Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. With plates and decorations by Stephen Gooden. Pp. 314, pictorial title page and 11 plates, numerous decorative initials, alphabetical table; narrow cr. 4to; full vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt with small fox & grape motifs, the boards a trifle sprung; t.e.g., others uncut; within..... More
Together with an account of polyglot Bibles, polyglot Psalters, Hebrew Bibles, Greek Bibles and Greek Testaments; the Greek fathers, and the Latin fathers. Fourth edition; greatly enlarged and corrected. In two volumes. Pp. [iv]+xiv+562+[iv]+580, 1 engraved plate and small mounted specimen leaf Volume I, corrigenda at end of Volume II;..... More
... Aeneis tabulis incidit Johannes Pine. [Text in Latin]. In two volumes. Volume I: Pp. [xxxii]+176+[2]+[177]-266](last blank); Volume II: Pp. [xxiv]+48+[2]+[49]-94+[2]+[95]-172+[2]+[173]-192(last blank)+[14](list of illustrations, last blank); both volumes lavishly illustrated with engravings throughout, including frontispieces and title page vignettes, full page illustrations, numerous pictorial head & tailpieces (including a couple..... More
Catalogue of an exhibition of Greek and Latin classical manuscripts mainly from Oxford libraries displayed on the occasion of the Triennial Meeting of the Hellenic and Roman Societies 28 July-2 August 1975. Pp. x+100, frontispiece portrait, plus 26 plates; narrow demy 8vo; pictorial still paper wrappers, slightly soiled and foxed..... More
the celebrated warlike, learned and authentic Jewish historian. Containing: I. The antiquities of the Jews....; II. The wars of the Jews with the Romans....; III. The Book of Josephus against Apion....; IV. The martyrdoms of the Maccabees; V. The embassy of Philo from the Jews of Alexandria to the Emperor..... More
A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastorall romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek by Geo. Thornley. Pp. 108+[4](colophon, gilt cockerel device, and blanks), printed in black & green; cr. 4to; qr. natural linen with printed paper title label on spine, pale blue Michallet papered boards, lightly foxed and..... More
Traduction de Messie J. Amyot, editee et corrigee par Paul-Louis Courier. [Text in French]. Pp. [iv]+iv+164(last blank), printed in red & black, text illustrations (4 full page), the decorative initials drawn in blue by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, printer's mark C in red at colophon; narrow cr. 4to; qr..... More
New versions by Laurie Duggan. Pp. [4]; roy. 24mo; printed paper wrappers, fore-corners slightly bruised; Catnip Press, Sydney, 1989. One of 500 copies printed for Nicholas Pounder (of a total edition of 550). More
with an account of the principal translations, into English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, etc. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+[74](Supplement & index)+544+[iv]+730(last blank); Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, CT, 1999. *Facsimile reprint of the second edition, published by Bohn in 1837, but also including the later Supplement & index (c. 1880). More
Done into English by Jack Lindsay. With one hundred illustrations by Norman Lindsay. Comprising The Satyricon and Poems. Pp. viii+152(last blank)+[10](captions for plates), 100 collotype plates; roy. 4to; half maroon vellum, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, marbled papered boards, edges lightly worn, the spine slightly faded; t.e.g., others uncut;..... More
Translated by Henry Cary. Pp. 38(last colophon), title page decorative border; med. 8vo; marbled papered boards with printed paper title label on spine, vellum spine-tips, fore-corners of boards a trifle worn; uncut; The Pleiad, Paris, 1926. One of 475 numbered copies printed at the Officina Bodoni on mould-made Binda paper..... More
[Edited by J. W. Mackail]. Pp. [iv]+32+[2](colophon, blank); tall f'cap. 4to; limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt, tiny stain near foot of spine; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, Doves Bindery stamp at foot of lower pastedown, a little light foxing; Officina Columbarum [Hammersmith], 1900. One of..... More
Nella traduzione di Niccolo Machiavelli con venticinque illustrazioni di Albrecht Durer. Pp.116+[2](blank, colophon), title page vignette, text illustrations; super roy, 4to; qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt, yellow Fabriano Roma papered boards, the upper board decorated in gilt, top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; within green..... More
That is, sixe small, or petty poems, or aeglogues, chosen out of the right famous Sicilian poet Theocritus, and translated into English verse. [With decorations designed and cut on wood by Vivien Gribble. Bibliographical Note by S. Gaselee]. Pp. 60(last colophon), frontispiece plus numerous text decorations; narrow med. 4to; qr..... More
Translated by E. H. Blakeney. Pp. [xii]+24+[4](blank, colophon), printed in red & black, frontispiece and 2 large decorative initials by John O'Connor; med. 4to; qr. vellum (slightly 'cloudy'), spine lettered and ruled in gilt, maroon linen boards, publisher's device in gilt at centre of upper board, top edge of upper..... More
Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri. Translated from the Latin by Paul Turner. Line-engravings by Mark Severin. Pp. 68, frontispiece plus 3 plates, 1 full page illustration, title page vignette; narrow cr. 4to; qr. orange/tan morocco, spine lettered in gilt, maroon canvas boards with gilt vignette at centre of upper board; t.e.g...... More