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Image for Les Ã‰pÃ®tres Amoureues [sic] traduites en FranÃ§ois. Nouvelle Ã©dition augmentÃ©e et embillie [sic] de figures. TOGETHER WITH les Ã‰lÃ©gies Amoureuses d'Ovide

Les Ã‰pÃ®tres Amoureues [sic] traduites en FranÃ§ois. Nouvelle Ã©dition augmentÃ©e et embillie [sic] de figures. TOGETHER WITH les Ã‰lÃ©gies Amoureuses d'Ovide

By: N/A

Price: $1,400.00

Publisher: Cologne, Pierre Morteau: 1703

Seller ID: 5284

[viii] 447 [1]; [x] 271 [3]. Full mottled calf. 2 volumes in 1.
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Anakreontos Teiou Mele; Anacreontis teii odae. Ab Henrico Stephano luce & latinitate nunc primum donatae.

By: Anacreon (attributed to)

Price: $4,100.00

Publisher: Paris, Henri Estienne: 1554

Seller ID: 4698

A nice copy in the original limp vellum with remnants of suede ties. Beautifully printed Greek text followed by Estienne's commentary & finally Latin rendering . Slight worming to pastedown; armorial bookplate of Rufus King ; stain to title (q.v.). ; 140mm 209mm; [viii],110 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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Image for Arrianou Perigous euxeinou pontou: tou autou Periplous tÄ“s eruthras thalassÄ“s : AnnÅnos Periplous libuÄ“s : Ploutarchou Peri potamÅn kai orÅn : EpitomÄ“ tÄ“n to StrabÅn geÅgrafikÅn

Arrianou Perigous euxeinou pontou: tou autou Periplous tÄ“s eruthras thalassÄ“s : AnnÅnos Periplous libuÄ“s : Ploutarchou Peri potamÅn kai orÅn : EpitomÄ“ tÄ“n to StrabÅn geÅgrafikÅn

By: Arrian, Oppian, Proclus, Sigmund Gelen, Simon GrynÃ¤us, Adrien TurnÃ¨be, Hieronymus Froben, Johann Walder

Price: $6,440.00

Publisher: Basil, Turnebum: 1533

Seller ID: 4696

Contemporary blind ruled yapped vellum. Armorial bookplate of Rufus King, otherwise a clean unmarked copy.
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La Divina Commedia con note tratte dai Migliori commenti

By: Dante Alighieri, Eugenio Camerini (Translator)

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Milano (Milan), Edoardo Sonzogno: 1869

Seller ID: 5430

Condition: Good+

Half black morocco over green cloth boards with gilt rule to front and back boards, as well as gilt particulars and 5 raised bands to spine. Many blanc plates with tissue guards present throughout. All edges gilt. General wear and abrasions to boards; occasional foxing to tissue guards, not effecting text or woodblock prints. No previous owners' names or other markings. Please expect extra postage as this is a large, heavy book. 12 1/4 x 16 inches.
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Image for La seconda parte della libraria historica di Diodoro Siciliano; tradotta dal greco in latino da diversi autori e nella nostra lingua da M. Francesco Baldelli.

La seconda parte della libraria historica di Diodoro Siciliano; tradotta dal greco in latino da diversi autori e nella nostra lingua da M. Francesco Baldelli.

By: Diodorus Siculus (Diodoro Siciliano), Francesco Baldelli, Francesco, Thomaso Porcacchi

Price: $575.00

Publisher: Vinegia, Appresso Gabriel Giolito de'Ferrari: 1575

Seller ID: 4370

Condition: Very Good

Full vellum with particulars to spine in gilt. Elaborate woodcut initials and head and tailpieces throughout. Loss on title page to C in Seconda. Worming to front pastedown and pgs 355-6 with slight scholia loss; still a handsome copy in its original binding.
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Image for Il Pentamerone; or The Tale of Tales Being a translation by the late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., of Il Pentamerone; Overo lo cunto de li cunte, trattenemiento de li peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis)

Il Pentamerone; or The Tale of Tales Being a translation by the late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., of Il Pentamerone; Overo lo cunto de li cunte, trattenemiento de li peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis)

By: Gian Alessio Abbattutis, Sir Richard Francis (R. F.) Burton

Price: $140.00

Publisher: London, Henry & Co.: 1893

Seller ID: 5108

Condition: Very Good

2 volumes. Black cloth with gilt particulars to front cover and spine to both volumes. Both spines beginning to fade. Top front corners of both volumes dented. Fraying and small losses to head and tail of both spines. Occasional spotting throughout.. Vol. 1: xvi, 282 pp.; Vol. 2: vi, 283-562 (279 pp.) continuous pagination. 6 x 9 inches.
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Image for Hesiodi Ascraei Qua Exstant ex Recensione JOANNIS GEORGII GRAEVII Cum ejusdem Animadversionibus & Notis auctoribus. Accedit Commentarius nunc primum editur JOANNIS CLERICI, ex Notae varionum, scilicet JOSEPHI SCALIGERI, a.o. Ac DANIELIS HEINSII

