First Complete Edition in Greek of Appian's Roman History.

Appiani Alexandrini ΑΠΠΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΟΣ ΡΟΜΑΙΚΑ. Appiani Alexandrini Rom. Historiarum, Punica, sive Carthaginensis, Syriaca, Parthica, Mithridatica, Iberica, Annibalica, Celtica et Illyricae fragmenta quaedam. Item De bellis civilibus libri V. Henr. Steph. Annotationes Geneva. Exudebat Henricus Stephanus 1592
Folio. pp [12] x. 767.72. [34].. Title and text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, with the final blank 17th-century Dutch vellum, red leather gilt label on spine, large blind-stamped arabesque on sides.
Second, but first complete, edition in Greek of Appian's history of Rome's wars, external and civil, from the first Punic War until the death of Pompey. The Editio princeps published in 1551 did not include Iberico and Aniibalica as they were unknown at the time. Important also for Stephanus' Annotationes Piece of vellum missing from head of spine, upper joint cracking.
Light toning and some scattered spotting; light damp stain to lower edges of pp1-428 far from text; lower corner lost p433; dampstain to lower corner of second part; Annotationesand index. otherwise generally crisp and clean.
Adams A1340; Hoffmann I, 214; Mortimer French 29; Schreiber 126. 360 by 240mm (14¼ by 9½ inches).    €1850

"Édition Très Estimée " of Aristophanes' Comedies.

Aristophanes ΑΡΙΣΤΟΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΚΟΜΟΔΙΑΙ ΕΝΔΕ Aristophanis Comoediae vndecim cvm scholiis antiqvis quæ studio & opera nobilis viri Odoardi Biseti Carlæi sunt quamplurimis locis accuratè emendata, & perpetuis nouis scholiis illustrata. Ad quæ etiam accesserunt eiusdem in duas posteriores noui commentarij: operâ tamen & studio doctissimi viri d. Æylij Francisci Porti Cretensis filij ex Biseti autographo exscripti & in ordinem digesti Aureliae Allobrogum- Geneva Sumptibus Caldorianae Societatis. 1607
Folio; pp [36], 916, [28] Full contemporary vellum, title in ink to spine. Parallel Greek and Latin text in two columns, .with scholia of Biseti, Gerardus &c
"Très estimée" edition of Aristophanes' Eleven Comedies. Brunet and Graesse consider this the most correct text. The Latin translation is made form the versions of Frischlin, Flor. Chrestien and Andr. Divus.
Greek scholia beneath text, with the exception of Σφηκεσ(The Wasps) Πλουτοσ(Wealth) & Ειρηνη(Peace) where there is also Latin scholia. Spotting and toning throughout due to quality of paper. Worm track to last page of index and rear endpapers.
Under linings and annotations to margins in red crayon mainly to the Latin scholia of Σφηκεσ,(The Wasps)Πλουτοσ(Wealth) & Ειρηνη (Peace).
Brunet:1,452-3; Graesse:1, 206-7. 355 by 230mm (14 by 9 inches).    €1500

Tyrwhitt's Rrecension of Aristotle's Poetics.

Aristotle. Tyrwhitt, Thomas editor ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΟΥΣ ΠΕΡΙ ΠΙΗΤΙΚΗΣ. Aristotelis De poetica liber : Græce et Latine. / Lectionem constituit, versionem refinxit, animadversionibus illustravit Thomas Tyrwhitt. Oxonii/Oxford E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1794
Large paper Octavo; xvi, 257, [3] p. engraved tail pieces.
The beautiful clear Greek text printed with the Latin translation below followed by the commentary by Tyrwhitt.
First edition of the outstanding recension by Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730-1786). "His Poetics was the first modern edition of the text." (Barker)
Graesse: "édition estimée".Brunet " Belle édition.."
"This is a very elegant and accurate edition, containing the commentaries of Tyrwhitt, as well as his version ... The Greek text is formed on that of Winstanley, but so carefully corrected, as to leave not a single error unnoticed ... The large paper copies of this volume form one of the most attractive ornaments of a classical collection. They are few in number, and costly in price; being reserved by the Delegates of the University Press as presents for eminent characters. I understand that 34 copies have been already distributed ... This edition has been several times reprinted at Oxford, with only three alterations, and those not important ones." Dibdin I, 323 Rebacked, original boards diced calf with Greek key in gilt; marbled endpapers. Old ink annotation to front free end paper quoting Dibden; owners name clipped.
Large paper copy clean and bright.
Brunet 1:478; Graesse I,214 ;Barker, Oxford Univ. Press 167. - Dibdin I, 323. 300 by 240mm (11¾ by 9½ inches).    €900

Henri Estienne's Herodian with the Editio Princeps of Zosimus.

