Catling, R.W.V & Marchand, F., eds.; Sasanow, M., asst.: Onomatologos. Studies in Greek Personal Names, Presented to Elaine Matthews. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2010. First edition. 4to., pp. xxxiv, 681. Laminated boards, corners bumped, one slightly fraying, edges lightly dusted with small smudge to bottom, some shelf wear, very good. Ref: 51925
(Catullus) Sisson, C.H. trans.: Catullus. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1966. 8vo., pp. 93, [i]. Faux-vellum boards, gilt titles to spine and upper. Spine and board edges lightly toned, still very good. Dust-jacket toned, edges tattered with approx. 4cm tear to top edge, good only. First edition of this translation. Ref: 51562
Catullus, Caius Valerius: (Vossius, Isaac, ed.:) Observationes. [Leiden]: Prostant apud Isaacum Littleburii Bibliopolam Londinensem, 1684. 4to., pp.[iv], 327[i.e. 343], [xxxi]. Title-page in red and black, woodcut initials. Leaf 2V4 is cancelled, p.343 is mispaginated as p.327. With errata leaf. Occasional toning, a few light stains. Sympathetically rebound in dark brown calf, red morocco label to spine, blind tooled fillets to spine and borders, edges sprinkled red. Very good. Small inscription to preliminary blank, neat but (to us) indecipherable, and one marginal note to text. A reissue of the Leiden edition of the same year, sold in England with a new title-page giving the London bookseller's name. Vossius' commentary is described by Dibdin as 'elegant and erudite, though not free from occasional indelicacies of thought and illustration.' He observes that some copies have a title-page reading 'Lug. Bat 1684, 1691' and that whilst the later edition has extra indices, the London one is rarer. ESTC R34796; Dibdin I (4th ed.) 379. Ref: 53779show full image..
Catullus, Gaius Valerius; Tibullus, Albius; Propertius, Sextus: Opera. Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. Writing Royal 4to., pp.[ii], 200, 221-372 (i.e. 352 due to usual mispagination). A2 is the cancelland, H3 the cancel. Occasional very light spots and smudges. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and labels, triple-line gilt borders, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Joints and end caps neatly repaired, second label replaced, corners repaired, a little rubbed, very good. Also made available in 12mo., this 4to. version was priced on publication at a guinea, though copies were advertised for sale at 18s. on 9th July 1773; 780 copies remained in stock in 1775. Dibdin describes this edition, based on Coustelier's 1743 production, as 'very beautiful', though 'not esteemed for accuracy'. ESTC T6260; Dibdin I (4th edn.), 377; Gaskell, 44; Graesse, 287; Moss, 1263; Schweiger, 83. Ref: 54332show full image..
Catullus, Gaius Valerius; Tibullus, Albius; Propertius, Sextus: Opera. Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. 12mo., pp. [ii], 276. Internally very clean. Later dark green morocco, gilt spine, borders and dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine faded, very good indeed. Small, blue-bordered label with MS letter V to front pastedown. The title-page is the variant in which the 'T' of 'CATULLUS' is slightly oversized. Page 209 is misnumbered 109 as usual. Leaf A2 is a cancel. According to Gaskell, 800 copies remained in Baskerville's stock in 1775. Dibdin describes this edition, based on Coustelier's 1743 production, as 'very beautiful', though 'not esteemed for accuracy'. ESTC T4788; Gaskell 45; Dibdin I (4th ed) 377. Ref: 54178show full image..
Catullus, Gaius Valerius; Tibullus, Albius; Propertius, Sextus: Opera. Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. 4to., pp. [ii], 200, 221-372 (i.e. 352, due to usual error in pagination). Writing royal paper of good quality. Occasional tiny marks, a few very faint spots of foxing, some small pencil notes mostly to endpapers. Small stain to fore-edge showing very slightly at page edges. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, gilt leaf border to boards, edges pale yellow, marbled endpapers. Neatly rebacked with original spine retained though darkened, a few scratches and chips, corners a little worn, very good. Gilt rose with an Earl's coronet to upper board, portcullis also with an Earl's coronet to lower board. The same symbols alternating to each compartment of the spine. Possibly the arms of St John's College, Cambridge, though there are no other institutional markings. Leaves A2 and H3, often cancelled, are both found here in their original state. Also available in 12mo., this 4to. version was priced on publication at a guinea, though copies were advertised for sale at 18s. on 9th July 1773; 780 copies remained in stock in 1775. Dibdin describes this edition, based on Coustelier's 1743 production, as 'very beautiful', though 'not esteemed for accuracy'. ESTC T6260; Dibdin I (4th edn.) 377; Gaskell 44; Graesse 287; Moss 1263 Ref: 54591show full image..
Caviness, Madeline Harrison: Sumptuous Arts at the Royal Abbeys in Reims and Braine. Ornatus Elegantiae, Varietate Stupendes. Princeton University Press, 1990. First edition. 4to. (312 x 239mm), pp. xxvi, 401. Hardback: black cloth, light dusting to edges. Dust-jacket, light shelf wear. A very good copy. Ref: 53219
Cedrenus, Georgius: (Scylitzes, John; Psellus, Michael; Migne, Jacques Paul:) [?] Compendium Historiarum. Cui subjiciuntur excerta ex breviario Joannis Scylitz? curopalat? [...] Tomus Prior; [...] Accedunt Michaelis Pselli opera qu? reperiri potuerunt omnia nunc primum in unum collecta, accurante et denuo recognoscente J.-P. Migne. Tomus posterior. Parisina [Paris]: Apud J.-P. Migne, 1864. 2 vols. Large 8vo., pp. [vii], cols. 11-1168; pp. [iv], cols. 9-1456. Parallel columns of Greek and Latin text. Foxed, some glue staining at gutters, edges dusty and many unopened, title-pages with traces of removed label, gathering 19 of vol. I very toned, still good. Modern bindings, plain tan calf spines with gilt titles, marbled boards, original paper covers bound in, endpapers made from printed waste, edges uncut, very good. Each volume with bookplate pasted to printed front endpaper, 'Bibliotheca Montis Calvariae Wadhurstii'. Two volumes (CXXI & CXXII) in the series Patrologi? Cursus Completus (Traditio Catholica. S?culum XI, annus 1058). Ref: 54391show full image..
Chin, Catherine M.: Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. First edition. 8vo., pp. 272. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unread, a hint only of shelf-wear: almost as new. In the Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Ref: 53628
Church, Alfred J.: Stories from Livy London: Seeley and Co., 1895. Seventh thousand. 8vo., pp.[ii], vi, 277, [i] + colour frontispiece, plates. Internally clean. Tan calf school prize binding, gilt spine with dark brown title label, centrepiece arms of Wallasey Grammar School to upper board, marbled edges and endpapers. A little rubbed, some faded patches to boards, very good. Wallasey Grammar School English Prize bookplate to front pastedown, presented to D.W. Millar in July 1900. Tiny binder's or bookseller's label of Edward Howell, Church Street, Liverpool. Ref: 54607show full image..
