Ancient History

Frederick A. Stokes, 1903. HBNODJ, decorated green cloth,former owner name, October 1903, 1st edition stated,( 341pgs., 72 illustrations, 1 folding map at rear,notes, appendix ) VG+, AS-IS, NODJ. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Bonn: Eduard Weber, 1841. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Edition. 8vo. 4 volumes. Volume I. pp. XXVII, [1], 721, [1]. Volume II. pp. [6], 561, [1]. Volume III. pp. [4], IV, 659, [1]. Volume IV. pp. VIII, 336. The first part, in one volume, is titled Untersuchungen uber die Religion und die Gottheiten der Phonizier. The second part in 3 volumes is titled Das Phonizische Alterthum. Scattered mild to moderate marginal foxing. The title pages and several interior leaves in each volume contain an institutional blind stamp. The title page to part II, volume I shows some moderate foxing. A small tear on the front blank fly-leaf of volume IV is neatly sealed. Bound in quarter red morocco with gilt spines and marbled boards. The volumes contain some wear to extremities as well as a few spots of darkening; the head cap of volume three is carefully restored. Franz Karl Movers (1806-1856) was a German orientalist who taught at the University of Breslau (Wroclaw). His extensive study of… Read More

Cantabrigiae [Cambridge] : Joannis Oweni, 1703 A very good early copy of this atlas of the ancient world which was first published in Leipzig in 1701. In 2 volumes with contemporary full leather bindings; frontispiece portrait of Cellarius; 33 folding maps; one folding diagram; and decorative initial capitals, head and tailpieces. Vol I: blank; frontispiece; title page 1703 in red and black with vignette; dedication 5pp; Preface 4pp; Contents listing 1p; Text with initial vignette, 20 folding maps and one folding diagram pp 1-862 with errata list on final page; index 38pp. Vol II: blank; title page 1706 in red and black with vignette; dedication 5pp; 'Benevolo Lectori' 3pp; Contents 2pp; Text (Asia) p 1-544; half title Africa; text pp 3-266; 13 maps (distributed through the book); index 38pp; blank. Both bindings are sound and have raised bands, gilt tooling to the spines and title and volume labels. They have wear - particularly to the base of the spine and corners, and some rubbing to… Read More

1657 Lucius Florus History of Ancient Rome + Ampelius Liber Memorialis Salmasius

"Men of outstanding ability are more likely to lack the power of controlling their own people than of defeating an enemy in battle."
― Livy, The History of Rome

Florus was a Roman historian who lived during the 2nd-century AD. His history of Rome was collected by Livy, and mainly focuses on the foundation of Rome though the end of the B.C. era. The work is considered inaccurate, especially compared to Livy's much more popular and famous History of Rome.

This 1657 Elzevier edition of Florus was edited by the 17th-century French classist Claudius Salmasius. First appearing in 1638, this book not only includes Florus but also an edition of Lucius Ampelius's 'Liber Memorialis'. This work is an ancient index of 1st-century Roman history focusing on cosmography, mythology, and geography during the Republican period of Rome. Curiously, this is only the second known edition of Ampelius.

Item number: #7112
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1556 1ed Images of the gods Vincenzo Cartari Italian Art Greco-Roman Mythology

Vincenzo Cartari was a 16th-century mythology scholar most known for his work 'Images of the gods'. This fascinating book was an impressive collection of descriptions of mythological gods. Cartari explains their forms and appearance as well as several of their important attributes. He wrote this book with the sole purpose of aiding sculptors and painters who were seeking guidelines of the physical appearances of the gods. He focused on their clothing, expressions, and poses in which they were most often presented.

Item number: #11875
Price: $950
CARTARI, Vincenzo
Le Imagini, con la spositione de i dei de gli antichi.
Venetia : Francesco Marcolini, 1556.

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Language: Italian
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Size: ~8in X 6in (20cm x 15cm)
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Paris: Chez Chalres LeClerc , 1728. The first edition published as Les Femmes des douze Cesars, 1718, in one volume, this new augmented edition published 1728 in three. (14), 455, (6), 444, (8), 404 pp. Armorial bookplates (with coronet) of Lord Northwick with the motto 'Par ternis suppar', pasted over an earlier round bookplate. John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick, (1770-1859) was a noted British art collector and landowner. Three volumes bound in contemporary marbled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, all edges red. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at edges and spine ends, interiors clean and lovely. A handsome and SCARCE set. . New and Augmented Edition . Marbled Calf. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1723 Boecler on Holy Roman Empire Germany Ancient Germanic Tribes Government
Joannes Heinrich Boecler was a 17th-century German jurist who wrote primarily on German history and German law. While most of his works are relatively unknown today, 'Notice of the Empire' is an important work on German history and the Holy Roman Empire. This book contains dissertations and essays on Germanic tribes, the Empire itself, German politics and government, and much more.

Item number: #18289
Price: $499
BOECLER, Joan Henricus
Jo. Henrici Boecleri notitiae s. r. imperii editio 3., cui e scriniis Abrechtianis nunc primum accedunt epistola Boecleriana ad illustrissimum
Argentorati : Sumt. Jo. Reinholdi Dulaseckeri, 1723.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [24], 55, [1]; 483, [1]
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in (17.5cm x 11cm)
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1642 Juvenal & Persius Satires Stoic Philosophy Classical Rome Farnaby Latin

"Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown."
― Juvenal, The Satires
A rare printing of 'The Satires'
of Juvenal and Persius. This collection of satirical poetry was written in the late 1st and 2nd centuries and discuss society, social norms, irony, each of these providing insight to the morals and values of Roman life at the time. Juvenal outlines many of the concerns he has with Roman citizens including unfaithfulness and greed; issues he recognized as downfalls to society. Many of the satires include references to Greek and Roman mythology.
This 1642 Latin edition was edited and translated by Thomas Farnaby.
Item number: #18581
Price: $550
JUVENALIS, (Decimus Junius)
D. Ivnii Ivvenalis et Avli Persii Flacci Satyræ
Amsterodami : apud Ioannem Ianssonium, 1642.