Herodian & Zosimus. Editor Henri Estienne. ΗΡΩΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΙΣΤΩΡΙΑΝΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΑ . Η. Herodiani Histor. Lib. VIII. Cum Angeli Politiani Interpretatione, & huius partim Suplemento, partim Examine Henrici Stephani: utroque Margini adscripto. Eiusdem Henrici Stephani Emendationes quorundam Græci contextus Locorum, & quorundam Expositiones. Historiarum Herodianicas subsequentium Libri duo, nunc primùm Græcè editi. [Geneva]. excudebat Henricus Stephanus. 1581
Small 4to. pp. [viii], 182, [ii], 79, [i]. (editio princeps of Zosimus.) With woodcut Estienne device to title page. Parallel text in Greek and Latin.
Calf re-backed; 6 raised bands; gilt tooling matched to that of original boards red title label. Exlibris "Charlton Byam Wollaston "to front paste down; marbled end papers.
Described by Dibdin as 'an elegant, rare and critical edition', with notes and textual revisions by Henri Estienne. The Latin translation is Politian's, and that accompanying Zosimus is by Leunclavius.
This is the first edition of any part of Zosimus, although Estienne only printed the first two books. The volume was dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney.

"For this edition of Herodian … Estienne has thoroughly revised, and made additions to, the popular Latin translation of Angelo Poliziano; he prints his corrections, additions, and textual comments in the margins.
The second part consists of the editio princeps of the Roman history, written in Greek, by Zosimus, who wrote in the early sixth century, and whose work is our most important source for the period 395-410; Estienne has added his own Latin version" [Schreiber].
Zosimus is the main printed source for the British revolt of 409 AD and the 'Rescript of Honorius' Calf re-backed. Lightly toned.
Brunet 3:120; Graesse 3:253; Dibdin II:15; Adams H-388; Renouard 149/7; Schreiber 209; 250 by 165mm (9¾ by 6½ inches).    €1500

ΗΣΙΟΔΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΣΚΡΑΙΟΥ ΤΑ ΕΥΡΙΣΚΟΜΕΝΑ

Hesiod. ΗΣΙΟΔΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΣΚΡΑΙΟΥ ΤΑ ΕΥΡΙΣΚΟΜΕΝΑ HESIODI ASCRAEI QUAE SUPERSUNT cum Notis Variorum. Edidit Thomas Robinson, S.T.P. Oxonii E. Theatro Sheldoniano 1737
4to,Frontis [6] xliii, 496. Greek and Latin text .
Beautifully printed Greek text on alternate pages with the Latin translation facing. [1-219]. Homeri & Hesiod Certamen cum Præloquio & Annotationibus Josuæ Barnesii. [221-248]
Commentaries of Johannes Georgii Graevius Johannis Georgii Grævii Lectiones Hesiodeæ[pp249-469] and the notes of Fabricus Joh. Albertus Fabricius De scriptis Hesiodi[471-483], plus index .
Brunet "Édition très-belle, mais peu correcte," Graesse notes that the beautiful edition is based on those of Graevius and Le Clerc and still has mistakes. Copper engraved portrait of Hesiod; copper engraved illustration of agricultural tools. Speckled calf, rebacked, retaining the original spine and labels; spine gilt, 5 raised bands.
Brunet:3,141;Graesse:3,263; 260 by 210mm (10¼ by 8¼ inches).    €750

Second Gesner Edition of Joannes Stobaeus bound with Polyantheain contemporary blindstamped vellum.

