2076 - 2859 OLD and RARE BOOKS
77 2276 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Homeros - Bindings rubbed along extremities and joints/ spine-ends sl. worn. Good set.
= Geerebaert no.24/ II and 27; P. de Rynck and A. Welkenhuysen p.208.
AND another translation by J. VAN 'S GRAVENWEERT.
77 2277 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Homeros - Pages between p.384-p.400 replaced in manuscript (in pen and ink in old hand); lacks Hhh1 and Hhh8 of index; partly browned; sm. hole in final leaf; occas. w. later annots. in blank margin. Backstrip dam.; covers rubbed.
= Rare edition, only 1 copy traced (in the Herzog August Bibliothek at Wolfenbüttel). The publishers C. Dietzelius and C. ab Heyden were the successors of the publisher Riehel of Strassburg, who had published an edition of the Ilias and Odyssey in 1572.
77 2278 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Horatius Flaccus Q - Occas. trifle foxed/ yellowed; 19th cent. owner's entry on title-p. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Geerebaert CXI, 41 II.
BOUND WITH: Idem. The same work. Amst., W. Barents, 1726, L,(2),210p., engr. frontisp., title-vignette.
- Nineteenth cent. annots. on first free endpaper.
77 2279 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Horatius Flaccus Q - Occas. trifle foxed/ yellowed; 19th cent. owner's entry on title-p. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Geerebaert CXI, 41 II.
77 2280 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Horatius Flaccus Q 
77 2280 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Horatius Flaccus Q - Sl. foxed/ browned throughout; partly trifle dogeared. Binding sl. worn at extremities.
Eklogai historikai. Selecta principum historicorum. Herodoti, Thucydidis, Xenophontis, Polybii illustres loci, Plutarchi Vitae Demosthenis et Ciceronis. Ed. D. Wyttenbach. Leyden/ Amst., S. and J. Luchtmans/ P. den Hengst and son, 1820, 3rd ed., (6),XLII,476p., contemp. boards w. paper letterpiece.
- Annotation and owner's entry in pen and ink on (h)title; lower hinge weak; occas. sl. stained; 1 leaf w. tear. Binding/ letterpiece sl. worn/ dam.; corners showing.
= Rare. Schwieger p.140
AND 5 other 19th-cent. books.
77 2281 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Horatius Flaccus Q 
77 2281 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Horatius Flaccus Q - Covers sl. chafed and scratched.
= With letterpress and manuscript schoolprize (to "J.J. van Hees", dated 1822) bound at the beginning. Schweiger p.406.
77 2282 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Justinus M J 
77 2282 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Justinus M J - First free endpaper, frontisp., title-p. and first preliminary leaf sl. foxed in upper blank margin; without the prize and lacks ties. Otherwise fine.
= Schweiger II, p.491; Dibdin II, p.139; on the binding: Spoelder 2.
AND 3 other prize-bindings (incl. 1 odd vol. and 1 sl. incomplete vol.), i.a. C.V. CATULLUS, Carmina. Ed. F.G. Doering (Altona, 1834, contemp. gilt marbled calf w. gilt coat of arms of KAMPEN on both covers. Corners and backstrip sl. rubbed. Spoelder 1).
77 2283 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Livius T - Lacks first free endpaper; both pastedowns sl. dam.; partly sl. waterstained/ trifle wormholed; upper hinge weak; a few lvs. w. pencil annots. Vellum sl. stained; two owner's entries in pen and ink on frontcover.
= Willems 1548: "Cette édition, qui renferme en un seul volume toute l'histoire de Tite-Live, est imprimée sur deux colonnes, avec caractères d'une extrème finesse et d'une grande netteté." Schweiger p.534: "In Frankr. wird diese Ausg. in guten Exx. sehr gesucht u. theuer bezahlt". Dibdin II, p.167: "These are the excellent editions of Gronovius, of which the first is a very neat and valuable one (...). The edition of 1678 is in one volume, in double columns, and may be pronounced a master-piece of printing. The text of Livy had never before appeared in so small a space (...)."
77 2285 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Lucretius Carus T 
77 2285 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Lucretius Carus T 
77 2285 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Lucretius Carus T 
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. sl. stained/ foxed. Backstrip sl. dam.; joints starting; 3 corners showing.
= Schweiger p.576.