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Albany: Weed-Parsons, 1897. First edition. Hard cover in original pictorial cloth. Published NY: Albany, Weed-Parsons, 1897, first printing. 4to., 10" x 12 1/4", xviii+259pp., illustrated with folding map and numerous b/w plates, views and facsimilies. Teal green cloth with gilt titles and spine decorations, gilt and black stamped cover pictorial. Minor soil / rub to the cloth, light wear at spine ends. Very good plus - near fine internally. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to.

1558 Ausonius Ancient Roman Poetry Edyllium Periochae Homer Iliad RARE Tournes
Decimus Magnus Ausonius was a 4th-century Roman poet who is best known for his poem 'Mosella' – a description of the French river the Moselle. This edition of the works of Ausonius was published in Lyon in 1558 and includes his most important works such as 'Epigrams', 'Edyllium', and 'Periochae' – a prose summary of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Ausonius's works provide an account of what daily life was like in Ancient Rome.
Item number: #20252
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AUSONIUS, Decimus Magnus
D. Magni Ausonii Burdigalensis… Opera tertiae fere partis complemento auctiora et diligentiore quam hactenus.
Lyon: apud Jean de Tournes, 1558.

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· References: USTC 152527
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in (17cm x 11cm)
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1791 Demosthenes Orations Speech MAP Ancient Greece Greek Latin Irish Mounteney

Demosthenes's orations are considered some of the most significant and important speeches on the politics of ancient Greek culture and Greek law. He spoke out about the use of the Greek navy, the importance of freedom, Athenian law, and the governing of the people. This impressive 1791 edition was edited with commentary by Richard Mounteney, an 18th-century Irish scholar who was primarily remembered for his commentary on Demosthenes. It should be noted, this edition contains a huge folding map! Must see!
Item number: #20271
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DEMOSTHENES
Demosthenoys logoi eklektoi. Demosthenis selectae orationes.

Etonæ : Excudit T. Pote; apud J. Rivington et filios, 1791.

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Includes folding map
· Provenance: Handwritten – C. N. Howard
· Language: Latin / Greek
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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1644 LIVY History of Rome Gladiators Hannibal Punic Wars Elzevier Vellum RARE

"Men of outstanding ability are more likely to lack the power of controlling their own people than of defeating an enemy in battle."
― Livy, The History of Rome

Few works on the history of Rome are as important and impactful as Livy's 'Ab Urbe Condita' or 'Histories'. Livy began working on this work at the end of the 1st-century BC and covers the earliest times and the foundation of Rome through the reign of Caesar Augustus.

While any edition of Livy is desirable, this particular volume is from the 1644 Elzevier edition. Notable topics covered in the third volume include:
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The spectacle of Roman gladiators
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The military delegations of Hannibal, Carthage conquests of Rome in the Punic Wars
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Influence of Scipio Africanus during the Second Punic War
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Pyrrhus, King of Epirus and the Battle of Argis

Item number: #20548
Price: $550
LIVY, Titus
T. Livii Patavini Historiarum ab vrbe… Read More

London: J. Coxhead, 1814. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two volumes in original bindings, leather at spine and corners and marbled boards. viii, 280 pp, 345 pp. Bindings in quite good shape, with hinges uncracked or lightly started if at all. Light wear to board edges, with corners lightly worn through in places. Water stain to fore-edge of many pages of Volume 2, largely in the margin, and not preventing pages from opening or turning. Texts free of noted marks. Bookplates of Henry Howard of Greystoke, who lived in an honest to God castle, to front pastedown of both volumes. The work is comprised mostly of letters from the author to Voltaire, and responses from the latter, on the subject of Atlantis and its geographic location, arguing from the dissemination of astrological lore, mythology, religion, and language. The author argues that Atlantis was located not in its classically supposed position in the Atlantic Ocean but in the Arctic, covered… Read More

Brown leather with gilt detailing and labels to spine. Four raised bands, silk ribbon, and moire endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owner's stamp to title page and last page. Minor staining to boards and wear to gilt on edges, but overall a clean copy. Scarce.
6.75 x 9.5 in

New York: George Dearborn, Publisher, 1853. First Complete American Edition. Leather Hardcovers. Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Full leather with four spine bands; each spine section in alternating shade of leather with gilt titles in the lighter boxes. Marbled endpage with matching pattern on the text block. Double column text. Engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece of the author; Tissue-guarded engraved title page in volume 2 followed by a second title page. 4to; 10.5 inches tall; 584 pages & 701 pages with a large complete index. Contains the 'Catalogue of the editions of the principal Greek authors cited in this work'. Plate and Map in color and a b/w plate. A "New and Improved Edition" and stated First Complete American Edition [according to the title page]. The publisher states his case in the preface for these statements. [Ref OCLC 1184624] The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Shelf handling wear with bumped and corner wear; some loss of an outer leather layer… Read More