Joannes Stobaeus & Dominicus Nanus Mirabellius. ΚΕΡΑΣ ΑΜΑΛΘΑΙΑΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΣΤΟΒΑΙΟΥ ΕΚΛΟΓΑΙ ΑΠΟΦΘΓΜΑΤΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΥΠΟΘΗΚΩΝ [ bound with POLYANTHEA Opus sauissimis Floribus exorinium Dominico Nano Mirabelio,] Ioannis Stobaei Sententie ex thesauris Graecorum delectae, quarum autores circiter ducentos & quinquaginta citat; et in Sermones siue Locos communes digeste, à Conrado Gesnero Doctore Medico Tigurino in Latinum sermonem traductae, sic ut Latina Græcis e regione respondeant.
&
POLYANTHEA Opus sauissimis Floribus exorinium Dominico Nano Mirabelio, Basilea; Coloniae. Ex officina Joannis Oporini, sumptibus Christophori Froschoveri, 1549. & Iasparis Gennepæ. 1552. 1549 &1552
2 works bound in one. Folio. Blindstamped vellum over wooden boards dated 1558. with religious scenes; clasps [one broken].

Stobeaus: pp[20], 630, [31]. Text in double columns in Greek and Latin, historiated woodcut initials.
The second Gesner edition of Stobaeus' anthology of extracts from Greek authors.
The anthology is a very valuable collection of extracts from earlier Greek writers, which Stobaeus collected and arranged, in the order of subjects, as a repertory of valuable and instructive sayings. In most of the manuscripts there is a division into three books, forming two distinct works; the first and second books forming one work under the title Physical and Moral Extracts or Eclogues; the third book forming another work, called Florilegium or Sermones The extracts were intended by Stobaeus for his son Septimius, and were preceded by a letter briefly explaining the purpose of the work and giving a summary of the contents. It is evident from this summary, preserved in Photius's Bibliotheca (9th century), that the work was originally divided into four books and two volumes,and that surviving manuscripts of the third book consist of two books which have been merged.

Polyanthea pp[8]CCCVI. Latin text.
The Polyanthea first published in 1503, by Domenicus Nanus Mirabellius, who describes himself as a citizen of Alba and doctor of arts. This encyclopaedia in the form of an anthology has between 750 and 1,500 entries arranged in alphabetical order on moral and theological questions as well as on subjects of general interest: friendship, ages of life, grammar, war, memory, rhetoric, blood, health, the zodiac ... This work has been described as "the famous encyclopedia in whose mold have formed all the European intellectuals of the classical age and whose history remains to be written." f Engraved Title to Polyanthea;Christ in Heaven to upper vignette; God creating Eve from Adams rib, in the garden of Eden to lower; 8 small vignettes to sides of scholars. Binding: lower corner re-laid to front; one clasp broken; occasional wormholes; a few chips
Generally clean; dampstain,with slight loss to lower edge of first work preface and index; tiny wormhole in first 68 pages occasional touching marginalia; occasional ink underlining.
Wormtrack and holes from rear board lessening until page cclxxiiii ; wormtrack touching letters from rear to pageCCCI. Light staining to Title of second work.
Graesse 6:500 & 4:535 (1546 edition). 345 by 230mm (13½ by 9 inches).    €2800

Longinus: On the Sublime.

Longinus Dionysius ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ ΛΟΓΓΙΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΥΨΟΥΣ ΥΠΟΜΝΗΜΑ. Dionysii Longini De Sublimitate commentarius, quem nova versione donavit, notis illustravit, & partim manuscriptorum ope, partim conjectura emendavit (additis etiam omnibus ejusdem auctoris fragmentis) Zacharias Pearce, A.M., Regiae Majestati a Sacris Domesticis etc. Editio secunda, notis & emendationibus auctior. Londinii Ex Officiani Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts. 1724
Quarto:[9], xv, 187, 28, [15] p.Engraved frontispiece, decorative head and tail pieces. Text in Greek and Latin on opposite pages; prefatory matter and notes primarily in Latin.
Dedication to Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, Viscount of Ewelme, and Baron of Macclesfield.
Beautifully clear printing, a new recension and a new translation, by Zachary Pearce.
The literary treatise 'On the sublime' ), ΠΕΡΙ ΥΨΟΥΣ ΥΠΟΜΝΗΜΑ.of which 2/3 survives, and is ascribed by the medieval tradition to Dionysius Longinus, was written some time in the 1st century A.D.
'As a stimulus to critical thought and to the understanding of ancient literature he (the author) has permanent value'. (OCD, 2nd ed. p. 619). 'Longinus was ably edited by Zachary Pearce, (1690-1774), Fellow of Trinity, and ultimately bishop of Rochester'. (Sandys II,412). Engraved frontispiece: an orator and his audience in a library. Woodcut initials and headpieces. An engraved headpiece with the coat of arms Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, Viscount of Ewelme, and Baron of Macclesfield, at the beginning of the dedicatio. Full calf, rubbed; spine gilt; joints starting. Corner repaired to back board. end papers toned.
Title page with old repair [signature excised?]; worm track repaired to front free end paper; worm track from rear free end paper reducing to worm hole in blank margin, ending at page 85.
Brunet 3:1152; Sandys II,412; OCD, 2nd ed. p. 619. 300 by 240mm (11¾ by 9½ inches).    €1000

Maximus of Tyre.

