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Ancient world 474 Aulus Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BC – c. 50 AD).
A. Corn. Celsi Medicinae libri octo, ex recensione Leonardi Targae. Quibus accedunt tituli marginales perpetul, capitum librorumque; annotationes criticae, medicae, physicae: tabulae charactorum, ponderum, mensurarum, aliæ; indices materiae medicae Celsianae, rerumque: praefixa de Celsi vita dissertatione. Concinnavit, indice jam delphiniano auxit Eduardus Milligan. Ed. 2., nuctor et castigatior..Edinburgi, veneunt apud Maclachlan et Stewart; etc., etc, 1831, lxviii, 639p, index. Page block is in good condition but binding is poor with front cover detached. Originally half leather binding but should be rebound or at least substantial repairs needed. $40.00
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Gaelic 173 Livy. (Titus Livius). Ab urbe condita. Leabhar XXI. Arna chur in eagar ag Fiachra S. Ó Dubhthaigh. Baile Átha Cliath: Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teoranta, 1971, 76p, illus, maps, paperback. Odd publication. Comments in Irish on the various chapters along with questions to be answered, all in Irish. $17.50

Ancient world 614Eutropius, 4th century. Abriß (Abriss) der römischen Geschichte. Ubersetzt von Friedrich Hoffmann. (Römische Prosaiker in neuen Uebersetzungen; 34) Stuttgart: Verlag der J.B. Metzler'schen Buchhandlung. Für Oestreich in Commission von Mörschner und Jasper in Wien, 1829, 132p. This is a photo-copy bound in brown boards and bluish-gray cloth spine. Very good copy. $35.00

Ancient world 1482(Boiotia). International Conference on Boiotian Antiquities (3rd : 1979: Montréal, Québec). Actes du Troisième congrès international sur la Béotie antique : Montréal, Québec, 31.X.1979-4.XI.1979/Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Boiotian antiquities: Montreal, Quebec, 31.X.1979-4.XI.1979. Editors, John M. Fossey & Hubert Giroux; assistante à la rédaction, Ginette Gauvin. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1985, 199p, illus. Ex-library copy with usual marking but a clean, tight copy otherwise. $20.00

Ancient world 1066(Propertius, Sextus, 50-45 BC- post 15 BC).Enk, Petrus Joannes. Ad Propertii carmina commentarius criticus. (Specimen Litterarium Inaugurale quod ex auctoritate Rectoris magnifici P. J. Blok. Amplissimi Senatus Academici consensu nobilissimae Facultatis Litterarum et Philosophiae decreto Pro Gradu Doctoratus summisque in Litterarum Classicarum disciplina honoribus et privilegiis in Universitate Lugduno-Batava rite et legitime consequendis Facultatis examine submittet Petrus Johannes Enk, Noviomagensis, die xxvii m. Mai MDCCCCXI hora iv.) Zutphen: Thieme & Cie, 1911, xi, 364 p, corrigenda page, page 365. The body of the text is in Latin, (with some Greek, German, and English). Bound in the original heavy paper wrapper, which has about three inches missing from the top of spine, small piece missing toward the bottom and a slit along spine edge. The glue in the binding had dried out resulting in the paper cover coming off. Spine has been re-glued. Good copy else. $50.00… Read More

Ancient world 1474 Ribichini, Sergio. Adonis: aspetti orientali di un mito Greco. Roma: Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, 1981, 212p, bib, index, bib, index. Paperback, little sun-fading, good, clean, tight copy. $23.50

Ancient world 385 Baudy, Gerhard J., 1950- Adonisgärten: Studien zur antiken Samensymbolik. (Beiträge zur klassischen Philologie; Heft 176). Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Anton Hain, 1986, 130p, notes, pub ads. Hardback. Like new. $95.00

Art hgad Hellemo, Geir, 1950- Adventus Domini: eschatological thought in 4th-century apses and catecheses. (Series:
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 5). Leiden; New York: E.J. Brill. 1989, xxiv, 309 pages, [37] pages of plates: illus., bib, index. Fine copy of the hardcover in blue cloth and gilt lettering. $110.00 Box A118
Note: Translated of Kristus på keisertronen from the Norwegian by Elinor Ruth Waaler.

Ancient world 302 The Aegean and the Orient in the second millennium: proceedings of the 50th anniversary symposium, Cincinnati, 18-20 April 1997. Edited by Eric H Cline and Diane Harris-Cline.Liège, Belgique: Université de Liège, Histoire de l'art et archéologie de la Grèce antique; Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Program in Aegean scripts and prehistory, 1998, xxvii, 363 p., 33 p. of plates, illus. Large, heavy volume, good quality paper, good to very good condition, very slight bow in cover due to the weight of the page block. $65.00
1-3. First expansion of Aegean commerce in the Middle Bronze Age; 4-7. Second phase of Aegean relations with the East in the late Bronze I-II periods; 8-10. Late Helladic III commerce and its effect upon the art of the Near East;11-12. The Near East and the Aegean in the late Bronze Age, Pt. I; 13-15. The Near East and the Aegean in the late Bronze Age, Pt. II; 16-18. Iconography, trade, and the sea;19. Keynote address; 20-23. Influences East and… Read More

Ancient world 1436 Terence, (Publius Terentius Afer, ca. 190-159 B. C.). Aelius Donatus, fl. mid-fourth century AD. Aelius Donatus quod fertur Commentum Terenti: accedunt Eugraphi commentum et scholia Bembina. Recensuit Paulus Wessner. (Series: Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana).Three volumes. Lipsiae: in Aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1902-1908, l, 542 pages, appendix, corrigenda et agenda; viii, 550 pages, corrigenda et agenda; xxviii, 331 pages, corrigenda et agenda. Good to very good copies, some pencil notes in margins in Volume II (small hand). A split in spine edge to top of Volume II has been repaired. Very uncommon set. The three volumes: $75.00
Aelius Donatus was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric. St. Jerome states in Contra Rufinum 1.16 that Donatus was his tutor.

