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Ex Typographia Anchore, Apud Josephum Marini, Florence: 1820., 1820 pp. 236; 149 + Engraved frontis portrait. Two volumes in one. Large paper copy, printed on "Carta dei Classici" paper. Slightly foxed. Tall folio. [460 x 315 mm.] Bound in original vellum backed cloth boards. Sallust was a famed Roman historian and politician. He was tribune of the people (52 B.C.) and praetor (46). He was ejected (50) from the senate ostensibly for adultery, but more probably because of his partisanship for Caesar. He served with Caesar after his praetorship and was his governor in Numidia; he was subsequently accused of misusing his governorship for personal gain. His princi pal works are the Bellum Catilinae, on the conspiracy of Catiline and his account of the Jugurthine War, Bellum Jugurthinum. His history of Rome is extant only in fragments; it probably covered the pe riod 78 B.C. to 67 B.C. As a historian Sallust was important as one of the first to write historical monographs dealing with sharply… Read More

Louis Elzevier, Amsterdam: 1649., 1649 pp. 624, (24). Engraved title. 24mo. [116 x 60 mm.] Contemporary full leather binding with elaborately gilt spine. Manuscript Ex Libris of Ludovici Brisout de Barneville, Counselor to the Royal Court, 1836. This is supplementary work to the Elzevier 1634-1640 edition of Tacitus. Dibdin II:452; Willems 1094. Tacitus was one of the greatest of Roman historians. He was a friend of Pliny the Younger a nd married the daughter of Cnaeus Julius Agricola. In A.D. 97 he was appointed substitute consul under Nerva, and later he was proconsul of Asia. The first of his works was the Dialogus [dialogue], a discussion of oratory in the style of Cicero, demonstrating to some degree why Tacitus was celebrated as an eloquent speaker; this work was long disputed, but his authorship is now generally accepted. Tacitus then wrote a biography of Agricola, expressing his admiration for his father-in-law as a good and able man. His small treatise De origine et situ Germanorum… Read More

Louis Elzevier, Amsterdam: 1649., 1649 pp. 624, (24). Engraved title. 24mo. [116 x 60 mm.] Nice contemporary full leather binding with gold spine. A supplementary work to the Elzevier 1634-1640 edition of Tacitus. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. Dibdin II:452; Willems 1094. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 6 Language: eng. Full Leather. Hardcover. Very Good.

John Baskerville, Birmingham, England: 1765., 1773 pp. (4), 318. Uncut and unopened. 4to. [310 x 245 mm.] Deckle edged. Foxed. Later half-morocco leather binding. John Baskerville (1706-1775) was the greatest printer of his era. Born in Wolverley, Hereford - Worcester, England, he became a writing master in Birmingham. He also carried on a successful japanning (varnishing) business there. In about 1750 he began to make experiments in letter founding, and produced the wonderful series of types now named after him. His first book, the Virgil of 1757, was also the first to be printed upon wove paper (manufactured by a process that he invented). In 1758 he be came printer to Cambridge University. All of his books bear show fine craftsmanship and a refined sense of design. In the last few years before his death, Baskerville published a few Latin classics in quarto and duodecimo. "All these bear the marks of unabated genius even in his declining days: and suffice, had he printed nothing else, to… Read More

John Baskerville, Birmingham: 1773., 1773 pp. (4), 318. 4to. Beautiful polished Baskerville paper. Wide margined. Contemporary leather backed boards binding. Engraved armorial bookplate of Asa P. French, U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts, 1906-1914. Leather bookplates of Howard Lehman Goodhart and Phyllis Goodhart Gordon. John Baskerville (1706-1775) was the greatest printer of his era. Born in Wolverley, Hereford - Worcester, England, he became a writing master in Birmingham. He also carried on a successful japanning (varnishing) business there. In about 1750 he began to make experiments in letter founding, and produced the wonderful series of types now named after him. His first book, the Virgil of 1757, was also the first to be printed upon wove paper (manufactured by a process that he invented). In 1758 he be came printer to Cambridge University. All of his books bear show fine craftsmanship and a refined sense of design. In the last few years before his death, Baskerville published a few… Read More

Ex Officina Elseviriorum [Elzevier], Lvgd. Batavorvm [Leiden]: 1640., 1640 pp. (12), 414 (i.e.404), [28]. Printer's device (the Hermit) on title page. 24mo. 13 cm. Latin text. Worn original full leather binding, boards detached. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him. Pliny the Younger wrote hundreds of letters, of which 247 survive and are of great historical value. Some… Read More