Maximus of Tyre. ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΤΥΡΙΟΥ ΛΟΓΟΙ. Maximi Tyrii Dissertationes, ex recensione Ioannis Davisii. Editio altera, ad duos Codices. Mss. locis quamplurimis emendata, Notisqve locupletoiris aucta. Cui accesserunt Viri erudiissimi, Ier. Marklandi, Coll. D.Petri Cantabrig. Socii Annotationes.

Londini- London. Excudit Gulielmus Bowyer, Sumptibus Societatis ad Literas Promovendas institutæ 1740
4to. pp. 17, [v], 727, [ix]. Greek and Latin text.
Speckled calf, 5 raised bands; gilt.
The second edition of John Davies' critical edition of the works of Maximus of Tyre, second century Platonist, (originally published 1703), with revisions by Jeremiah Markland.
Maximus of Tyre, reputed to have been the tutor of Marcus Aurelius, writes dissertations on theological, ethical and philosophical subjects include quotations from Plato and Homer.
The philosophical content derives from Platonism and Cynicism. Head cap and tail of spine chipped; joints starting; internally crisp and bright.
Brunet:3,1552; Graesse:4,453. 265 by 215mm (10½ by 8½ inches).    €850

Editio Princeps of Onosander's Strategicus .

Onosander. Strategicus Strategicus. Sive de Imperatoris Institutione ... Nicolaus Rigaltius P. nunc primum e vetustis codd. Graecis publicavit, Latina inerpretatione & notis illustravit [Part II:] Nicolae Rigaltii ad Onosanderi Strategicum Notae. Lutetia Parisoiorum Abrahamum Saugranium & Gulielmum des Rues, viâ Bellouacensi 1599
pp19,pp169;[4f] pp96. Quarto. Titles in red and black; headpieces and initials parallel text in Greek and Latin; 2 parts in one volume.
Rebound, mid 20th century quarter Rexine over marbled boards.
The illustrations show military formations , a battering ram, siege towers and weapons.

The Strategikos (Στρατηγικός) is a short but comprehensive work on the duties of a general. It is dedicated to Quintus Veranius Nepos, consul in AD 49, and legate of Britain. It was the chief authority for the military writings of the emperors Maurice and Leo VI, and Maurice of Saxony, who consulted it in a French translation and expressed a high opinion of it. It explains the broad principles of command, the duties of a general, the formation of an army, the preparation for battle, and other aspects of warfare from an ethical standpoint. "The earliest military treatise wherein so much stress is laid upon the commander's duties, the morale of the troops, the ethical side of warfare" (Sarton).
Onasander's Strategikos is one of the most important treatises on ancient military matters and provides information not commonly available in other ancient works on Greek military tactics, especially concerning the use of the light infantry in battle.
The text first appeared in a Latin translation by Nicolaus Saguntinus, Rome, 1494. 7 woodcut illustrations, 5 of which full-page First 2 leaves of dedication cut short just above page number. Titles toned. Booksellers stamp to front free endpaper.
Graesse:5 p24; Brunet:5,188 242 by 183mm (9½ by 7¼ inches).    €1600

How to be a General.

