The Prometheus and Agamemnon of Aeschylus.
Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1849. First thus. Hardcover. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. 12mo. 156pp. Bound into black blind stamped boards. Translated by Henry William Herbert. Head of spine chipped. Gift inscription. More
Classics
Breviary Treasures Odes of Anacreon Anacreontics and other selections from the Greek Anthology.
Boston: Nathan Haskell Dole, 1903. Hardcover. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 214 pages. White parchment spine and brown boards. Doric Edition of the Breviary Treasures. Consists of 550 copies printed on French hand-made paper, of which this copy is 218. Extensively illustrated. Previous owner's bookplate and date stamp on front..... More
Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty: Boys Were Their Gods
Routledge, 2010. Paperback. Trade paperback. 262pp. More
The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius, of Medaura, Reprinted from the Scarce edition of 1709, Revised and Corrected in two volumes.
London: E. Wheatley, 1822. Second Wheatley edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. 23 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. xx ,356pp, xix [2] 320pp. Frontispiece in volume 1. Leather spine and red boards. From the library of famous collector Robert Hoe with his small book label in each volume. First Wheatley edition was..... More
Breviary Treasures Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian.
Boston: Nathan Haskell Dole, 1904. Hardcover. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 209 pages. White parchment spine and brown boards. Doric Edition of the Breviary Treasures. Consists of 550 copies printed on French hand-made paper, of which this copy is 122. Extensively illustrated. Previous owner's bookplate and date stamp on front..... More
Athenaeus: The Learned Banqueters (Complete 8 volume set)
Cambridge, Massachusetts / London, England: Harvard University Press, 2006. Hardcover. 17 x 11 cm. Complete 8 volume set of The Learned Banqueters, translated by S. Douglas Olson. It was previously done by Loeb Classics titled as Deipnosophists. Greek text with English translations on facing pages. Green cloth all in dust..... More
Records of the Grand Historian of China Translated from the Shih Chi of Ssu-Ma Ch'ien VOLUME II ONLY: The Age of Emperor Wui, 140 to Crica 100 B.C.
New York & London: Columbia University Press, 1961. Third Printing. Hardcover. Volume 2 only of a 2 volume set.. 23.5 x 16 cm. 543pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Translation of the early Chinese historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien's (145?-90? B.C.) work. Chipping and tears to jacket. Some pencil notations from a...... More
The God of Love’s Letter and The Tale of the Rose: A Bilingual Edition with Jean Gerson A Poem on Man and Woman
New York and Toronto: Iter Press, 2021. Paperback. The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series, 79. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 209pp. French and English translation text, based on the earliest manuscripts. More
Loeb Classical Library Cicero Complete 30 book set in 29 volumes
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Hardcover. Complete set of the works of Cicero done as part of the Loeb Classical Library. All are hardcover copies with their dust jackets. Latin and English on facing pages. Volume XV is in two books denoted volumes XVa and XVb. There is some sticker..... More
De Officiis / On Duties
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1974. First Printing (thus). Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. xxxiii 207pp. Bibliography, glossary, index. Green cloth in dust jacket. English language translation. Small closed tear to last page. More
The Divine Comedy
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. William Blake. Hardcover. 24 cm x 16 cm, 409 pp. Bound in full leather with AEG and gilt designs on the cover. Raised spine bands, moire end papers. This volume was published by The Franklin Library for the 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of..... More
Dio Chrysostom Discourses (5 volume set): 1-11, 12-30, 31-36, 37-60, 61-80 Fragments Letters
Harvard University Press. Hardcover. 17 x 11.5 cm. 570pp, 441pp, 482pp, 471pp, 504pp. Green cloth in dust jacket. Greek text with English translations. Loeb Classical Library Books 257, 339, 358, 376, 385. Some edgewear to some of the jackets. More
The Plays of Euripides
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. Carla Bauer. Hardcover. 24 cm x 15 cm, 336 pp., and 397 pp., respectively. Two volume set. Bound in full leather, with AEG and ribbon insert. Moire end papers. This volume was published by The Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers as part of..... More
Method of Medicine (3 volume set) Books 1-4, Books 5-9 and 10-14
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2011. Hardcover. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. clvii 461pp, xxv 541pp, xxiv 567pp. 3 volume set, green cloth in dust jackets. Greek and English text on facing pages. All 3 books done in 2011. Tears to jacket spines of volume 1 and 2. Loeb Classical Library..... More
Boethius Tractates The Consolation of Philosophy
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2003. Loeb Classical Library. hardcover. 16 mo. 17 cm x 11 cm. 442pp. A fine copy in dust jacket. More
The Satires of Horace.
Boston: Nathan Haskell Dole, 1905. Hardcover. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 214 pages. White parchment spine and brown boards. Doric Edition of the Breviary Treasures. Consists of 550 copies printed on French hand-made paper, of which this copy is 240. Extensively illustrated. Previous owner's bookplate and date stamp on front..... More
ARISTOTLE: ART OF RHETORIC
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2020. Loeb Classical Library. Hardcover. 16mo. 17 cm x 11 cm. 494pp. A fine copy in dust jacket. More
For and Against Abelard : The Invective of Bernard of Clairvaux and Berengar of Poitiers
Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2020. Boydell Medieval Texts. Hardcover. Octavo.24 cm x 16 cm. 82pp. A fine copy. More
Queen Elizabeth's Englishings of Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae, A.D. 1593, Plutarch, De Curiositate, Horace, De Arte Poetica (part), - A. D. 1598
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. Ltd, 1899. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15 cm. (xx) 165pp. Glossary. Ex-library. Quarter leather library binding with spine sticker, title page stamps, bookplate in front. Facsimile on Queen Elizabeth's handwriting opposite page 33. Early English Text Society, Original Series, 113. Includes the 3 title..... More
Being There Togther: Essays in Honor of Michael C. J. Putnam, On the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday.
Afton Historical Society Press, Minnesota, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Green cloth in tissue dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Michael Putnam. Classicist/teacher at Brown University. More
Filostrato Lemnio, della vita di Apollonio Tianeo tradotto per messer Francesco Baldelli, Conuna Confutatione oveto Apologia di Evsebio Cesariese contra Hierocle; ilquale si sforzaua per l'Historia di Filostrato d'assomigliare Apollonio a Christo, Tradotta per il medesimo
Fiorenza [i.e. Florence]: Appresso Lorenzo Torrentino, 1549. Full contemporary vellum with gilt spine lettering. 16 x 10.5 cm. Octavo. 723 [20]pp. Index. Italian language text. Decorative woodcut initials. Beautiful condition. Binding is tight. Spine is a bit darkened. This work is a biography of Greek Neo-Pythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana..... More
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The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (Volume 1 only) [Plutarch's Lives]
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Elaine Raphael; Don Bolognese. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Volume 1 only of a four volume set. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 428pp. Bound into full black leather with blue spine labels. Moire endpapers, silk ribbons, 3 raised bands to spines. Published as part..... More
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The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (Volume 2 only) [Plutarch's Lives]
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Elaine Raphael; Don Bolognese. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Volume 2 only of a four volume set. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 423pp. Bound into full black leather with blue spine labels. Moire endpapers, silk ribbons, 3 raised bands to spines. Published as part..... More
The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite
Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University Press, 2011. Paperback. 21 x 15 cm. Octavo. 170pp, 5 maps. Translated Texts for Historians volume 32. More
The Armenian History attributed to Sebeos Parts 1 and 2
Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University Press, 1999. Paperback. 21 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. lxxvii 355pp. Maps in rear. Translated Texts for Historians Volume 31. More