Strahan, London: 1758., 1758 8vo. pp. (18), 234, (99). Title page printed in red & black, but age soiled. Disbound. Sallust was a famed Roman historian and politician. He was tribune of the people (52 B.C.) and praetor (46). He was ejected (50) from the senate ostensibly for adultery, but more probably because of his partisanship for Caesar. He served with Caesar after his praetorship and was his governor in Numidia; he was s ubsequently accused of misusing his governorship for personal gain. His principal works are the Bellum Catilinae, on the conspiracy of Catiline and his account of the Jugurthine War, Bellum Jugurthinu m. His history of Rome is extant only in fragments; it probably covered the period 78 B.C. to 67 B.C. As a historian Sallust was important as one of the first to write historical monographs dealing wi th sharply limited events and periods. Although his style is consciously archaic, it is distinguished by its terseness and directness. His character sketches are particularly… Read More

Published by Philip H. Nicklin; A. Small, Printer, Philadelphia: ., 1814 pp. [2], 260. 8vo. 200 mm. First two leaves worn. Text browned, but not brittle. XLib with a stamp on the title page. Original full leather; worn, with both boards detached. Hardbound. Fair. EARLY MANUSCRIPT COMMENTS on rear flyleaf: 'Vox populi Vox Dei, The voice of the people is the voice of God. (A false saying).' Also: 'Mondacium ab ovo a Mala. A lie from beginning to end.' AI /S&S 32707. Though a poor copy this early Americanm schoolbook is rendered interesting by its little bit of American Latin manuscript. PA IMP 6. Hardcover.

Ex Officina Elzeviriana, Lugd. Batavorum (Leiden): 1634., 1634 pp. (16), 310, (34). Duysendt engraved title + Woodcut Illustration. Small 24mo. [120 x 65 mm.] Old English full leather binding. Spine worn. All edges gold gilt. Edited by Marcus Zuerius Boxhornius. The second of four Elzevier editions issued in 1634. Willems 412. "Jolie edition peu commune" - Brunet V:85. "A beautiful little volume" - Dibdin II: 384. Sallust was a famed Roman historian and politician . He was tribune of the people (52 B.C.) and praetor (46). He was ejected (50) from the senate ostensibly for adultery, but more probably because of his partisanship for Caesar. He served with Caesar after his praetorship and was his governor in Numidia; he was subsequently accused of misusing his governorship for personal gain. His principal works are the Bellum Catilinae, on the conspiracy of Catiline and his account of the Jugurthine War, Bellum Jugurthinum. His history of Rome is extant only in fragments; it probably… Read More

Ex officina Elzeviriana [Elzevier], Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: 1634., 1634 pp. [16], 310, [34] + Engraved title page by Duysent. Foxed. Latin text. 24mo. 14 cm. Lovely 18th century full leather binding, joints cracked. Copinger 4054; Willems 412n. Edited by Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn (1612-1653), to whom the dedication is addressed. The Elzeviers published four distinct editions under this date. This issue is the second reimpression. Early manuscript ownerships. Scarce. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 6 Language: eng. Full Leather. Hardcover. Very Good.

Josephi Barbou, Paris: 1754., 1754 pp. 48, 392, (1) + Three plates engraved by Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790) + Engraved headpiece. Woodcut printer's device. Small 8vo. [146 x 85 mm.] All edges gold gilt. Wide margins. Fine contemporary full French olive morocco gilt binding. Silk doublures. Manuscript Crozat (1813) ownership. Leather gold Ex Libris of Dudley C. Majoribanks. Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, also known as the Laird of Guisachan and Glenaffric (18201894), was a Scottish businessman and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1853 until 1880, when he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Tweedmouth. Beautifully printed and handsomely bound edition that appears to be essentially the sheets of the 1744 edition with a new title page. Includes a life of Sallust by Etienne Andre Philippe de Pretot (d. 1787). A brief history of the Barbou Classics is given by Schweiger (II 1269). In 1742 Lenglet de Fresnoy persuaded Coustelier to start a series which… Read More

(P. Didot, Natu Major) Lefevre, Paris: 1822., 1822 313p. Foxed. All edges gold. 16mo. (in 8). [116 x 74 mm]. Lovely French full leather binding. The boards tooled in blind with a central star-burst within a diamond. Spine and borders gold. Engraved Ex Libris of the Bibliotheque Congregation de Notre Dame, Maison des Oiseaux. Oval engraved French booksellers label (Potey). Brunet V:88. Sallust was a famed Roman historian and politician. He was tribune of the people (52 B.C.) and praetor (46). He was ejected (50) from the senate ostensibly for adultery, but more probably because of his partisanship for Caesar. He served with Caesar after his pra etorship, and was his governor in Numidia; he was subsequently accused of misusing his governorship for personal gain. His principal works are the Bellum Catilinae, on the conspiracy of Catiline, and his account of the Jugurthine War, Bellum Jugurthinum. His history of Rome is extant only in fragments; it probably covered the period 78 B.C. to 67 B.C. As a… Read More

