Gentili, Bruno; Andreae, Bernard, et al: Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica Vol. I & II. LXXXV Annata; Terza Serie; Volume X, Fascicoli I-II. Firenze: Felice le Monnier, 1992. 2 vols. 8vo., pp. ix, 714; [iv], 718-1202. Pink paperbacks, spines slightly faded. Very minor shelf wear, a very good clean set. Ref: 50376
Gibbon, Edward: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 12 vols. London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; J. Gree 1819. 12 vols., 'A New Edition', 8vo.. First vol. with portrait frontispiece, vols. I and II each with a folding map. A little toned offsetting from the plates, very occasional light foxing but generally clean. Contemporary tan diced calf neatly rebacked, spines attractively gilt with titles, vol. numbers and dates, gilt borders, marbled edges, drab endpapers. Lightly rubbed, a little staining to boards, corners frayed but a very good, good-looking set. Armorial bookplate of William Jeffrey Lockett to front pastedown of each volume. The shield depicts the arms of Lockett and Johnson, implying this is William Jeffrey Lockett (1768-1839), whose mother Hannah was a Johnson. Lockett was a Derbyshire solicitor and Deputy Clerk of the Peace who was instrumental in organising the trial of the Luddite Pentrich Rebels in 1817. Gibbon's (1737-1794) masterpiece, originally published 1776-1788. Volume I contains a 'Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq.' on pp.[3]-16, volume XII contains a general index on pp.[429]-508. Each volume has its own contents page. Printer statement to title-page verso: Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love-Lane, Little Eastcheap. Ref: 55140show full image..
Glazebrook, Allison & Tsakirgis, Barbara (eds.): Houses of Ill Repute: The Archaeology of Brothels, Houses, and Taverns in the Greek World. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. viii, 256. Illustrations to text. Hardback: white cloth, black-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54353
Grainger, John D.: Kings and Kingship in the Hellenistic World 350 - 30 BC. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2017. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 262. Hardback: brown cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. Ref: 54640
Gratius (or Grattius) Faliscus: (Wase, Christopher, trans.:) Cynegeticon. Or, A Poem of Hunting by Gratius the Faliscian. Englished and illustrated by Christopher Wase Gent [...]. (London:) Charles Adams, 1654. 12mo., pp. [xciv], 86. Latin text and English translation on facing pages, the latter verso. Some light dust soiling, heavier on title and verso of last leaf, browning mostly to margins and occasional spots. 19th century half calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered morocco label. Joints and extremities rubbed, small repair at head and foot. 20th century inscription to front pastedown, later monogram RC inked to title. The first edition in English of this poem on hunting by a contemporary of Virgil and Ovid. The translator's commentary includes chapters on "the styles of hunting different from the English, both antique and forreigne" and "the modern authors who have written upon this subject." The first edition in Latin had been published in Lyon by Sebastian Gryphius in 1537. For an account of Wase's translation (which remained the only English-language translation of Gratius' poem for 280 years until the Loeb Library edition, with translation by J. W. Duff and A. M. Duff, in 1934,)see the chapter 'Hunting and the seventeenth-century English gentleman' by Michael Waters in Steven J. Green (ed.), Gratius. Hunting an Augustan Poet (Oxford University Press, 2018), pp. 235-256. Wing G1581; ESTC R1966; Schwerdt I, p.217. Ref: 53093show full image..
Gronovius, Johannes Fredericus: Observatorum in Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, [...], Monobiblos. (with) Observationum Liber Nonus, [...] Notis ad T. Livium [...]. Daventriae [Deventer]: typis Johannis Columbii, 1651; 1652. Two works in one vol. 8vo., pp. [xxvi], 292, [xxviii]; [xxiv], 431, [lxiii]. Printer's device to both title-pages, woodcut initials and decorative headpieces. A few leaves unopened at fore-edge. Occasional small spots (wax?) and smudges, very good. Contemporary vellum, titles inked to spine, fore-edges slightly overlapped, all edges blue. Pencilled booksellers' notes to front pastedown. A few marks to boards, endpapers toned, an approx. 3cm piece cut out of ffep possibly to remove a name, still very good. Two ownership inscriptions to ffep: D. Wyttenbach, dated August 1765, and J.A. Jeremie(?) dated 1863. The former is quite likely to be the classical scholar Daniel Wyttenbach (1746-1820), student of Hemsterhuis, Valckenaer and Ruhnken who, along with them, laid the foundations for modern Greek scholarship. In 1765 he was just ending his studies at the university in Marburg. Johannes Fredericus Gronovius (1611-1671) was in 1643 appointed professor of rhetoric and history at Deventer, before moving in 1658 to the Greek chair at Leiden, where he spent the rest of his life. Gronovius was the 6th Librarian of the University of Leiden (1665?1671) and, in a nice link, Wyttenbach became the 13th Librarian in 1799 following the death of David Ruhken. Wyttenbach also wrote a highly-regarded Life of his predecessor, which was published in Leiden in the same year. Ref: 54418show full image..