Onosander. Strategicus- Στρατηγικός, Ονοσανδρου Στρατηγικοσ = Onosandri Strategicus sive de Imperatoris institutione liber ad cod. mss. fidem expressus et ex antiquorum tacticorum potissimum collatione notis perpetuis criticis emendatus nec non figuris aeri incisis illustratus. Acc. duo indices, unus rerum, alter verborum et locutionum Graecarum una cum versionbe Gallica Liberi Baronis de Zur-Lauben ... ad calcem libri adiecta. Cura et studio Nicolai Schwebelii ... Norimbergae & Paris Ex officiana Christiani de Launoy.; Chez Vincent , Impremieur-Libraire, rue S,Severin à l'Ange. 1761-2
Copper engraved frontispiece; [9] pp.158 ; pp.57. Folio. General Title; separate title for Le general d'armée par Onosander, ouvrage trad. du Grec par M. le Baron de Zur-Lauben. [Paris, Vincent, 1757]. 2 volumes bound in 1.
Full calf; [worn]
A new edition of Onosander, [ the Editio Princeps was published in 1599 ( see item 2990) and then re issued with additional notes in 1600 and 1619] . The text is bound with the French translation by the Baron De Zur- Luaben.
Graesse describes it as the best edition. Brunet states "On trouve dans cette édition des notes inédites de Jos.Scaliger et d'Is.Vossius, mais celles de Rigault n'y sont pas entières."
[We find in this edition unpublished notes of Jos.Scaliger and Is.Vossius, but those of Rigault are not whole].
Onasander's Strategikos is one of the most important treatises on ancient military matters and provides information not commonly available in other ancient works on Greek military tactics, especially concerning the use of the light infantry in battle. Copper engraved frontispiece; fold-out battle plan and full page illustration of siege weapons [ stain to upper edge.] Numerous vignettes within text of coins, weapons and battle plans. Full calf worn, lacks tail of spine. old ink owners inscription to front free end paper. old ink inscription to rear paste down.
End papers dusty and browned to edges, internally clean.
Graesse:5 p24; Brunet:5,188. 315 by 210mm (12½ by 8¼ inches).    €1000

The First English Edition of the Greek text of Pindar

Pindar-Πίνδαρος. Opera. ΠΙΝΔΑΡΟΥ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ ΝΕΜΕΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ ΙΣΘΜΙΑ. Pindari Olympia, Nemea, Pythia, Isthmia. Una cum Latina omnium Versione Carmine Lyrico per Nicolaum Sudorium. Oxonii- Oxford E Theatro Sheldoniano 1697
Portrait, [17], pp497 (56,59-487) [42] [4] pp77 [1] Folio.
The first English edition of the Greek text edited by Richard West & Robert Welsted, fellows of Magdalen College.

Engraved portrait of Pindar by M. Burghers. facing the Title page. Dedication to the Marquess of Tavistock signed by the editors. Preface. Life of Pindar in Latin by Thomas Magister. Chronology of the Olympiads composed by the Bishop of Litchfield. Passages from various Greek Classical authors on Pindar including a fragment from Phlegon Trallianos Περί του Ολυμπιον, and notes from Suidas

Parallel Greek and Latin text, with a Latin prose paraphrase, Latin notes and scholia in Greek printed below.
After the Index is the Latin verse translation by Nicolas Le Sueur (1545-1594) Pindari Opera Omnia viz Olympia. Pythis, Nemea,& Isthmia . Latino carmine reditt per Nicolaum Sudorium in curia Parisiensis Inquisitionum Præsidem

Dibdin calls it "a beautiful and celebrated edition... on the whole, we must allow that the editors of this magnificent work have taken infinite pains to bring together every thing which could illustrate and improve the reading of the poet".
The editors compared the Mss held by the Bodleian with that of the Biblioteca Palatina. Engraved portrait of Pindar and large title page vignette by M. Burghers. Folio. full calf; gilt spine with 6 raised bands; corners slightly bumped; ex- libris to front pastedown.
Main body of text bright, crisp and clean
Prelims [ to end of table of Olympiads] and second part : Latin translation of Nicolas Le Sueur printed on slightly poorer quality paper and thus somewhat toned.
Graesse 5 p295; Brunet 4 p659; Dibdin II 289. 323 by 210mm (12¾ by 8¼ inches).    €2000

ΠΛΟΥΤΑΡΧΟΥ, ΑΠΟΦΘΕΓΜΑΤΑ.