Joseph Barbou, Paris: 1754., 1754 pp. 24, 238 + Frontis, vignettes and culs-de-lampe, engraved by Fessard. Woodcut printer's device. All edges gold. Text and plates clean and bright. Small 8vo. [150 x 85 mm.] Worn original French full leather gold. Engraved Ex Libris of Theodore Martin. Edited by Stephano-Andraa Philippe. Includes a bibliography of Velleius Paterculus. Lovely edition of this "universal" Roman history. A brief history of the Barbou Classics is given by Schweiger (II 1269). In 1742 Lenglet de Fresnoy persuaded Coustelier to start a series which was meant to be a French rival to the Elzeviers - even surpassing th em in tersms of schoalrship and typography. Though this effort soon exhausted itself, it was revived by Jean Joseph Barbou in 1753. Seven of these attractive little books appeared in 1753-1755, and th ough there were more issued in the next decade, there was not enough market interest to support a sustained publishing program. They still stand as a monument to… Read More

Typis Ludovici Elzevirii, sumptibus societatis, Amsterodami [Louis Elzevier, Amsterdam]: 1650., 1650 pp. 369, (13) + Engraved title. One leaf torn across the top with loss of about 10 lines. Old damp stain. 32 mo. [115 x 66 mm.]. Worn contemporary paper boards binding. Little is known about Suetonius' life except that he was briefly the private secretary of Emperor Hadrian. His work, De vita Caesarum [Concerning the Lives of the (Twelve) Caesars] survives almost in full. In it he does little to hide the sexual activities or moral depravity of the Roman court. There are also fragments of a much larger collection of biographies, De viris illustribus [Concerning Illustrious Men]. He gathered together all sorts of anecdotes, and the resultant biographies are lively and informative. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the… Read More

John Baskerville, Birmingham: 1772., 1772 pp. (2), 352. Cancellans at A2 & H3. 4to. [295 x 230 mm.] Printed on Baskerville's fine, smooth Writing Royal paper. Worn full contemporary mottled calf. All edges decorated red. Caius Valerius Catullus (Ca. 84-54 B.C.), Roman poet, born in Verona, of a well-to-do family. He went to Rome (62 B.C.) where he fell deeply in love, probably with Clodia, sister of Cicero's opponent Publ us Clodius. She was suspected of murdering her husband. Catullus wrote to his beloved, addressed as Lesbia (to recall Sappho of Lesbos), a series of superb little poems that run from early passion and tenderness to the hatred and disillusionment that overwhelmed him after his mistress was faithless. His works include, besides the Lesbia poems, poems to his young friend Juventius; epigrams, ranging from the genial to the obscenely derisive; elegies; a few long poems, notably "Attis" and a nuptial poem honoring Thetis and Peleus; and various short pieces. His… Read More

Georg Conrad Gsellius, Leipzig and Zelle: 1753., 1753 pp. [6], LII, 550, [29]. Small 8vo. 18 cm. Very Scarce German Latin reader. Latin text with notes in German.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Impensis J. Bowyer, Londini (London): 1708., 1708 pp. (20), 95, [1]. Small 8vo. (in 4). 18 cm. Latin text. Illustrated with printer's devices and intials. Very foxed. Names crudely inked-out in a couple of places. Original full leather binding, board s detached. Early ownerships of Thomas Hun. This is probably the Hun that was one of the founders of Kappa Alpha Society in 1825 at Union College, Schenectady, New York. An This important London printed Latin edition of AN ART ON HOW TO HAVE HANDSOME CHILDREN includes "Ad Eudoxum Epistola" and "In obitu Petri Gassendi. lugubre encomium". Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 4 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Apud Daniel Elzevier, Amsterdam: 1664., 1664 pp. (8), 448. Engraved title. Uncut and deckle edged. 24mo. [142 x 80 mm.]. Nineteenth century full leather binding. Spine perished. The Holland House copy with engraved Ex Libris and shelf marks. Important Latin & Greek dictionary / lexicon. Line for line reprint of the Louis Elzevier 1651 edition. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. Willems 1343. AN UNCUT ELZEVIER IS AN EXTREMELY RARE FIND. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX2/SHU30 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Verlhagen & Klasing, Bielfeld: 1860., 1860 8vo. 226p. Text in Latin, with German notes. Foxed. Worn contemporary leather backed marbled boards. Manuscript ownership of R. M . Bolenius, Bielfield, 1863/1864. Cornelius Nepos, Roman historian, wa s an intimate friend of Pomponius Atticus, Cicero, and Catullus. His only extant work is a collection of biographies, mostly from a lost larger work, De viris illustribus [On Illustrious Men]. The gen eral method was to compare the lives of great Roman and non-Roman leaders. Nepos wrote in a popular manner in clear and simple Latin. W121 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Great Americana Series, Readex Microprint Corp., New York: 1966., 1966 Facsimile of the rare original account, first published in 1507. 8vo. Original leather grained cloth binding. Fine condition. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own, and enjoy such rare Americana. NW29. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Fine.