Search Results: Roman History and Literature from Focloir

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 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 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 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

Ancient world 470Casson, Lionel. The Ancient Mariners: Seafarers and Sea Fighters of the Mediterranean in Ancient Times. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959, xx, 286p, bib, index, illus. Good copy in tattered dust jacket. Usual shelf wear with some minor lightening of the top edge of cover. First edition, so stated. $6.50

Ancient world 818 Lamb, Winifred. Ancient Greek and Roman bronzes. Enlarged edition with a foreword and reference bibliography by Lenore Keene Congdon. Chicago: Argonaut, 1969, xliii, 261 pages, 97 plates, index, illus. Reprint, with additions, of the 1929 edition, published under title: Greek and Roman bronzes. Fine copy, clean tight, no marks. $20.00

Ancient world 1129 Rose, Herbert Jennings, 1883-1961. Ancient Roman religion. (Hutchinson's university library. World religions, no. 27). London/New York: Hutchinson's University Library, 1948, 164p, bib, index. Very good in dust jacket. The dust jacket has some chips. Contents: Numen -- The gods of the Roman state -- Strange gods -- Augustus and the revival of religion -- Orontes into Tiber -- Survivals. $10.00

Ancient world 1293Terence,
(Publius Terentius Afer, ca. 190-159 B. C.). Craig, John Douglas.
Ancient editions of Terence. London: Published for St. Andrews University by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1929, 2 p. l., 135 p, index. Paper over stiff boards, some fraying of paper on spine, good, clean, tight copy. Uncommon. $30.00

Ancient world 331 Anniversary papers by colleagues and pupils of George Lyman Kittredge, presented on the completion of his twenty-fifth year of teaching in Harvard University, June, MCMXIII. Boston and London: Ginn and Company, 1913, vii, 462 p. front. (mounted port.) plates, facsim. Good, tight copy of a well-made larger, heavy volume. Top edge gilt, minor detractions are a small white streak on front cover panel and offsetting on title page from the mounted photo of Professor Kittredge (1860-1941). "The general editorship of the volume has been in the hands of Professors Robinson, Sheldon, and Neilson."--Pref. Bibliography of the publications of Professor Kittredge from 1885 to 1913 is on pages 457-462. $27.50
A number of fine essays in a wide range of subjects. There are three or four contributions on Celtic subjects, most notably by Prof. Robinson.

Ancient world 564 Dolger, Franz Joseph. Antike und Christentum; Kultur- und religionsgeschichtliche Studien. Volume 4. 2. Auflage. Münster: Aschendorff, 1974-76. : 318p, index, plus 16 photographic plates. Reprints from 1934. Very nice clean tight bright copy of Volume IV of a six volume set by a great scholar. $20.00

Ancient world 565 Dölger, Franz Joseph. Antike und Christentum; Kultur- und religionsgeschichtliche Studien.
Volume 5. 2. Auflage. Münster: Aschendorff, 1974-76.: 325p, index, plus 16 photographic plates . Reprint from 1936. Very nice clean tight bright copy of Volume V of a six volume set by a great scholar. $20.00

Ancient world 566 Dolger, Franz Joseph. Antike und Christentum; Kultur- und religionsgeschichtliche Studien. Volume 6. 2. Auflage. Münster: Aschendorff, 1974-76.: 359p, index, plus 8 photographic plates. Reprint from 1950. Very nice clean tight bright copy of Volume VI of a six volume set by a great scholar. $20.00

Ancient world 604Erim, Kenan T. Aphrodisias: city of Venus Aphrodite. Introduction by John Julius Norwich. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1986, 200p, bib, index, illus. (some col.). Good clean tight copy in dust jacket. Larger volume, 9" x 12". $25.00

Ancient world 339 Appendix Vergiliana, sive, Carmina minora Vergilio, adtributa, recognovit et adnotatione critica instruxit R. Ellis. (Scriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis). Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1944 (1907), xv, 127p, index. Good to very good copy, clean, tight.Contents: Praefatio.--Cvlex.--Ciris.--Moretvm.--Dirae (Lydia)--Copa.--Catalepton (Priapea)--Est et non.--Vir bonvs.--Maecenas.—Index nominvm. $17.50

Ancient world 1348 Virgil. Appendix Vergiliana: sive carmina minora Vergilio adtributa. Recognovit et adnotatione critica instruxit R. Ellis. (Scriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis) Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1955 (1907), xv, approximately 100 pages. Cover dull and some wear, small bubbles in cloth on back cover, paper edges toned a bit, else a decent copy. $14.50

Ancient world 1444(Catullus, Gaius Valerius).Quinn, Kenneth. Approaches to Catullus; selected and introduced by Kenneth Quinn. Cambridge: Heffer/ New York: Barnes and Noble, 1972. xii, 297p. Good copy, dust jacket worn, bookplate of former owner laid in with her signature. $17.50

Ancient world 618 (Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria, II.). Holland, Thomas A. Archaeology of the Bronze Age, Hellenistic, and Roman remains at an ancient town on the Euphrates River. Two volumes. Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria. Volume 2, Part 1: Text/Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria. Volume 2, Part 2: Figures and Plates. With contributions by Martha Goodway and Michael Roaf. Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 2006, xlix, 620p, bib, index, illus, maps; xxviii, 340 plates, some photographic, maps. Three folded plates in pocket of Part 2. (University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications; v. 125). New copies in dust jacket. Very large and heavy volumes: each volume measures 9 ¼" x 12" x 2". $55.00

Ancient world 1324 Tomlinson, R. A. (Richard Allan). Argos and the Argolid: from the end of the Bronze Age to the Roman occupation. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972. xiv, 289 p, notes, bib, index, illus. Very good copy in dust jacket. The dust jacket has a few small tears. Other than the signature of the previous owner, a distinguished classics scholar, the book is clean, tight, with no marks. $18.50

Ancient world 519Dahlheim, Werner. Augustus: Aufrührer, Herrscher, Heiland: eine Biographie. München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 2010, 447p, bib, index, illus, maps. Very good in dust jacket. $32.50