Plutarch; Edited by M. Maittaire. ΠΛΟΥΤΑΡΧΟΥ, ΑΠΟΦΘΕΓΜΑΤΑ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΩΝ. ΑΠΟΦΘΕΓΜΑΤΑ ΛΑΚΩΝΙΚΑ ΤΑ ΠΑΛΛΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΙΟΩΝ ΕΠΙΤΗΔΕΥΜΑΤΑ, ΑΠΟΦΘΕΓΜΑΤΑ ΛΑΚΑΙΝΩΝ.
Plutarchi Apophthegmata Regum et Imperatorum. Apophthegmata Laconica. Antiqua Lacedæmoniorum Instituta. Apophthegmata Lacænarum. Londini. Gul. Darres & Claud. Dubosc. 1741
Large Quarto: (4)+96+107 pages.
Beautifully printed edition of works attributed to Plutarch printed in London. One of the essays of the Moraliathe Apothegmataor sayings of the kings and Spartans. Half calf over marbled boards, [marbled papers torn, revealing boards]. Title, prelims and page 1 toned ; light stain to edge and gutter of pages 5/6, 7; pages 33,
96-100 with light stains.; end papers toned.
Brunet IV, 747. Graesse 5: 358. 320 by 245mm (12½ by 9¾ inches).    €1200

The Editio Princeps of the First Five Books of Polybius.

Polybius; Vincentius Opsopoeus; Niccolò Perotti. ΠΟΛΥΒΙΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΟΥ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΩΝ ΒΙ ΒΛΙΑΕ.Historiarum libri quinq[ue]. ΠΟΛΥΒΙΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΟΥ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΩΝ ΒΙ ΒΛΙΑΕ
Historiarum libri quinq , opera Vincentiii Obsopoei in lucem editi. Iidem Latini Nicolao Perotto Episcopo Sipontino Interprete. Haganoae Iohannem Secerium March 1530
[4], 106 Bl ; 142. 2°
Woodcut initials and headpieces. Titles preceded by vine-ornament Text in Greek and Latin; each part separately foliated.
Editio princeps of the first 5 books, the only fully preserved portion of Polybius's history of the rise of the Roman empire from 220 to 146 B.C.; books 6-40 survive in fragmentary form.
The revival of interest in the study of Polybius was due to Pope Nicholas V (1447-1455), the founder of the Vatican Library. Soon after his election he seems to have urged Cardinal Perotti to undertake a Latin translation of the five books then known to exist.
On the 3d of January 1454 the Pope writes again to Perotti thanking him for the third book; and in a letter to Torelli, dated 13th November 1453, Perotti says that he had finished his translation of Polybius in the preceding September. This translation was first printed in 1473. The Greek text was not printed till this edition in 1530, the first five books in Greek, along with Perotti's translation. Dedicatory epistle by Vincentii Obsopaei to George, Marquess of Brandenburg, dated October 1529.

Johannes Secerium took over the publishing house of his father in law Thomas Anshelm in 1523, the company continued until 1534.

The inscription on the title page refers to the translation of Pompilius Amasaeus Dediversis rerum publicarum formis deque Romanae praestantia of the fragments from book VI (VI3-18 and VI43- 58). Contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties. Soiling to front free endpaper
Ink inscription to first free end paper and title. old ink under linings and annotations to margins of first 25 pages including drawing of the bow of a ship lower margin p5 and battle plan in lower margin p7.
Further annotations in Greek to first pages of Latin translation.
Light dampstain to Perotti's Latin translation.
Adams P-1801,Hoffmann III, 265; Sarton I, 188. 290 by 185mm (11½ by 7¼ inches).    €4500

Scapula Lexicon.

Scapulæ, Joannis. Lexicon GræcoLatinum Novum. Lexicon Græco-Latinum novum : in quo ex primitivorum & simplicium fontibus derivata atque composita (ordine non minùs naturali, quàm alphabetico,) breviter & dilucidè deducuntur. Cui appendix est exactissimus Græci idiomatis index oper & studio Ioannis Scapulæ. Ad hæc, auctarium extat dialectorum omnium à Iacobo Zvingero Phil. & Med. Basil. in expeditas succinctâsque tabulas compendiosè redactarum. Editio novissima, prioribus omnibus quibuscun[que] auctior, annexo copiosissimo Latino indice Laurentij Martij Palatini ... Huc accessit etiam lexicon etymologicum linguæ Græcæ ... Autore, Ioanne Harmaro ex celeberrima Academia Oxoniensi Londini London Typis T(homæ )H(arperi), T(homas )C(otes), and A(nne )G(riffin,) impensis Iocosæ Norton. & Richardi Whitakeri. Prostant ad Insignia Regia, in Cœmeterio D. Pauli, st. 1637.
Folio; 4 parts in 1:[12] p., 1856 columns, [187] p., 7-190 columns, [241] p.; [4] p., 64 columns;
Title page in red and black; the roman numeral date is made with turned C's. titles to each part with colophons.
Index Latinus (unpaginated, , ²A-²V) has separate dated title page with excudebat Tho. Cotes in imprint. Lexicon etymologicum linguae Graecae has separate register and dated title page with typis Annae Griffin in imprint.
Cotes and Griffin also pr[inted]. sections of pt.1
The colophon to Appendixis dated 1636 Apud Richardum Whittakerum

