Quintus Curtius Rufus (dit) QUINTE-CURCE

De rebus gestis Alexandri magni regis Macedonum, libri decem

Apud Ioanem Frellonium, Lugduni (Lyon) 1555, in-12 (8x12,5cm), (28) 325pp. (23) (33), relié.

Editions of Curtius on Alexander's life were numerous in the sixteenth century. We were unable to determine if it was a first for John Frellon, although not identified any've earliest edition in this editor (especially in the catalog of Lyon Aurelianensis sixteenth editions) present only in the [...]

600 €

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EUTROPE

Breviarium historiae romanae. Pauli Diaconi de gestis romanorum libri octo ad Eutropij historiam ...

apud Hyeronimum de Marnef, sub Pelicano, Lutetiae Parisiorum (Paris) 1560, Un Vol. in 16 (7,5x12cm), 259pp.(1bc) (36), relié.

Roman stories seem to have appeared for the first time with annotations Paul Deacon in 1471 in Rome, in Folio. BN of France and the British Library have this incunabula edition, but not ours, that we could not find in electronic catalogs. Brand of printer pelican on page titre.Plein Calf time. Back [...]

900 €

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HELIODORE

Les amours de Théagène et Chariclée. Histoire éthiopique

S.n., à Londres 1743, in-12 (9,5x15cm), x, 213pp. et 190pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First printing of this illustrated edition whose translation of Father Desfontaine was published for the first time in 1729 a frontispiece, 5 figures for Volume I and Volume II 6, the chart entitled Conclusion often and 10 missing headbands title. The boards are not signed. Jolie edition, although [...]

600 €

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PINDARE

Pindari Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Caeterorum octo lyricorum carmina, Alcari, Sapphus, ...

Pauli stephani, s.l. 1612, In 16 (6x12,5cm), 684pp., relié.

New edition, the first seems to be published by the same publisher in 1599.Plein Calf time. Spine ribbed nicely decorated, consisting of a central iron of two intertwined C. Part of title in red morocco. Slices gilt. A lack of a cm in the last box and slot with little lack in tail cap, first white [...]

350 €

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LUCRECE

DE RERUM NATURA LIBRI SEX. Ad optimas editiones collati. Studiis Societatis Bipontinae

Ex Typographia Societatis, Argentorati (Strasbourg) 1808, In 8 (13,5x22,5cm), XLI, (3) 253pp. (50), relié.

Second edition, augmented by the League of Two Bridges. Strasbourg neat print on mottled calf velin.Plein. Beautiful pastiche of eighteenth twentieth binding using a beautiful leather. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Some scuffs on the boards. Bel exemplaire.L'édition contains [...]

450 €

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THEOCRITE & Daniel HEINSIUS

Ta tou Theokritou sesosmena. Theocriti quae extant. Ex Danielis Heinsii expressa

In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, Glasguae (Glascow) 1746, Pet. In 8 (9,5x16,5cm), (12) 186pp. (58), relié.

Edition in Greek with Latin translation at the bottom of page. Neat. Printing Full Calf frozen contemporary. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Triple fillet border on covers. Gilt edges. Head cap threadbare. Corners bumped. Good edition, containing the translation of the famous [...]

300 €

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SOPHOCLE & Thomas JOHNSON

Hai tou Sophokleous Tragodiai sozomenai hepta. Sophoclis Tragoediae quae extant septem, additae ...

Excudebat R. Foulis, Glasguae (Glascow) 1745, In 4 (16,5x20,5cm), (2) 425pp. (1), relié.

Rare Edition, seven tragedies of Sophocles in Greek with endnotes works of Thomas Johnson for Electra, Ajax, Antigone and Trachiniae. Johnson notes previously issued in 1705 This edition was also published in two volumes in 8, but in a less good impression, it is distinguished by its quality which [...]

750 €

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Aulu GELLE & GRONOVIUS

Noctes acticae cum notis et emendationibus Joannis Frederici Gronovii

apud Ioannem de Vivie, Lugduni Batavorum (Leyde) 1687, Grd. in-8 (11x21cm), (68) 499pp. (107) (1f.bc.) 142pp. (8), relié.

First edition and commentary prepared by Gronovius, published posthumously. Decorated with a beautiful frontispiece of A. de Blois. The second part consists exclusively of comments Gronovius has a half-title page and its own rigid pagination.Plein Velin Dutch era. Smooth spine with respect to the [...]

450 €

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