Hesiodi Ascraei Qua Exstant ex Recensione JOANNIS GEORGII GRAEVII Cum ejusdem Animadversionibus & Notis auctoribus. Accedit Commentarius nunc primum editur JOANNIS CLERICI, ex Notae varionum, scilicet JOSEPHI SCALIGERI, a.o. Ac DANIELIS HEINSII

By: Hesiod

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Gallet: 1701

Seller ID: 3676

Condition: Very Good

Amsterdam: Gallet. Very Good. 1701. Variorum. Two oval stamps nearly obliterated on title, though not affecting text. pp. (xxvi), 351, (i). 2 engraved plates; (viii), 326. Very nice turned full vellum with exposed vellum band ties. ; Octavo; Additional images and further information provided upon request. ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde

Price: $220.00

Publisher: Boston & London, John W. Luce and Company: 1906

Seller ID: 4348

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth. Gilt titles on cover and spine. Illustration on front cover. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Very handsome copy without previous owners' names or other markings.
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Image for Ten Epistles of Ovid: Translated Into English Verse, with the Latin and Notes; To Which Are Subjoined the Epistles of Hero to Leander, and Leander to Hero, by a Different Hand; that of Sappho to Phaon by Pope, and of Dido to Eneas by Dryden.

Ten Epistles of Ovid: Translated Into English Verse, with the Latin and Notes; To Which Are Subjoined the Epistles of Hero to Leander, and Leander to Hero, by a Different Hand; that of Sappho to Phaon by Pope, and of Dido to Eneas by Dryden.

By: Ovid (William Windsor Fitzthomas, translator)

Price: $205.00

Publisher: London, C. & R. Baldwin: 1807

Seller ID: 3475

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Disbound. Frontis of three maidens by R. Henderson engraved by J.W. Tomkin, Title, Advertisement, xlv, [i],317,[2] pp. Original paper covered boards disbound & lacking spine paper. Scarce in the first edition. Not mentioned is Lowndes.; 10 mo; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. First Edition.
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Image for Polybiou toy Lykorta Megalopolitou istorion ta sozomena : Polybii Lycortae f. Megalopolitani historiarum libri qui supersunt. Isaacus Casaubonus ex antiquis libris emendavit, latine vertit, & commentariis illustravit. Aineiou Taktikon te kai poliorketikon upomnema peri toy, po chro, poliorkoumenon antechein. Ã†neÃ¦, vetustissimi Taciti, Commentarius de toleranda obsidionalis

Polybiou toy Lykorta Megalopolitou istorion ta sozomena : Polybii Lycortae f. Megalopolitani historiarum libri qui supersunt. Isaacus Casaubonus ex antiquis libris emendavit, latine vertit, & commentariis illustravit. Aineiou Taktikon te kai poliorketikon upomnema peri toy, po chro, poliorkoumenon antechein. Ã†neÃ¦, vetustissimi Taciti, Commentarius de toleranda obsidionalis

By: Polybius, Casaubon, Isaac

Price: $1,880.00

Publisher: Frankfurt am Main, Typis Wechelianis apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Iohannis Aubrii: 1609

Seller ID: 4708

Full ruled contemporary vellum; red morocco label to spine. Gilt armorial 'Martis et artis honos' to boards. [60], 1080, [32], 151 pages. Wear to fore edge of rear board. Dibdin p. 350: "A most excellent edition"
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Image for Pub. Ovidius Nazoos herscheppinge, in Nederduitsch dicht vertaelt door J. V. Vondel met aenmerkingen van Pieter Du-ryer met schoone kopere platen

Pub. Ovidius Nazoos herscheppinge, in Nederduitsch dicht vertaelt door J. V. Vondel met aenmerkingen van Pieter Du-ryer met schoone kopere platen

By: Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) (J. V. Vondel, translator)

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, P. & J Blaeu: 1703

Seller ID: 3861

Condition: Very Good

Amsterdam: P. & J Blaeu. Very Good. 1703. Original gilt embossed full vellum with morocco label to spine. With 124 half page copper engravings. Includes P.C. Hooft's Judgment of Paris at pp. 529-538. Front board cleanly detached. Otherwise a nice copy without owners' names or other markings. ; Folio ; [xvi],538, [vi] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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Image for [Opera] Publii Vergilii Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis : cum Seruii commentariis accuratissime emendatis, in quib. multa quae deerant sunt addita, graecae dictiones et versus ubiq[ue] restituti : sequitur Probi celebris grammatici in Bucolica et Georgica commentariolus non ante impressus. Ad hos Donati fragmenta, Christophori Landini, et Antonii Mancinelli commentarii.