Later [19th century?] diced calf ; six raised bands gilt; marbled end papers,

The volume includes
Part!:Lexicon Græco-Latinum novum in 1856 columns, plus index;
Part 2 : Iacobi Zvingeri ... Græcarum dialectorum Hypotyposis& Apendixeorum Quae Insipso Lexico Commode;
Part 3: Index Latinos in Iohannis Scapulæ Lexicon Græco latinum.... Laurenti Martii Palatini;
Part 4:Lexicon Etymologicum Linguæ Græcæ ... Ioanne Harmaro


Joints with light rubbing; spotting to blank side of end papers; internally generally clean and crisp. rear inner joint starting.
Part 2; Appendix: ß1 & ß2 stuck together at inner gutter; ß5page loose, never stitched in.
Part 3 Index Latinus: tear to margin of G4 just touching textwith loss to blank margin but not text.
1 Clark's Bibliog. Dict. vol. IV.*-Balllet Jugemens.Morhoff Poly hist.;George Lillie Craik.The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties, Volume 8 page 161-3. 350 by 235mm (13¾ by 9¼ inches).    €850

Paulus Stephanus' Sophocles.

Sophocles ΣΟΠΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΑΙ ΕΠΤΣ ΤΡΑΓΩΔΙΑ. Sophoclis Tragoediæ Septem. una cum omnibus Græcis scholis, & Latina Viti Winsemi ad verbum Interpretatione. Quibus accessserunt Ioachimi Cameranij, necnon Henrici Stephani annotationes..., Geneva(Coloniæ Allobrogum) Excudebat Paulus Stephanus (Paul Estienne). 1603
Quarto: [4] 788p [16] 5p. 202p.[ 3]. 4 parts in 1 volume. Contemporary Vellum.

This edition, together with that of Euripides (1602) are considered to be the major printing achievements of Paul Stephanos.
"This is not a reprint of Henri's edition of 1578, but a much improved work: besides the commentaries of Camerarius, it includes the Annotations of Henri Estienne, which were not found in the earlier edition,( the) scholia of Triclinios and the Latin translation of Vitus Winsemius (Veit Oertel) "(Schreiber 273).

The dedicatory Epistle is by Paul Estienne. - Contains the sameworks as the previous edition. The scholia that accompany the text of each tragedy have the same starting title as in the edition of Henri Estienne of 1568. The following metric notes of Triclinius are not paginated. - The "Annotationes" of Henri Estienne and the "Commentatio" by Joachim Camerarius each have a title and particular pagination. Repair to head and foot of spine replacing portion of contemporary vellum; small loss of vellum to front board; stains; corners bumped; 2 worm holes to vellum of rear board.
Last 2 leaves [pages 49 &51] of Annotationes Henri Stephani misbound between Lllll1 and Lllll2 of the scholia of Tricliinios.
Poor quality 16th century paper [as usual], causing browning throughout, worse to rear; damp stain at lower gutter throughout;
lacks free endpapers.
Excised [inked over] ownership names to title[ stain continues on next page]; 4 holes to gutter of title page becoming 1 hole to first leaf of prelims.
Tear to margin of page 3 (Aii) just touching letter; occasional paper faults including lack of paper in margin as a result of the poor quality paper.
Hoffmann III, 415 • Renouard, Annales, 196 (12) • Schreiber, 220-21 (273) 240 by 170mm (9½ by 6¾ inches).    €2000

Themistius' Orations.

