Contemporary brown calf, gilt spine with title label, edges sprinkled red. Boards a little scuffed, very good indeed. Thomas Bentley (1693-1742) was a nephew of the much more celebrated Richard Bentley (1662-1742), and this edition is sometimes erroneously attributed to the latter. It seems that the editors of Museum Criticum, referred to by Dibdin, were particularly alive to this ambiguity and gave the following scathing assessment: 'An edition of the Hymns and a few epigrams, with notes for the use of schools, was printed in 1741 and reprinted in 1751 by Thomas Bentley, the nephew of the Doctor, in the same volume with parts of Theognis, and the A?yos IpoTpeus of Galen. Of this publication Mr. Blomfield, as far as we have observed, takes not the slightest notice: which is surprising, if he were aware of the character given to it by the prince of Bibliographers, Dr. Harwood, who declares it to be 'not inferior to any edition of Callimachus'. Were it not for the fear of differing from so great authority, we should certainly pronounce the notes to be flimsy, drivelling, and useless. Our motive for naming the book at all, is this: No name appearing in the title-page, (though it is quoted as Thomas Bentley's by Ernesti and others), the booksellers, well knowing the advantage of a name in marking a price, entitle this work in their Catalogues Callimachus Bentlei, and purchasers are deluded by the idea of its being the production of the illustrious Master of Trinity College, whose name every body has heard associated with that of Callimachus.' Museum Criticum or Cambridge Classical Researches Vol. II, 1826 (p.150). ESTC T83008; Dibdin I 4th ed. 369. Ref: 54215show full image..
Callow, John: King In Exile. James 11: Warrior, King and Saint, 1689-1701. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2004. First edition. 8vo., pp. vi, 454+ plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, very good. Dust-jacket, spine sunned to a uniform lighter blue without affecting lettering, slight creasing on top edge, otherwise very good. Ref: 54259
Camden, William: (Gibson, Edmund, trans.:) Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English: with Large Additions and Improvements. London: printed by F. Collins, for A. Swalle, at the Unicorn at the west-end of St. Paul's Churchyar 1695. Folio, [pp.xxxvi] pages, cxcvi cols., [pp.ii], 832 cols., pp.833-848, 849-876 cols., [pp.iii], 883-1056, 1055-1116 cols., [pp.xlvii] + 50 folding map plates + 8 numismatic plates. Errata at rear. Woodcut initials, illustrations in the text (inscriptions etc) at least one of which is full page, Some maps hand coloured (Yorkshire, Middlesex, Cumberland). Very few small MS notes. A little toning, the odd light damp stain near edges, some stains and dusty marks to maps, some maps reattached on stubs. Frontispiece and title-page repaired at gutter and with a few spots and smudgy marks, map of North Wales a bit crinkled, map of Kent lightly stained and with some old creases, paper flaws causing holes to 2D3 and 2M2 affecting a few words, U2 and U3 a bit short at tail margin, some smudgy printing to 1100-1112. Contemporary very dark brown boards with blind-tooled frames and borders, recently rebacked with red gilt title label, corners repaired, endbands and endpapers renewed. Surface of boards worn in a mottled pattern, a little rubbed but a very good, sound copy. First edition (a second appeared in 1722) of Gibson's translation of Camden's momentous multidisciplinary attempt "to restore Britain to Antiquity, and Antiquity to Britain" (translated preface, quoted in ODNB). A translation made by Philemon Holland in collaboration with Camden had appeared in 1610 but was often inaccurate and less than faithful to the original material, and so is now considered inferior to this 1695 Gibson edition. "The Britannia had an enormous and lasting impact on multidisciplinary historical writing, and was also of the highest importance as a cultural icon affecting the national self-image. [?] Recognizing the imperfection of the written record, particularly the scarcity of genuine British material, Camden looks to multiple kinds of evidence to push the record as far back as possible and to trace continuities through the different periods of British history. Histories of the different peoples who settled Britain supplement the chorographical description of the country. In the process of tracing Britain's cultural diversity, Camden was also a major force in discrediting the Brutus myth that had long dominated perceptions of British origins." (Herendeen, ODNB). ESTC R12882; Chubb, CXIII; Upcott I, pp.xxi-xxii. Ref: 54597show full image..
Carlyon, Les: Gallipoli: Sydney, Australia: Pan Macmillan: 2002. 8vo., pp. vii, 600 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Paperback. Light signs of use, very good. Neat ink gift inscription to a previous owner on half-title. Ref: 54242
Carr, John: The Komnene Dynasty: Byzantium's Struggle for Survival 1057-1185. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. ix, 230 + plates. Hardback: green cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54448
[Castiglione, Baldassarre] Lokaj, Rodney, (trans.): Two Renaissance Friends: Baldassarre Castiglione, Domizio Falcone, and Their Neo-Latin Poetry. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2015. 8vo., pp. 372. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 466 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series. Ref: 53707
Castleden, Rodney: The Attack on Troy. London: Pen & Sword, 2006. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 165 + plates. Illustrations to text. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. A hint only of shelf-dust, fine. Ref: 54060