Grotius, Hugo (trans., ed.): Excerpta ex tragoediis et comoediis Gr?cis tum qu? exstant, tum quae perierunt emendata et Latinis versibus reddita ab Hugone Grotio. Cum notis & indice auctorum ac rerum. Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Nicolaum Buon, in via Iacob?a, sub signis S. Claudij & Hominis Siluestris, 1626. 4to., pp.[xii], 1006, [xxxviii]. Greek and Latin texts on facing pages, 3 page errata and colophn at rear. Title-page in red and black, woodcut initials and endpieces. Light dampstaining at gutter and to title-page and first few gatherings, ink spot to very edge of fore-edge margin towards rear, some lower margins a little short with deckle edges, A2 and A3 a bit crumpled with short tear to fore-edge margin, 6P4 with quite large loss to fore-edge margin but not affecting text. Plain contemporary vellum, some worn ms and remains of a label to spine. Vellum a little rumpled, some grey smudgy marks, endcaps worn, a few chips and stains, a good sound copy. 4 initials (?) in an old hand to title-page. A compilation of excerpts of Greek plays translated into Latin verse, which was written, like most of Grotius' (1583-1645) major works, during his exile in Paris. He had been imprisoned in Loevestein Castle because of his involvement in several controversies over the religious policy of the Dutch Republic but escaped in 1621, aided by his wife and maidservant who concealed him inside a book chest. He fled first to Gorinchem and then to Paris, where he received a royal pension and stayed almost continuously until 1644. This volume appeared the year after his most famous work, De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625), widely regarded as a foundational text in the development of international law. BM STC French,1601-1700, T766; Ter Meulen/Diermanse 468. Ref: 55232show full image..
Hall, Edith & Wrigley, Amanda: Aristophanes in Performance 412 BC-AD 2007: Peace, Birds and Frogs. London: Legenda: Modern Humanities Research Association and Maney Publishing, 2007. First edition. 8vo., pp. xix, 390. Illustrations. Hardback: laminated decorative boards. Mild shelf-wear with boards rubbed and lightly finger-marked, still a very good copy. Ref: 54263
Harris, C.R.S.: The Heart and the Vascular System in Ancient Greek Medicine. From Alcmaeon to Galen. Oxford: Clarendon Press (Special edition for Sandpiper Books), 2001. 8vo., pp. (xii), 474 + Publisher's notes. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: jacket lightly marked otherwise as new. First published by Oxford University Press in 1973. Ref: 55174
Harwood, Edward: A View of the Various Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics, with Remarks [...] London: printed for T. Becket [...] 1775. First edition. 8vo., pp. [ii], xxiv, 229, [iii]. Includes three-page catalogue of Harwood's books sold by Becket at rear. Some reversed writing in light pencil to p.96, seemingly offset from something no longer present. A few lightly smudges to title-page but generally clean internally. Mid-twentieth century half tan calf, gilt spine with label, brown marbled boards, edges sprinkled red. A bit rubbed, joints slightly worn but firm, small dent to top edge of upper board, still a very good copy. Pencil note to front paste-down: 'Coll. Christopher Dobson c.1967'. 'Harwood (1729?1794) was a prolific writer and author of numerous religious and biblical treatises and classical works. He once claimed to have written more books than anyone then living with the exception of Joseph Priestley. Of these the one which contributed most to his reputation as a scholar was A View of the Various Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics (1775), which by 1790 had run to four editions and had been translated into German (1778) and Italian (1780 and 1793).' (ODNB) ESTC T118350 Ref: 51811show full image..