[Opera] Publii Vergilii Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis : cum Seruii commentariis accuratissime emendatis, in quib. multa quae deerant sunt addita, graecae dictiones et versus ubiq[ue] restituti : sequitur Probi celebris grammatici in Bucolica et Georgica commentariolus non ante impressus. Ad hos Donati fragmenta, Christophori Landini, et Antonii Mancinelli commentarii.

By: Publius Virgilius Mario (aka Virgil, Vergil ), Marcus Valerius Probus, Maurus Servius, Aelius Donatus and Cristoforo Landino. Edited by G. B. Egnatius.

Price: $3,600.00

Publisher: Venice, Bernardino Stagnin: 1507

Seller ID: 3656

Condition: Very Good

Rebound (& closely trimmed) in full ruled crushed morocco by by the famous French binder Marcellin Lortic. Wide turn-ins with gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Editio princips of Marcus Valerius Probus' Commentum in Bucolicas & Commentum in Georgicas. Also contains commentaries on Vergil's works by Maurus Servius, Aelius Donatus and Cristoforo Landino. Leaves (492) numbered in pencil to upper right, occasional scholia, light stains. ; 8vo ; 983 pages; closely trimmed pages for 1930's binding.; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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Image for M. Acci Plauti Quae supersunt comoediae, cum commentario ex variorum notis et observationibus. Ex recensione Ioh. Frederici Gronovi, accessere ex eiusdem lectionibus Plautinis notulae asterisco notatae. Cum praefatione Io. Augusti Ernesti.

M. Acci Plauti Quae supersunt comoediae, cum commentario ex variorum notis et observationibus. Ex recensione Ioh. Frederici Gronovi, accessere ex eiusdem lectionibus Plautinis notulae asterisco notatae. Cum praefatione Io. Augusti Ernesti.

By: Titus Maccius Plautus, Johan Frederich Grovonius, Johan August Ernest

Price: $222.00

Publisher: Liepzig, Gotth. Theophili Georgi: 1760

Seller ID: 1682

Condition: Very Good

Nice copy in original half vellum. Stamps of Institut fÃ¼r Altertumskunde at verso of title. Two volumes in one.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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Image for Leneide [L'Aeniede] de Virgile fidellement traduitte [traduicte] en vers heroiques avec le latin a costÃ©, et les remarques a chaque livre pour l'intelligence de l'histoire. Enrichie de figures en tailledouce. PremiÃ¨re partie contenant les six premiers livres. Par M.P. Perrin, ... Seconde edition. ReveuÃ« & corrigÃ©e par l'autheur.

Leneide [L'Aeniede] de Virgile fidellement traduitte [traduicte] en vers heroiques avec le latin a costÃ©, et les remarques a chaque livre pour l'intelligence de l'histoire. Enrichie de figures en tailledouce. PremiÃ¨re partie contenant les six premiers livres. Par M.P. Perrin, ... Seconde edition. ReveuÃ« & corrigÃ©e par l'autheur.

By: Virgil. Vergil. Pierre Perrin

Price: $440.00

Publisher: Paris, Estienne Loyson: 1664

Seller ID: 4956

Volume one only (of two). Full yapped vellum with title in manuscript to spine. Title & engraved title together with 6 folding plates; [xx],455. Plate six separated at fold. Moisture mark to upper hinge area extending to text.
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The Odyssey of Homer (4 Volumes--Complete) Translated into Blank Verse by William Cullen Bryant with Flaxman's Illustrations

By: William Cullen Bryant (Translator)

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company: 1905

Seller ID: 5317

Condition: Very Good

Large Paper Edition limited to 600 copies of which this is number 11. Midnight blue with debossed gilt decoration with floral motif to boards and spine. Gilt rule to edges and interior boards. Top edge gilt, others deckle. 5 raised bands. Hors texte plates throughout with tissue guards present. 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches.
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare (8 volumes - Complete) with the purest text, and the briefest notes.

By: William Shakespeare, J. Payne Collier (editor)

Price: $1,850.00

Publisher: London, (Thomas Richards) Privately Printed for the Subscribers: 1878

Seller ID: 5353

Condition: Very Good

8 volumes- Complete. One of only 50 copies sold--newspaper clipping written by Collier, adhered to ffp, corroborates this. Quarter red morocco over cloth boards with 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Marbled endpapers; marbled edges. This edition was based on the Second Folio (also known as the "Perkins Folio") which had corrections allegedly added by hand in the 17th century. The validity of the Perkins Folio became questionable and was found that in actuality the added corrections were made in the 19th century. This forgery, whether Collier was a part of it or not, put in...
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Category: Classical Literature