Themistius ΘΕΜΙΣΤΤΙΟΥ ΕΥΦΡΑΔΟΥΣ ΛΟΓΟΙ ΙΘ: Themistii Cognomento suade Orationes XIX Græce ac Latinè coninunctium editae Dionysius Petavius... Parisensis Apud MICHAELEM Sonnium, via Jacobæa, sun scuto Basilensis, 1618
4to.[24] pp729 (730) [14]. Greek and Latin text. Calf, rebacked ; boards worn.
Edition of Themistius publishing 19 of the Orationswith the translation and scholia of Petavius [ editor of the second edition Synesius 1633]. Recased with new spine, retaining original calf to boards. 4 raised bands.
Numerous handwritten notes by Geoffrey Barrow inserted at front also xerox of french text on Themistius [notes &c attached to front free end paper].
Library stamp to front free endpaper, title & 2 pages of the dedication, and to verso of last page.
Title soiled; some toning throughout.
Brunet:5,777; Graesse:6,112. 230 by 185mm (9 by 7¼ inches).    €1250

Thomas Gale's Mythological Anthology: Historiæ Poeticæ Scriptores Antiqui.

Thomas Gale, Editor. Historiæ Poeticæ Scriptores Antiqui. Historiæ Poeticæ Scriptores Antiqui. Apollodorus Atheniensis. Conon Grammaticus. Ptolomæus Hephæst.F. Parthenius Nicaaensis. Antonius Liberalis. græcè & latiné. Acessêre breves Notæ & Indices Necessrii. PArisiis Typis F. Muguet. Prostant apud. R. Scott, Biliopolam Londinensem. 1675
Small Octavo .[2], 56, 480, 158, [2], 62 p. of [ (2) 56, (16), 158, (2), 480, 62p] Lacks the 16 pages of Tabula, never bound in, but text complete.
[(Title), a8-d4; A4-OOo4; A8-K8; 62pp.]
Old vellum.
Greek & Latin in 2 columns. engraved head and tail pieces.
"Collection estimée" Brunet.

Gale's anthology of works, includes the Βιβλιοθήκη , also known as the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus, a compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends, arranged in three books, generally dated to the first or second century AD
The author was traditionally thought to be Apollodorus of Athens, but that attribution is now regarded as false, and so "Pseudo-" was added to Apollodorus.
never the less it has been called "the most valuable mythographical work that has come down from ancient times".
The first mention of the work is by Photius in the 9th century. It was almost lost in the 13th century, surviving in one now-incomplete manuscript, which was copied for Cardinal Bessarion in the 15th century.
Although the Bibliotheca is undivided in the manuscripts, it is conventionally divided into three books. Part of the third book, which breaks off abruptly in the story of Theseus, has been lost. Photius had the full work before him, as he mentions in his "account of books read" that it contained stories of the heroes of the Trojan War and the nostoi, missing in surviving manuscripts Generally clean copy; occasional toning and odd spotting, repaired paper fault, to lower margins of Rrii,Ssii,Ttii,Vvii,Xxii,Yyii, Zzii, AAaii; Printers crease to outer edge of NNniii just touching text. Despite lacking the 16 pages of Tables which the printer obviously discarded as they had no collation or pagination marks, the texts and Gale's notes and scholia, are complete.
Brunet:3 /227. 119 by 115mm (4¾ by 4½ inches).    €700

Thomas Gale's Anthology of of important ancient writings on mythology, legends, fables and parables: Opuscula Mythalogic

Thomas Gale, editor. Tyrannius Rufinus Aquileiensis, Translator Opuscula Mythalogica. Opuscula mythologica physica et ethica.Græce et latine. Seriem eorum sistit pagina præfationem proxime sequens. Amstelædami, apud H. Wetstenium. 1688.
Octavo.Additional engraved title, title printed in red and black. 16 p. 7-752, [8] p. [*8, **4, A-Aaa8, Bbb4].
Velum; Utrecht prize binding [without prize]
Contents include; Palaephati De incredibliibus historiis; Heracliti de Incredibilibus; Homeri Poetae Vita; Ocellus Lucanus Philosophus de Universi Natura; Sext Pythagorei Senteniae e Graeco in Latinum a Ruffiono versae; Ex quorundam Pythagoreorum libris Fragmenta, in quibus de Philosophia Morali agitur
First published at Cambridge in1671the anthology contains a significant collection of lesser-known and fragmentary classical verse including pieces from Heraclides, Palaephatus,Pythagoras and Theocritus. This second edition is revised and extended. Generally clean internally, occasional old ink annotations, Ink title; binding rubbed, ties missing.
195 by 119mm (7¾ by 4¾ inches).    €650