Ancient world vpva Virgil. Publius Vergillius Maro, 70-19 BC. The Aeneid. Translated by John Dryden; with Mr. Dryden's introduction; illustrated by Carlotta Petrina. New York: Heritage Press, 1944, lxviii, 397 p, illus. Very good to fine copy in slipcase box. The spine of the slipcase box has slight splitting. Handsome book with embossed cover. The Heritage books were very well made and are reprints of the expensive Limited Editions Club volumes. $12.50 Box 2129

Ancient world 304 Aeschylus. Aeschyli septem quae supersunt tragoediae, recensuit Gilbertus Murray ... Accedunt tetralogiarum ad has fabulas pertinentium fragmenta, elegiae, poetae vita, operum catalogus, Suidae et Marmoris parii testimonia. Oxonii: Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1937, xv p., 2 l., [350] p. Gilt lettering and spine. Old name in pencil, few pencillings in text. $15.00

Ancient world 305 Aesop.
Aesop's fables. A new version written by Munro Leaf; with illustrations by Robert Lawson. Norwalk, Conn.: Heritage Press, 1969, xii, 130 pages : illustrations. A very nice copy with no marks except that the cover has some bubbling –I think it was caused by too much binder's glue. With this minor detraction, I would call it a good copy in slipcase. $9.50
A selection of more than 100 fables rewritten in their newest form, yet the age-old wisdom and the substance are still the same.

Ancient world 306 (Virgil, Lucilius Junior, and Cornelius Severus, among others). Aetna. Revised, emended and explained by Hugh A Munro. Attributed to Virgil, Lucilius Junior, and Cornelius Severus, among others. (Lucilius Iunior,; fl. 4-64). Cambridge: Deighton Bell, 1867, 84p, index, pub ads. Book is in acceptable condition only. The top inch or so of the spine cover is missing, there are remains of staining on cover, there is offsetting to the lining papers, there is foxing in the text, most noticeably in the front pages and very heavy annotations in the text of the poem. Annotations are most often an unnecessary annoyance and defacement of a book but in this case they don't bother me as much. An acceptable copy of a scarce book. $20.00

Affirmation und Kritik: zur politischen Funktion von Kunst und Literatur im Altertum. Edited by Gerhard Binder and Bernd Effe. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 1995, 277p, notes. Paperbound. Fine, bright, clean copy. $35.00
Contents:Im Nachsinnen über die politische Bedeutung der Prophetie: Überlegungen zu Daniel 9 by Henning Graf Reventlow; Zwischen Affirmation und Kritik: die demokratische Polis des 5. Jahrhunderts im Spiegel der zeitgenössischen Literatur by Karl-Wilhelm Welwei;
Thukydides und Perikles: zum Problem von Affirmation und Kritik im Werk des Historikers by Alexander Kleinlogel; Grossbauten und Prunkbauten im klassischen Athen by Hermann Büsing; Kunst und Zensur in Platons "Staat" by Rudolf Rehn; Alexandrinisches Herrscherlob: Ambivalenzen literarischer Panegyrik by… Read More

Africa 1015 Africa in antiquity: the arts of ancient Nubia and the Sudan. Two volumes. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum, 1978, I: The Essays: 143p, bib, maps, charts, illus, many colored. Ten essays by different scholars. II: The Catalogue: 366p, bib, index, bib, maps, charts, illus, mostly black and white. Edited by Steffen Wenig. (Catalog of the exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum, September 30-December 31, 1978 and other places. Some minor shelf wear, good, clean tight copies. $50.00

Ancient world 366 Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Against the academicians: (Contra academicos). Translated from the Latin, with an introduction by Sister Mary Patricia Garvey. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2000, 88p, index, bib. Reprint of 1957 imprint. Paperbound, very good clean tight copy. The bottom right hand corner has some wrinkling or bending. $5.00

Ancient world 318 Alfred, William. Agamemnon. New York: Knopf, 1954, 88p. A verseplay. "Originally published in the English language in Botteghe oscure XI." Cover dull, some light soiling. Cover little dull, good copy. $6.50 William Alfred was a much-beloved professor of English literature at Harvard University.

Ancient world 648Fuhrmann, Richard. Ahnengut in römischen Familien. Halle: Akademischer Verlag, 1938, 182p. Hardback. Good is bound in strong buckram, gilt lettering on spine. There is some staining, probably from coffee, on front cover panel but dark blue cloth camouflages it a bit. Overall, a good clean, tight copy with no marks in text. $45.00

Ancient world 1461 Aldred, Cyril. Akhenaten and Nefertiti. [Catalog of an exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences]. New York: Brooklyn Museum in association with the Viking Press, 1973, 231p, bib, index, illus. (part col.). Good copy in dust jacket. $13.50