77/2286 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Magnum Speculum Exemplorum ex plusquam octoginta auctoribus pietate doctrina et antiquitate venerandis variisque Historiis Tractatibus & Libellis e
77/2286 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Magnum Speculum Exemplorum ex plusquam octoginta auctoribus pietate doctrina et antiquitate venerandis variisque Historiis Tractatibus & Libellis e
77/2286 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Magnum Speculum Exemplorum ex plusquam octoginta auctoribus pietate doctrina et antiquitate venerandis variisque Historiis Tractatibus & Libellis e
- Last 10 lvs. sl. wormholed; final free endpaper dam.
= Unidentified contemp. engr. armorial plate bound with.
Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini. Ed. J.M. Gesner. Leipsic, C. Fritsch, 1773-1774, 2nd ed., 2 vols., (8),LVIII,936; (4),484,163,(1)p., engr. frontisp., 2 diff. title-vignettes, 4 (of 6) fold. plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, sm. 4to.
- Lacks 2 plates; both vols. sl. wormholed; contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. dogeared/ creased; vol.2 lacks p.7-10. Both vols. binding stained; corners bumped/ worn; spine sl. rubbed/ worn.
= Schweiger p.1307.
77 2287 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Marca P 
77 2287 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Marca P 
= Brunet III, p.1392.
77 2288 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
77 2288 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
- Occas. foxed/ yellowed. Binding sl. rubbed, corners (sl.) worn. A good copy.
= Cohen/ De Ricci p.768: "Magnifique ouvrage"; Geerebaert CXXII, 39; cat. Ovidius Herschapen 41.
77 2289 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
77 2289 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
77 2289 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
- Paper over boards chafed. Otherwise a fine and very clean copy.
= All plates w. French text/ captions. Reprint of the ed. Amst., 1732; Dutch transl. I. Verburg. Geerebaert CXXII, 39. For the orig. French ed. Paris, 1767-1771, with the same ills. see Cohen/ De Ricci 769-772 ("Superbe ouvrage (...). C'est un des plus galamment illustrés de tout le siècle"), Sander 1472, Fürstenberg p.79 ("Hauptwerk französischer Illustrationskunst") and Levine p.395 ("One of the most elegantly illustrated books of the last century"). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.
77 2290 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
77 2290 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
77 2290 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
- Title-p. and preliminary leaves sl. yellowed; title-p. sl. creased; new endpapers. Corners worn and spine-ends dam.
= Geerebaert p.145 (ed. 1671). Bound with P.C. HOOFT, Paris oordeel. Tafelspel (Amst., 1703, engr. title-vignette).
77 2291 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
77 2291 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
77 2291 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
77 2291 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
- Lacks 10 lvs.; a few engravings cut out and pasted over other engraving or cut short and remargined; (sl.) waterst.; fingersoiled; upper endpaper renewed; bookblock sl. shaken.
= Adams O 504; New Hollstein VI, no.1655-1834; not in Schweiger. Fine engravings.
77 2292 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
77 2292 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Ovidius Naso P 
- A few lvs. stained (incl. the ills.); sm. owner's stamp on htitle; occas. trifle yellowed/ foxed. Binding sl. dam.; covers scratched.
= Brunet IV, p.285.
77 2293 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Phaedrus 
- One leaf sl. stained in lower blank margin. Backcover stained in upper half. Good/ fine copy.
= The second issue of the first edition. Geerebaert CXXV,II; Landwehr F181; Fabula Docet 69; The Children's World of Learning 3181; Bodemann 94,2.
77 2294 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Plautus M A 
77 2294 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Plautus M A 
- Occas. old annots. in pen and ink. Backcover sm. stain. Otherwise fine. = Cf. Schweiger p.766.
77 2295 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Plinius Caecilius Secundus C 
77 2295 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Plinius Caecilius Secundus C 
77 2295 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Plinius Caecilius Secundus C 
- Contents loose(ning); water-/ dampstained and (sl.) foxed throughout; owner's entry/ armorial bookplate ("John Field") on upper pastedown. Binding worn along extremities; leather on backstrip dried.
= Schweiger p.790.
Lucretius Carus, T. De rerum natura libri sex. London, R. Taylor, 1824, 295,(1)p., contemp. gilt blindst. calf, sm. 4to.
- Endpapers (sl.) foxed; paper cutting pasted on first blank. Upper joint split; backcover (sl.) chafed; top of spine dam. (restored). Contents clean.
= A reissue of the 1813 edition, privately printed for Dr. Keate, headmaster of Eton. Cf. Lowndes, p.1411: "An elegant and very correct edition, without notes"; Brunet III, 1221: "un superbe specimen des efforts typographiques de M. Taylor"; Schweiger p.578.